WOW BIG LAYOFF AT RPM

Number of posts : 953 Registration date : 2009-01-15

Hope this doesn't mean we lost Menard Sponsorship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

RPM Engine shop to shut down: What's left of the original Evernham Motorsports engine shop is expected to shut down on Monday, according to multiple sources. Richard Petty Motorsports will retain the necessary personnel to complete the final two races of the season when engine duties will revert to Roush Yates engines with the move to Ford. With the merger of RPM and Yates Racing, the Petty crew chiefs were told that each team would be able to keep 17 crewmen per team. The overall reduction for the organization is expected to be 200 of 250 employees once the deal is complete.(FoxSports)(11-9-2009)

I take this to mean RPM Engine shop 250 employees after layoff only 50 remaining

Number of posts : 58 Registration date : 2009-09-07

Wow! I feel for those guys! It must be hard for them to be facing this.

But, I think that this is more of a reduction of duplicated jobs. And RY engines already has a full shop, so I imagine they are picking what they consider to be the cream of the crop.

Subject: Re: WOW BIG LAYOFF AT RPM Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:24 pm

This has nothing to do with the Menard's sponsorship IMO. This was a planned move - RPM is shutting down their engine shop because they knew all along that they would use Ford/Yates motors in 2010 and beyond. There is no need for them to have their own engine shop as well.

Subject: Re: WOW BIG LAYOFF AT RPM Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:33 am

Quote :: UPDATE: The NASCAR workforce shrunk by 47 people on Monday as Richard Petty Motorsports took the first steps toward shutting down its engine department in Concord, NC. RPM is making reductions in its staff with the impending merger with Yates Racing. Additional cuts are expected in the car shop in Statesville, N.C. on Tuesday. Sources said on Sunday that the three remaining teams expected to join forces with Yates will retain 17 crewmen per team. But given the move to Ford which started at Talladega with #19-Elliott Sadler on Oct. 30th and continued this past weekend with #44-AJ Allmendinger at Texas, there's no need to continue building new Dodge cars or engines. The engine department will continue to employ 14 employees through the end of the season to assist in the organization for the final two races. Roush Yates Engines will supply powerplants for the team in 2010.(FoxSports)(11-10-2009)