Andretti returns to Petty Enterprises to sub in 45

This weekend, John Andretti returns to the wheel of a Petty Enterprises Dodge. Andretti will fill in for Kyle Petty in the No. 45 Dodge for this Sunday's Citizens Bank 400. Petty will once again be in the TNT booth for Sunday's event.

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Robbie Loomis looks back at Pocono and ahead to Michigan for Petty Enterprises.

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"I was the one that did the pursuing to race again for Petty Enterprises," Andretti said. "I went and spoke with Robbie Loomis and then I went and I asked Kyle. It seemed as quick as I asked him we were able to work on putting this together. You are never quite sure what the answer will be, but I wanted to be a part of this."

Andretti makes his return to Petty Enterprises after driving in this year's Indianapolis 500. He will be the only competitor in Sunday's race that raced in this year's event.

Michigan is a familiar track to Andretti. He has 19 career starts at the track and 11 of them with Petty Enterprises. Andretti has five top-10 and one top-five finish in Nextel Cup competition at the track.

"It's ironic that I'm coming back at Michigan," Andretti said. "It's where my career started with Petty Enterprises. It was the second Michigan race and we qualified outside the front row. I'm looking forward to going there. I'm going to work with Bobby Labonte, closer with Kyle Petty and his team, and in a way it will be a lot of the same, but totally different too."

Andretti last raced for Petty Enterprises in 2003. He has 197 career starts with Petty Enterprises.

"Petty Enterprises, in a lot of ways, is back to where it is when I first came to the organization," Andretti said. "Robbie Loomis is back. You see Dale Inman working there. Everything else is pretty much the same. You see a lot of the same faces. It's funny, you see a lot of guys that have left and done other things, but they come back to Petty Enterprises. I think people enjoy working there.

"It's exciting for me to go back home."