Aric Almirola

Aric A. Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 43 Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 98 Ford Mustang for Biagi-DenBeste Racing. Almirola attended the University of Central Florida to work on a degree in mechanical engineering before leaving to pursue a career in racing. He is nicknamed "The Cuban Missile" due to his Cuban heritage.

Racing career

Early career

Almirola was born on Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, of Cuban descent. He began racing when he was eight years old, racing go-karts. At 14, he began racing nationally. He won the pole position in his debut in the World Karting Association race and finished fourth in the standings that year. Two years later, he moved up into modifieds and won several Rookie of the Year awards.

NASCAR

In 2002, Almirola moved to the NASCAR Sun Belt Weekly Racing Division and finished second in the Rookie of the Year standings. He followed that up with five pole positions in 2003. In 2004, he became one of the first drivers to participate in NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program.^[1] He also signed with Joe Gibbs Racing as a development driver under a partnership with former NFL player Reggie White. Almirola ran the season at Ace Speedway, and won two races before finishing 11th in the points standings. He won five more races at the track in 2005, and made his Truck Series debut with Morgan-Dollar Motorsports and had two top-tens in four races.

2006–07

For 2006, Almirola drove the No. 75 Spears Manufacturing Chevy for Spears Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series, as part of the JGR development program. He started every race and had three top-ten finishes, including a best finish of ninth, ending the season 18th. That season, he also drove nine races in the Busch Series for Gibbs in the No. 19 Husqvarna/Banquet Foods Chevrolet Monte Carlo. His best finish was an eleventh at Dover International Speedway. He also served as a test driver for Gibbs teammates J. J. Yeley and Denny Hamlin when their Nextel Cup and Busch Series schedules conflicted. He also scored his first career pole at the Milwaukee Mile,^[2] qualifying the No. 20 car for Denny Hamlin, who competed in the race.

Almirola moved up to the Busch series on a regular basis in 2007, driving the No. 18 and No. 20 Chevys for Joe Gibbs, driving each car in ten races apiece. He won his second career pole award for the Orbitz 300 at Daytona. He won the pole again, for the second straight year, at the Milwaukee Mile, but thought he was going to give up driving duties to Hamlin again; Hamlin's helicopter was unable to land in time for Hamilin to make it to the track, so Almirola started the race, leading the first 43 laps of the race.^[3] On lap 59, during a caution period, because of sponsor commitments, Hamlin took over for Almirola while he was running in the third place. Hamlin went on to win the race, but Almirola was credited with his first NASCAR Busch Series win because he was the driver who started the race. Almirola did not participate in team victory celebrations after the race as he had already left the track.^[3] He asked for, and was granted his release from Joe Gibbs Racing a month later. He soon joined Dale Earnhardt, Inc. following the sale of Ginn Racing. He drove the No. 01 Chevrolet in five races in 2007, and had a best finish of thirtieth.

2008–09

Almirola's No. 8 Cup car in 2009

Almirola's No. 40 Nationwide car in 2009

Almirola was named co-driver of the No. 8 United States Army Chevrolet for the 2008 Sprint Cup Series, sharing the ride with Mark Martin. His best finish during the season was an 8th-place finish in the 2008 Food City 500 at Bristol, and his best start in Sprint Cup was a 3rd place start at the 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville. Almirola was named the full-time driver of the No. 8 for the 2009 season.^[4] Seven races into the 2009 season, Almirola lost his ride to a lack of sponsorship and horrendous performance. He later signed a five-race deal with Key Motorsports to drive their No. 40 Chevrolet Impala SS in the Nationwide Series. He returned to the Truck Series, driving part-time in the No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports, and had a seven-race streak of finishes eighth or better. He also made one attempt and one race in the No. 09 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series. In October 2009, he filed paperwork in North Carolina Superior Court indicating that he has a breach-of-contract dispute with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Dale Earnhardt Inc. Almirola, competed in seven Sprint Cup races in 2009 for the team before his No. 8 Chevy car was parked because of a lack of sponsorship, filed the notice in the Charlotte court. The lawsuit was dropped a month later after being settled out of court.

2010–2012: Resurgence in Truck and Nationwide

Almirola's No. 88 Nationwide car in 2011

For 2010, he was to drive full-time for Phoenix Racing's No. 09 Cup series Chevrolet Impala.^[5] However, he was not eligible to drive the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, even in the car Brad Keselowski won at Talladega with in 2009. Almirola drove the No. 51 Graceway Pharmecuticals/ AK Awareness Toyota Tundra for Billy Ballew in the Camping World Truck Series. In April, Almirola parted ways with Phoenix Racing to focus on his Truck Series ride. Almirola attempted the Aarons 499 at Talladega in No. 35 Tommy Baldwin Racing/Mohawk Chevrolet but failed to qualify after qualifying was rained out by NASCAR. Almirola won his first race in the Camping World Truck Series at Dover International Speedway and won again at Michigan International Speedway, holding off Todd Bodine and Kyle Busch. Almirola would finish second in points to Bodine.

