Aric Almirola

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Richard Petty Motorsports has signed Smithfield Foods to sponsor Aric Almirola for 15 races. The Smithfield, Va.-based company plans to use a variety of its products on the No. 43 Ford. The deal is three years, but it's ...  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Richard Petty Motorsports hired Aric Almirola on Wednesday to drive the famed No. 43 in NASCAR's elite Sprint Cup Series, and Cole Whitt will replace him at JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series. Almirola left JRM to ...  

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Richard Petty didn’t have to do much to convince Smithfield Foods to sponsor driver Aric Almirola for 15 Sprint Cup races this season. Richard Petty Motorsports officials had been in talks with Smithfield executives about sponsoring driver AJ Allmendinger. When Allmendinger left for Penske Racing, Petty said he wanted Almirola to replace him in the iconic No. 43 car and the three-year deal between RPM and Smithfield was...  

Richard Petty Motorsports announced today that Aric Almirola will drive the No. 43 Ford Fusion during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.  Almirola, along with RPM Chief Executive Officer Brian Moffitt, were part of a teleconference this ...  

Richard Petty Motorsports again plans to field two teams with driver Marcos Ambrose and Aric Almirola in the legendary No. 43. Almirola replaces AJ Allmendinger, who moved to Penske Racing. Casey Mears returns for another season with Germain ...  

Line Ryan Newman, Aric also went to college for mechanical engineering before leaving to pursue a career in racing. So, this guy is smart, lets see how good of a driver he is now that he has recieved a chance with the King's team. RPM has parted ...  

Joining Richard Petty Motorsports in January to drive the legendary No. 43 Ford, Almirola will make his way back to the Cup Series ranks in 2012 and take his first shot at a full-time ride in the series. Paired with veteran Crew Chief Greg Erwin ...  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Aric Almirola was named driver of the famed No. 43 for Richard Petty Motorsports Wednesday. Almirola finished fourth in the Nationwide Series standings this past season for JR Motorsports. He will replace AJ Allmendinger, who ...  

Aric Almirola has dreamed of landing a full-time Sprint Cup ride, but a month ago he wasn’t expecting that to happen in 2012. All that changed when AJ Allmendinger left Richard Petty Motorsports two weeks ago and team officials came calling.  

The last time that Aric Almirola had a Sprint Cup Series ride things went far from planned. The year was 2008 and Almirola had just signed with then Dale Earnhardt Inc. to share seat time with Mark Martin before eventually inheriting the ride ...  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The new driver of the famous No. 43 ... They gave the Cuban government everything, including the wedding ring of Almirola's grandmother, to chase the American dream. Because of them, Almirola can dream. I realize that I ...  

Richard Petty Motorsports announced Wednesday that Aric ... It’s a great opportunity for me. I’m a little bit sad leaving where I left. I had a good home there with Junior Motorsports, but it was important for me to have their support ...  

Almirola spent 2011 in the Nationwide Series driving the No. 88 for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports. He finished fourth in the standings with two poles and seven top fives. He drove in the Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs in 2007 when he was ...  

Kurt Busch with Phoenix Racing, David Reutimann with Tommy Baldwin Racing, Mark Martin with Michael Waltrip Racing and on it goes with swaps that are rife with uncertainty so far as performance. Almirola has reason to smile, but will he live up to ...  

Aric Almirola was named the driver of the famed No. 43 for Richard Petty Motorsports. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Aric Almirola was named driver of the famed No. 43 for Richard Petty Motorsports Wednesday. Almirola finished fourth in the Nationwide Series standings ...