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Sources: Allmendinger, Sadler to drive Fords in '09
MARTINSVILLE, Va. - AJ Allmendinger and Elliott Sadler will get a taste of 2010 a few months early.
Allmendinger will run the last three races of the Sprint Cup season in a Ford Fusion, a team source told FOXSports.com. According to a Dodge source, Sadler will drive a Ford beginning next week at Talladega and finish the season driving for the make. Their Richard Petty Motorsports teammates, Kasey Kahne and Reed Sorenson, will continue to drive Dodges for the rest of the year.RPM is currently in talks to merge with Yates Racing in 2010. Whether or not the deal goes through, RPM's majority owner George Gillett has said his organization will run Fords next year.
Unlike the other RPM teams, Allmendinger's No. 44 car is not under contract with Dodge so the switch is able to be made early. Sadler's No. 19 team was let out of its contract.
Additionally, RPM General Manager Roobie Loomis confirmed Friday that Allmendinger will drive a Ford at Daytona International Speedway during the Goodyear tire test on Nov. 2-3. That Ford will be equipped with the new FR9 engine, allowing the team to work on the balance of the car as the engine is located differently than the current Dodge engine.
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