Hendrick Motorsports named Almirola a standby driver for the No. 48 team in case Jimmie Johnson needed to leave for the birth of his daughter.^[6] Almirola was not needed. In July 2010, Almirola was again a standby driver for Hendrick Motorsports at Pocono in case Jeff Gordon had to leave or miss the race due to the birth of Gordon's son. At Loudon, he was standby for a sick Scott Speed. He drove the No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford at Martinsville Speedway in Fall 2010 after Kasey Kahne was released from his contract. Almriola had his first Sprint Cup Top five finish at Homestead. In October at the truck race the Mountain Dew 250 he ended up in the closest finish in truck series history by ending up second to Kyle Busch in 0.002 of a second, who passed underneath Almirola below the yellow line. The 1-2 finish was the same as the previous race in 2009 but the finish was controversial because of the yellow line rules (as NASCAR rules state that a driver must not advance his position by going below the yellow line even if he is forced down there). But officials determined that Busch had the lead before going below the yellow line thus making Busch's winning move legal. In 2011, Almirola drove the No. 88 Nationwide Series car for JR Motorsports. He won two poles and had 18 top-10s to finish fourth in points. He was released from his contract after the season when he accepted a full-time Sprint Cup ride, driving for Richard Petty Motorsports in the No. 43 Ford.^[7]

2012–2013: Return to Cup in the 43

Almirola's 2013 Sprint Cup car, in the same Air Force scheme he took to victory lane at Daytona in 2014

After only running one year's worth of Sprint Cup Series races in his career, Richard Petty Motorsports signed Almirola to a one-year contract, replacing the departing A.J. Allmendinger in the legendary 43 car.^[8] Almirola earned a Pole start at Charlotte in May, and collected one top 5 and 4 top 10's en route to a 20th-place finish in points. Aric's best run of the year may have been at Kansas in October, where he qualified fifth and lead 69 laps after taking the top spot on lap 6. But on lap 121, Almirola blew a tire, sending his Farmland Ford into the wall. He spun on lap 172 racing for the lead and lost a lap on pit road. After getting his lap back and working his way up to 13th, Almirola hit the wall once again, setting the front of the car ablaze and ending the promising run.^[9] Almirola also returned to the Truck Series in 2012 on a part-time basis driving for his old crew chief Richie Wauters' No. 5 Ford.

In 2013 Almirola returned to Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 43 in the Sprint Cup Series; at Martinsville Speedway in October, the team ran the No. 41 to honor Maurice Petty's induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.^[10] During the 2013 season from Martinsville to Darlington, he had the most consecutive Top 10s in the 43 car since Bobby Hamilton in 1996. After being fastest in practice in Talladega, his crew chief Todd Parrott was suspended for violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy.^[11] Almirola finished a career high 18th in points. In 2014, he will receive crew chief Trent Owens who is Richard Petty's nephew.

2014 to present: Chase contender

In January 2014, RPM announced a three-year contract extension with Almirola after working on one year deals the previous two seasons. This coincided with sponsor Smithfield Foods stepping up to fund 29 races in each the next three seasons with brands Smithfield, Farmland, Eckrich, and Gwaltney.^[12] Almirola had a rather slow start to 2014, being involved in a 12 car wreck in the 2014 Daytona 500. At Bristol, Almirola posted his best career finish to date of 3rd, only behind winner Carl Edwards and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

The next week at Auto Club Speedway during the 2014 Auto Club 400, Almirola got involved in an accident with NNS nemesis Brian Scott. Almirola made a pass on Scott for 4th place. Scott controversially moved into the back of Almirola to wreck himself and Almirola. In a post-race interview, an angry Almirola retorted "The 33 was obviously a dart without feathers and coming across the race track. He ran right into me. Man, he came from all the way at the bottom of the race track and ran into me. He's not even racing this series for points. He's out there having fun because his daddy gets to pay for it and he wrecked us. That's frustrating."

