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Aric Almirola

b. 1984

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Born 1984. Aric Almirola is an American racing automobile driver.

Aric Michael Almirola (born March 14, 1984) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing. He has previously competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, as well as what is now the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West.

Racing career Early career Almirola was born on Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, of Cuban descent. He began racing go-karts when he was eight years old. At the age of fourteen, 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. 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 eleventh in the points standings. He won five more races at the track in 2005, made his Truck Series debut with Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, and had two top-tens in four races.

2006–2007 For 2006, Almirola drove the No. 75 Spears Manufacturing-sponsored 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 eighteenth. That season, he also drove nine races in the Busch Series for Gibbs in the No. 19 Husqvarna/Banquet Foods-sponsored Chevrolet Monte Carlo. His best finish was 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, qualifying the No. 20 car for Denny Hamlin, who competed in the race.

Almirola moved up to the Busch series regularly 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 AT&T 250 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 Hamlin to make it to the track, so Almirola started the race, leading the first 43 laps of the race. 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. Seven races into the 2009 season, Almirola lost his ride due to lack of sponsorship. 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-sponsored Toyota Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports, and had a seven-race streak of finishing 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 the North Carolina Superior Court indicating that he had 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. The lawsuit was dropped a month later after being settled out of court.

2010–2012: Resurgence in Truck and Nationwide

For 2010, Almirola was to drive full-time for Phoenix Racing's No. 09 Cup series Chevrolet Impala. He also drove the No. 51 Graceway Pharmaceuticals/AK Awareness-sponsored 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-sponsored 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 as a standby driver for the No. 48 team in case Jimmie Johnson needed to leave for the birth of his daughter. 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 on 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. Almirola had his first Sprint Cup top-five finish at Homestead. At Talladega in the fall, 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). However, officials determined that Busch had the lead before going below the yellow line, which made Busch's winning move legal. In 2011, Almirola drove the No. 88 Nationwide Series car for JR Motorsports. He won two poles and had eighteen top-tens 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.

2012–2017: Return to Cup in the No. 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. Almirola earned the pole at Charlotte in May, and collected one top-five and four top-tens 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 led 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 thirteenth, Almirola hit the wall once again, setting the front of the car ablaze and ending the promising run. 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. During the 2013 season from Texas to Talladega, he had the most consecutive top-tens 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. Almirola finished a career high 18th in points. In 2014, he received crew chief Trent Owens, who is Richard Petty's nephew.

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 of the next three seasons with brands Smithfield, Farmland, Eckrich, and Gwaltney. 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 Cup finish to date, finishing third.

The next week at Auto Club Speedway during the 2014 Auto Club 400, Almirola got involved in an accident with Brian Scott. Almirola made a pass on Scott for fourth 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. On his big victory Almirola said "The good Lord was watching out for us today and we were meant to win. It's really special for me to win here. This is not only the 30th anniversary of this team's last win at Daytona, but it is my hometown, and I remember growing up watching Daytona 500s and Firecracker 400s here. To win is really special."

Despite scoring better than twentieth 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 barely missing the Chase. He had only six top-tens, but he was mainly in the top-fifteen and was consistent all year long. He barely missed the chase by almost winning the Fall Richmond race with a strategy call and finished fourth. He finished seventeenth in the standings, the highest for a non-chaser.

Almirola returned to No. 43 in 2016 with Brian Scott as his new teammate.

In July 2016, Almirola, in the No. 98 car, won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona, 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. Almirola had a dismal 2016 season with just one top-ten finish.

Almirola started the 2017 season without a teammate and finished 4th at the 2017 Daytona 500. Almirola was hit with a 35-point penalty after the Talladega race. During the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway on May 13, 2017, Almirola was involved in a violent crash along with Joey Logano and Danica Patrick. After Logano's brake rotor exploded, he collided with Patrick, sending both straight into the wall. Almirola attempted to avoid the wreck but instead slammed into Logano. Although he was conscious, Almirola was cut out of his car, placed onto a stretcher, and airlifted to the University of Kansas Hospital. Almirola was diagnosed with a compression fracture of his T5 vertebrae, released from the University of Kansas Hospital after overnight observation and traveled back to North Carolina, where he had a follow-up consultation with his doctors in Charlotte. Almirola was also reported to have the ability to walk the day after his violent wreck. It was expected that he would miss eight–twelve weeks. He was replaced by Regan Smith for the Monster Energy Open, which led up to the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, the Coca-Cola 600, and the AAA 400 Drive for Autism. Bubba Wallace and Billy Johnson also substituted for Almirola. On June 29, 2017, Almirola stated he would undergo track tests in Charlotte or Darlington before being medically cleared to race in low-banking tracks like Indianapolis or New Hampshire to decrease stress on his back. On July 12, 2017, he announced he had been cleared to return to racing at Loudon's Overton's 301.

