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'Petty Blue' is back at the track

Updated: February 28, 2013, 12:03 AM ET
By Ryan McGee | ESPN The Magazine

On Wednesday, Richard Petty Motorsports and sponsor Smithfield Foods announced that during the 25 races when Smithfield is the primary sponsor on Petty's famous No. 43 Ford, it will be returning to a throwback design of basic logos against Petty Blue.

That begins this weekend at Phoenix International Raceway with Smithfield's Farmland Foods brand on the hood of Aric Almirola's Fusion.

The hope is to err on the side of tradition, stepping around the often confusing rotation ...

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