At the 2014 Coke Zero 400, Almirola would earn his first career win in the Sprint Cup Series after avoiding two major wrecks, and leading the field when the race was called off after 112 laps due to rain. His win also marked the first victory by the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 since 1999, and 30 years to the day Richard Petty won his 200th race.^[13]^[14] On his big victory Almirola said "The good Lord was watching out for us today and we were meant to win. It's real special for me to win here. This is not only the 30th anniversary of this team's last win at Daytona, it is my hometown and I remember growing up watching Daytona 500s and Firecracker 400s here. To win is real special."

Despite only scoring better than 20th only four times in the next few races, Almirola's win clinched a berth in the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup, his first Chase appearance and the first for a Cuban driver. Almirola was eliminated from the championship chase after round 1 of the Chase.

Almirola had a more successful year in 2015 despite missing the Chase barely. He had only 6 Top 10's but he was mainly in the Top 15 and was consistent all year long. he barely missed the chase by almost winning the Fall Richmond race with a strategy call and finished 4th. He finished 17th in the standings, the highest for a non-chaser.

He returned to the No. 43 in 2016 with ironically Brian Scott as his new teammate.

In July 2016, Aric Almirola, in the #98 car, won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona, for his first Xfinity Series win since 2007. He barely beat Justin Allgaier by 0.003 seconds to win the race. A final lap caution came out, with Almirola being declared the winner on review. In victory lane, an ecstatic Almirola said that he considered the race to be his first Xfinity Series win as he had won the 2007 Milwaukee race while Denny Hamlin drove 75% of the race.

Personal life

Aric Almirola was born at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and raised in Tampa. His family members are Cuban and Almirola is a US citizen. His grandfather is an ARCA Racing Series driver and Almirola is married to Janice Almirola. They have 2 children; a son named Alex (born September 2012) and a daughter named Abby (born November 2013).^[15]

Almirola is a Christian; in victory lane at Daytona in 2014 he praised God and said "The good Lord was looking out for me today as He always does."^[16]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2007	Joe Gibbs Racing	80	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS 41	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL												52nd	357
2007	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	01	Chevy																										RCH 36	NHA 31	DOV	KAN	TAL 30	CLT	MAR 43	ATL	TEX	PHO 26	HOM	52nd	357
2008	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	8		DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI 8	MAR 42	TEX	PHO	TAL 33	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON 25	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN 35	MCH	BRI 13	CAL 30	RCH	NHA 18	DOV	KAN	TAL 13	CLT	MAR 20	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM 35	42nd	1075
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	8		DAY 30	CAL 35	LVS 39	ATL 21	BRI 35	MAR 37	TEX 33	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH														46th	527
2009	Phoenix Racing	09	Dodge																								BRI DNQ	ATL	RCH	NHA 29	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	46th	527
2010	Phoenix Racing	09	Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAL 43	LVS 43	ATL DNQ	BRI 39	MAR 41	PHO DNQ	TEX																													48th	704
	Tommy Baldwin Racing	35	Chevy									TAL DNQ	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT
	Richard Petty Motorsports	9	Ford																																MAR 21	TAL 20	TEX 21	PHO 27	HOM 4
2012	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Ford	DAY 33	PHO 12	LVS 24	BRI 19	CAL 25	MAR 8	TEX 22	KAN 23	RCH 26	TAL 12	DAR 19	CLT 16	DOV 6	POC 28	MCH 17	SON 28	KEN 26	DAY 19	NHA 28	IND 19	POC 19	GLN 18	MCH 20	BRI 35	ATL 32	RCH 26	CHI 17	NHA 23	DOV 19	TAL 19	CLT 12	KAN 29	MAR 4	TEX 15	PHO 16	HOM 7	20th	868
2013		43		DAY 13	PHO 15	LVS 16	BRI 37	CAL 14	MAR 20	TEX 7	KAN 8	RCH 8	TAL 10	DAR 20	CLT 33	DOV 18	POC 21	MCH 17	SON 20	KEN 15	DAY 38	NHA 5	IND 17	POC 20	GLN 37	MCH 18	BRI 15	ATL 20	RCH 20	CHI 13	NHA 21	DOV 22	KAN 10	CLT 23	TAL 22		TEX 27	PHO 19	HOM 16	18th	913
2013		41																																		MAR 20				18th	913
2014		43		DAY 39	PHO 15	LVS 25	BRI 3	CAL 43	MAR 8	TEX 12	DAR 24	RCH 17	TAL 13	KAN 8	CLT 11	DOV 12	POC 22	MCH 31	SON 23	KEN 39	DAY 1	NHA 23	IND 21	POC 35	GLN 18	MCH 20	BRI 41	ATL 9	RCH 10	CHI 41	NHA 6	DOV 28	KAN 31	CLT 22	TAL 39	MAR 21	TEX 24	PHO 18	HOM 19	16th	2195
2015				DAY 15	ATL 11	LVS 26	PHO 19	CAL 11	MAR 12	TEX 19	BRI 13	RCH 20	TAL 15	KAN 11	CLT 17	DOV 5	POC 43	MCH 22	SON 14	DAY 34	KEN 12	NHA 15	IND 38	POC 18	GLN 16	MCH 14	BRI 17	DAR 11	RCH 4	CHI 10	NHA 43	DOV 5	CLT 10	KAN 24	TAL 16	MAR 16	TEX 18	PHO 10	HOM 41	17th	940
2016				DAY 12	ATL 15	LVS 24	PHO 13	CAL 21	MAR 40	TEX 24	BRI 34	RCH 21	TAL 27	KAN 18	DOV 31	CLT 26	POC 20	MCH 26	SON 27	DAY 15	KEN 20	NHA 19	IND 25	POC 39	GLN 27	BRI 14	MCH 24	DAR 32	RCH 17	CHI 32	NHA 17	DOV 16	CLT 15	KAN 40	TAL 8	MAR 15	TEX 22	PHO 22	HOM 40	26th	638

