RPM Won’t Renew Shop Lease For 2018 Season

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Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) has chosen not to renew its current shop lease at its current Mooresville, N.C. location, according to CATCHFENCE.

RPM currently operates its No. 43 Smithfield Ford out of a 78,000-square-foot shop at 112 Byers Creek Road in Mooresville, according to Loopnet.com. The shop will be available for lease in December 2017.

“The building is up for lease at the end of the year,” a statement read from an RPM spokesperson. “RPM chose not to sign the lease for next year. Plans are still undecided for next year for the team, but they do know the building is too big for their needs.”

The listing says the facility is a fully functioning race shop in excellent location and visibility. It also says the building is 13 percent office space with nine drive-in doors. The shop was also renovated in 2015.

RPM moved into its current facility in Talbert Pointe at the end of the 2014 season but had previously housed their NASCAR program at the same location in 2007 and 2008. Other race teams that have occupied the same location include Robert Yates Racing and Turner Scott Motorsports.

RPM has not announced their plans for the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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