By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Kasey Kahne’s departure from Richard Petty Motorsports, announced Wednesday night, was only the first in a series of hurdles faced by the organization. Principals of RPM, and Roush Fenway Racing, which supplies chassis, engines and technical support to RPM, were meeting Thursday afternoon to discuss the long-term financial future of the organization originally formed by the January 2009 merger of Gillett-Evernham Motorsports and Petty Holdings. As the hauler for Kahne’s No. 9 Budweiser Fords was being re-decaled Thursday in the RPM parking lot, the short-term future of the organization was clarified in the wake of reports that Roush Fenway had repossessed cars intended for RPM’s use in the Oct. 31 Amp Energy Juice 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. With immediate issues apparently settled, the chassis were returned to … Read entire article »