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2009	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	11	30
2010	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	DNQ
2012	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	27	33
2013			26	13
2014			13	39
2015			33	15
2016			34	12

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts
2005	Joe Gibbs Racing	20	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM QL^†	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2006		19		DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH 32	DAR	CLT	DOV 11	NSH	KEN							IRP 38	GLN	MCH 27	BRI 20	CAL	RCH 18	DOV	KAN 39	CLT 15	MEM	TEX	PHO 13	HOM	44th	973
2006		20																		MLW QL^†	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR QL^†	GTY														44th	973
2007		18		DAY 19	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL 27				PHO 43			DAR 41	CLT 14	DOV						CHI 38	GTY										CLT 4	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM 18	29th	1959
2007		20							BRI 32	NSH 19	TEX		TAL 20	RCH				NSH 10	KEN 6	MLW 1	NHA	DAY 28			IRP 6	CGV 11	GLN	MCH	BRI 10	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN						29th	1959
2009	Key Motorsports	40	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW 11	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 14	IOW 34	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL						76th	394
2009	Smith-Ganassi Racing	42	Dodge																															CLT 27	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	76th	394
2010	JR Motorsports	7	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP 3	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL			KAN 22	CAL 6	CLT 8	GTY	TEX 16	PHO 6	HOM 32	44th	1021
2010		88																												RCH 11	DOV								44th	1021
2011		88		DAY 19	PHO 13	LVS 15	BRI 10	CAL 9	TEX 12	TAL 8	NSH 10	RCH 14	DAR 28	DOV 9	IOW 17	CLT 9	CHI 4	MCH 15	ROA 22	DAY 9	KEN 20	NHA 5	NSH 5	IRP 4	IOW 5	GLN 8	CGV 20	BRI 5	ATL 8	RCH 7	CHI 4	DOV 15	KAN 12	CLT 15	TEX 19	PHO 25	HOM 8		4th	1095
2013	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Ford	DAY	PHO 9	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			111th	0¹
2014	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 14	KEN	DOV 13	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			99th	0¹
2015				DAY 7	ATL	LVS 11	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH 15	TAL 10	IOW	CLT 19	DOV	MCH 8	CHI	DAY 35	KEN	NHA	IND 14	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 12			93rd	0¹
2016				DAY 11	ATL	LVS 12	PHO	CAL 11	TEX 17	BRI 10	RCH	TAL 10	DOV	CLT	POC 11	MCH	IOW	DAY 1	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO 12	HOM 10			92nd	0¹
^† - Qualified for Denny Hamlin

