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Aric Almirola Signs with Richard Petty Motorsports
CONCORD, N.C. – Richard Petty Motorsports announced today that Aric Almirola will drive the legendary No. 43 Ford Fusion in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition beginning in 2012. Almirola has made 35 starts in the Sprint Cup Series, his most recent stint coming in 2010 when he finished the last five races of the season in the No. 9 Ford. During the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the Tampa, Fla., native posted a … Read entire article »
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Almirola hoping his number is next in victory lane
By Lee Montgomery Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Justin Allgaier have won two of the last three races in the series. Who’s next? “I’d love for it to be my turn,” JR Motorsports driver Aric Almirola said. Almirola is fifth in the Nationwide points standings, just behind third-place Stenhouse and fourth-place Allgaier. And Almirola, coming off a season-best fourth-place finish at Chicago, was a winner at the site of this Saturday’s Alliance Truck Parts 250, Michigan International Speedway, in the Camping World Truck Series in 2010. “I show up to the racetrack thinking it’s going to be my turn,” Almirola said. “I feel like we’re getting our program better, and we’ve been working really hard at trying to make our cars better. We started off the year not … Read entire article »
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Billy Ballew Motorsports Has Another Winning Season
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) will conclude its 2010 campaign this Friday night at the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway. It’s been a banner season for Aric Almirola and the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports team. Almirola collected two NCWTS wins (Dover and Michigan) and is poised to conclude the year second in the final point standings. Almirola aims to seal his season with another win in this week’s Ford 200. The No. 51 team has competed at Homestead-Miami Speedway three times. With Kyle Busch at the wheel, they have achieved two top-five finishes. Their best showing came in 2007, when Busch crossed the finish line in second-place. Almirola has four starts under his belt at Homestead – one Sprint Cup Series start, one Nationwide Series start and … Read entire article »
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Todd Bodine Wins His Second Truck Series Title
AVONDALE, Ariz. – Todd Bodine won his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) driver’s championship when he registered a 12th-place finish in Friday night’s race at Phoenix International Raceway. The finish enabled Bodine to take a lead of 202 points over second-place Aric Almirola in the point standings — and 195 points being the maximum number available in next weekend’s series season- finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Bodine, driver of the Germain Racing No. 30 Tundra, won Toyota’s first driver’s championship in NASCAR’s three premier series with his NCWTS title in 2006. “During the past five years, we have been one of the most consistent teams in the Camping World Truck Series,” says Bodine. “I can’t thank the guys on this Germain Racing team enough for all their hard work over the … Read entire article »
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Almirola in no mood to give up trucks title fight
By Jared Turner Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service All but written off in his quest for the Camping World Truck Series title, Aric Almirola was already an inspired driver before last weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway. The way that race ended, with Kyle Busch nipping Almirola by .002 seconds to the finish line with a questionable move, only added more fuel to Almirola’s fire. If the Billy Ballew Motorsports driver’s extra motivation carries over into Friday night’s WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway, his competitors could be in trouble. Looking to keep the championship fight alive at least one more week after cutting into Todd Bodine’s sizeable cushion at Talladega, Almirola has every reason to go all out at TMS. The 26-year-old is also still a little miffed about NASCAR’s decision not to penalize … Read entire article »
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Busch edges Almirola in Talladega photo finish
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala.—Kyle Busch surged past Aric Almirola a fraction of a second before the two drivers reached the finish line to win Saturday’s Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. The victory was Busch’s sixth in 13 starts in the series this year, his second at Talladega and the 22nd of his career. Johnny Sauter ran third, followed by Matt Crafton and Ricky Carmichael. Busch’s margin of victory of .002 seconds tied Ricky Craven’s Cup win over Kurt Busch, Kyle’s brother, at Darlington in 2003 for the closest finish in any of NASCAR’s top three series since the introduction of electronic timing and scoring in 1993. Chris Fontaine held the lead when Norm Benning’s No. 57 stalled on the track to cause … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Kahne Canned by Richard Petty Motorsports
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Kasey Kahne has been released from his driving duties at Richard Petty Motorsports, effective immediately, the team announced Wednesday night. Aric Almirola will drive the No. 9 RPM Ford at Martinsville this weekend. Almirola had been slated to drive the No. 83 Toyota for Red Bull Racing, but it now appears likely that Kahne will make his debut with Red Bull earlier than planned, if details can be worked out in time for this weekend’s Tums Fast Relief 500 at the .526-mile short track. In April, Kahne had announced he was leaving RPM at the end of the 2010 season and had signed with Hendrick Motorsports to drive the No. 5 Chevrolet in 2012 and beyond. Uncertain at the time was Kahne’s status for 2011. Ultimately, he … Read entire article »
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Bodine holds onto lead in truck series points standings
Todd Bodine used a second place finish at Michigan to hold onto the lead in the Camping World Truck Series Points Standings. Aric Almirola, who finished one spot ahead of Bodine remains in second place. Timothy Peters, Ron Hornaday and Johnny Sauter round out the top 5 in the points. The updated points: … Read entire article »
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Camping World Truck Series Results from Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. – Aric Almirola took the lead with seven laps to go and went on to win the VFW 200 at Michigan Internationa Speedway. Following him to the line were Todd Bodine, Kyle Busch, Ron Hornaday and Austin Dillon rounded out the top five. The full race results: … Read entire article »
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