In September 2017, after sponsor Smithfield Foods announced that it would be leaving the team at season's end, Almirola announced his departure from Richard Petty Motorsports.

2018–2023: Stewart–Haas Racing

On November 8, 2017, Stewart–Haas Racing announced Almirola as the driver of the No. 10 Ford Fusion for the 2018 season. Almirola was leading the 2018 Daytona 500 when on the race's last lap Almirola and eventual race winner Austin Dillon collided, resulting in Almirola crashing into the outside wall and finishing eleventh. His consistency throughout the regular season brought him to the playoffs. At the inaugural Charlotte Roval race, Almirola was barely able to advance to the Round of 12 with a nineteenth-place finish after slamming the outside wall while avoiding William Byron, who cut a tire in front of him. He had a strong run at the fall Dover race until he got loose exiting the turn and collided with Brad Keselowski, which caused a multi-car pileup that took out Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., and Alex Bowman. One week later, Almirola and Stewart–Haas Racing dominated the fall Talladega race. On the final lap, Almirola was running 2nd until his teammate Kurt Busch ran out of gas. Almirola scored his second career cup win, locking him into the Round of 8. Despite finishing fourth at Phoenix, Almirola was eliminated in the Round of 8. He finished the season fifth in the points standings, the highest finish of his career.

In the 2019 season, Almirola once again made the playoffs, but was eliminated in the Round of 16 after finishing fourteenth at the Charlotte Roval. Five weeks later, Almirola contended with teammate and pole-setter Kevin Harvick for the win at Texas before finishing in second-place, his best finish of the season. He fell to fourteenth in the final points standings. On December 4, 2019, Stewart–Haas Racing announced that Mike Bugarewicz will replace Johnny Klausmeier as the crew chief of the No. 10 team in 2020.

Almirola finished third at the 2020 GEICO 500 despite crossing the finish line nearly all the way backward after being spun by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Almirola led the most laps and won the second stage at Pocono the following week, and looked to be in a position to win until a poor final pit stop cost him the lead. Almirola finished third. Almirola led 128 of the first 137 laps at Kentucky but his car did not do as well in lap traffic, and he was unable to regain the lead; Almirola's teammate Cole Custer won the race. Almirola's consistency got him in the Playoffs for the third year in a row. He made it to the Round of 12 but was eliminated after the Charlotte Roval.

In 2021, Almirola won his duel and started third in the Daytona 500, but contact with Christopher Bell triggered the big one and knocked Almirola out of the race on lap fourteen. It was the fourth consecutive year in which Almirola did not finish on the lead lap in the Daytona 500. At New Hampshire Motor Speedway, with 57 laps to go, Almirola passed Ryan Blaney for the lead. He went on to collect his third career win over Christopher Bell after NASCAR shortened the race by eight laps due to darkness. Almirola was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol. He finished the season fifteenth in the points standings. However, on August 19, 2022, Almirola announced he would not retire at the end of the season and would continue to drive the No. 10 in 2023. He started the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. Despite having no wins, Almirola's finishes were a huge improvement over the previous season, with two top-fives and seven top-ten finishes. On October 28, 2023, Almirola announced he would not return to SHR in 2024.

Almirola returned to the Xfinity Series part-time in 2023 in two road course races. He drove the SS-Green Light Racing No. 08 to a 24th-place finish at Circuit of the Americas and the RSS Racing No. 28 at Sonoma, becoming the first-ever winner in the NXS at Sonoma as well as giving RSS their first ever win as an organization.

2024–present: Return to Xfinity Series part-time

In 2024, Almirola returned to Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in the Xfinity Series on a part-time schedule, driving the No. 19 and No. 20 cars. He claimed victory at Martinsville with the No. 20 team and earned a 100,000 bonus by winning the first Dash 4 Cash race of the season. However, shortly before the Charlotte race, Almirola and Bubba Wallace were involved in a physical altercation during a weekly competition meeting attended by drivers from JGR and 23XI Racing. While the exact cause of the dispute remains unclear, the team identified Almirola as the instigator. As a result, JGR indefinitely suspended him and replaced him with Ty Gibbs, stating it was a team decision. Almirola later returned to competition at Indianapolis and found success during the playoffs, securing wins at Kansas and Martinsville. Despite only making fourteen starts, Almirola finished seventeenth in the final Xfinity Series driver standings, finishing ahead of ten full time Xfinity Series drivers. He earned three wins, six stage wins, eight top-fives, nine top-tens, eleven top-fifteens, and twelve top-twenties, led 415 laps, and had an average finish of 9.2.