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWSC	Pts
2005	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	47	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM 30	IRP 10	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA 8	LVS	MAR	ATL	TEX 34	PHO	HOM	48th	410
2006	Spears Motorsports	75	Chevy	DAY 32	CAL 21	ATL 18	MAR 18	GTY 10	CLT 9	MFD 30	DOV 12	TEX 32	MCH 36	MLW 13	KAN 18	KEN 22	MEM 18	IRP 21	NSH 22	BRI 32	NHA 29	LVS 10	TAL 22	MAR 16	ATL 30	TEX 20	PHO 22	HOM 23	18th	2471
2007	Billy Ballew Motorsports	51	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM 17	KEN	IRP												61st	273
2007	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	47	Chevy															NSH 23	BRI	GTW	NHA 32	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	61st	273
2008	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	46	Chevy	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX 17	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	78th	112
2009	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Toyota	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX 16	MCH	MLW 20	MEM 4	KEN 5	IRP 3	NSH	BRI 6	CHI 8	IOW 2		NHA 21		MAR 12	TAL 2	TEX 14	PHO 3	HOM 14	20th	2301
2009		51																			GTW 4		LVS 8						20th	2301
2010				DAY 12	ATL 3	MAR 6	NSH 8	KAN 7	DOV 1	CLT 7	TEX 12	MCH 1	IOW 28	GTY 8	IRP 31	POC 4	NSH 3	DAR 9	BRI 2	CHI 6	KEN 3	NHA 8	LVS 6	MAR 5	TAL 2	TEX 7	PHO 5	HOM 5	2nd	3730
2011	Vision Aviation Racing			DAY 22	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	104th	0¹
2012	Wauters Motorsports	5	Ford	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL 5	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL 26	MAR	TEX 9	PHO	HOM				90th	0¹

* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

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1 2 "Hamlin takes checkered flag at Milwaukee, but Almirola wins". USA Today. June 23, 2007. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
↑ Aric Almriola in No. 8 full-time in 2009
↑ Almirola to attempt full season in No. 09
↑ Defending champ has baby backup plan
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↑ See how some NASCAR drivers celebrated Thanksgiving | NASCAR.com
↑ Daytona’s demolition derby clears the way for Almirola | Columbia Daily Herald

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Official website
Aric Almirola driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Richard Petty Motorsports

Personnel

Richard Petty
Andrew M. Murstein
Lisa Brown
Robbie Loomis
Sammy Johns
Brian Moffitt
Robert Miller

Former personnel

Partnerships and affiliations

Race drivers

Sprint Cup Series	(43) Aric Almirola (44) Brian Scott

Xfinity Series	(43) Jeb Burton

Crew chiefs

Sprint Cup Series	(43) Trent Owens (44) TBA

Xfinity Series	(43) Philippe Lopez

Development drivers

Ryan Truex

Former drivers

Richard Petty Motorsports	A. J. Allmendinger Marcos Ambrose Dakoda Armstrong Michael Annett Sam Hornish Jr. Kasey Kahne Corey LaJoie Paul Menard Elliott Sadler Reed Sorenson

Evernham Motorsports / Gillette Evernham Motorsports	Casey Atwood Patrick Carpentier Erin Crocker Bill Elliott Jeremy Mayfield Kasey Kahne Elliott Sadler

Petty Enterprises	John Andretti Buddy Baker Rich Bickle Rodney Combs Carlos Contreras Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Christian Fittipaldi Jeff Green Steve Grissom Bobby Hamilton Pete Hamilton Jimmy Hensley Buckshot Jones Bobby Labonte Jerry Nadeau Jim Paschal Adam Petty Kyle Petty Lee Petty Maurice Petty Richard Petty Rick Wilson

NASCAR Triple Threats (Race Wins In All Three Major Series)

1. Ken Schrader (04-15-1995)
2. Terry Labonte (09-07-1995)
3. Mark Martin (09-28-1996)
4. Bobby Hamilton (04-10-2000)
5. Kevin Harvick (11-08-2002)
6. Greg Biffle (07-05-2003)
7. Jimmy Spencer (09-13-2003)
8. Jamie McMurray (10-23-2004)
9. Tony Stewart (02-19-2005)
10. Steve Park (02-25-2005)
11. Carl Edwards (03-20-2005)
12. Bobby Labonte (04-09-2005)
13. Kasey Kahne (05-14-2005)
14. Kyle Busch (09-04-2005)
15. Ricky Craven (10-22-2005)
16. Kurt Busch (04-08-2006)
17. Johnny Benson, Jr. (06-17-2006)
18. Clint Bowyer (09-16-2007)
19. Ryan Newman (10-25-2008)
20. David Reutimann (05-25-2009)
21. Elliott Sadler (07-31-2010)
22. Michael Waltrip (02-18-2011)
23. Denny Hamlin (10-29-2011)
24. Aric Almirola (07-06-2014)
25. Brad Keselowski (08-21-2014)
26. Joey Logano (03-28-2015)
27. Kyle Larson (08-28-2016)

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Aric Almirola

Racing career

Early career

NASCAR

2006–07

2008–09

2010–2012: Resurgence in Truck and Nationwide

2012–2013: Return to Cup in the 43

2014 to present: Chase contender

Personal life

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

Sprint Cup Series

Daytona 500

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

See also

References

External links