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Tom Jensen  |  Posted October 22, 2010   Martinsville, VA
Jack Roush head of Roush Fenway Racing. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Richard Petty Motorsports has worked out a payment plan that allows them to continue to purchase cars, engines and parts from Roush Fenway Racing and Roush Yates Engines temporarily.

That’s the word Friday morning from Jack Roush, co-owner of both Roush Fenway Racing and Roush Yates Engines.

On Wednesday, several of RPMs cars were temporarily taken back by the Roush organization, but the two sides subsequently reached agreement on a payment schedule. RPM must continue to abide by that schedule to receive support for the remainder of the season.

“It’s probably business as usual for teams that are tight on their budget at the end of the year,” Roush told SPEED.com Friday morning at Martinsville Speedway, prior to the start of NASCAR Sprint Cup practice for Sunday’s Tums Fast Relief 500.

Roush acknowledged that RPM had fallen behind in their payments, but a deal was struck to allow the team to stay afloat for the time being. “They’ve had some challenge making all their commitments. I’m not prepared to go into detail, but they’re fine now,” said Roush.

“I wasn’t in North Carolina Wednesday and Thursday, but my understanding is that they certainly have got all their cars and the pieces necessary and that they’ve got a plan that is acceptable that makes them have access to all that,” Roush said of RPM.

Roush said he would like to see RPM survive as an organization.

“There’s obviously commitments to the drivers, and there’s an expectation of the fans,” Roush said. “There’s a commitment from Ford and there’s a commitment from the sponsors that all need to be put in balance. As far as I know, it’s OK. They got a little behind, but the drivers were paid on time and as far as I know, everything is current.”

Tom Jensen is the Editor in Chief of SPEED.com, Senior NASCAR Editor at RACER and a contributing Editor for TruckSeries.com. You can follow him online at twitter.com/tomjensen100 and e-mail him at Jensen is the author of “Cheating: The Bad Things Good NASCAR Nextel Cup Racers Do In Pursuit of Speed,” and has appeared on numerous television and radio shows. Jensen is the past President of the National Motorsports Press Association and an NMPA Writer of the Year.

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