Though Murstein and Bergeron hired Lisa Brown, a former AOL executive, to be the team's chief executive, Petty, as the chairman of RPM, is still running most of the show, which includes the wooing of the sponsors.

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Start the engine of the running car, and run it for 1-2 minutes while revving the engine to higher rpm.

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