In 2025, Almirola partnered with Joe Gibbs Racing and the Christian organization Young Life to compete part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, participating in nine events. After a late-race caution at Phoenix, Almirola took over the lead from Justin Allgaier and made a last lap pass on Alex Bowman in an exciting photo finish to earn the win. Almirola beat Bowman by 0.045 seconds, the 26th closest finish in Xfinity Series history. At Indianapolis, Almirola was intentionally right-rear hooked by Austin Hill to the outside wall, having Hill be penalized five laps and suspended the following week. During the playoffs, Almirola won at Bristol and Las Vegas. With Almirola finishing second at Phoenix, the No. 19 car ended the season with the owners' championship.

Personal life Almirola was born at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, and raised in Tampa. His family members are of Cuban descent. His grandfather, Sam Rodriguez, was a dirt sprint car driver.

A graduate of Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Almirola attended the University of Central Florida to work on a degree in mechanical engineering before leaving to pursue a career in racing.

Almirola is married to Janice Almirola, with whom he has two children Almirola danced with his children in a 2019 public service announcement for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), part of the Responsible Fatherhood media campaign.

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.)

Cup Series NASCAR 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 Pts Ref 2007 Joe Gibbs Racing 80 Chevy DAY CAL LVS41 ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH 52nd 357 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 01 Chevy BRI36 CAL31 RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL30 CLT MAR43 ATL TEX PHO26 HOM 2008 8 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI8 MAR42 TEX PHO TAL33 RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON25 NHA23 DAY CHI IND POC GLN35 MCH BRI13 CAL30 RCH NHA18 DOV KAN TAL13 CLT MAR20 ATL TEX PHO HOM35 42nd 1075 2009 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing DAY30 CAL35 LVS39 ATL21 BRI35 MAR37 TEX33 PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH 46th 527 Phoenix Racing 09 Dodge BRIDNQ ATL RCH NHA29 DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 2010 Chevy DAYDNQ CAL43 LVS43 ATLDNQ BRI39 MAR41 PHODNQ TEX 48th 704 Tommy Baldwin Racing 35 Chevy TALDNQ 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 MAR21 TAL20 TEX21 PHO27 HOM4 2012 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY33 PHO12 LVS24 BRI19 CAL25 MAR8 TEX22 KAN23 RCH26 TAL12 DAR19 CLT16 DOV6 POC28 MCH17 SON28 KEN26 DAY19 NHA28 IND19 POC19 GLN18 MCH20 BRI35 ATL32 RCH26 CHI17 NHA23 DOV19 TAL19 CLT12 KAN29 MAR4 TEX15 PHO16 HOM7 20th 868 2013 DAY13 PHO15 LVS16 BRI37 CAL14 MAR20 TEX7 KAN8 RCH8 TAL10 DAR20 CLT33 DOV18 POC21 MCH17 SON20 KEN15 DAY38 NHA5 IND17 POC20 GLN37 MCH18 BRI15 ATL20 RCH20 CHI13 NHA21 DOV22 KAN10 CLT23 TAL22 TEX27 PHO19 HOM16 18th 913 41 MAR20 2014 43 DAY39 PHO15 LVS25 BRI3 CAL43 MAR8 TEX12 DAR24 RCH17 TAL13 KAN8 CLT11 DOV12 POC22 MCH31 SON23 KEN39 DAY1 NHA23 IND21 POC35 GLN18 MCH20 BRI41 ATL9 RCH10 CHI41 NHA6 DOV28 KAN31 CLT22 TAL39 MAR21 TEX24 PHO18 HOM19 16th 2195 2015 DAY15 ATL11 LVS26 PHO19 CAL11 MAR12 TEX19 BRI13 RCH20 TAL15 KAN11 CLT17 DOV5 POC43 MCH22 SON14 DAY34 KEN12 NHA15 IND38 POC18 GLN16 MCH14 BRI17 DAR11 RCH4 CHI10 NHA43 DOV5 CLT10 KAN24 TAL16 MAR16 TEX18 PHO10 HOM41 17th 940 2016 DAY12 ATL15 LVS24 PHO13 CAL21 MAR40 TEX24 BRI34 RCH21 TAL27 KAN18 DOV31 CLT26 POC20 MCH26 SON27 DAY15 KEN20 NHA19 IND25 POC39 GLN27 BRI14 MCH25 DAR32 RCH17 CHI32 NHA17 DOV16 CLT15 KAN40 TAL8 MAR15 TEX22 PHO22 HOM40 26th 638 2017 DAY4 ATL27 LVS14 PHO17 CAL19 MAR18 TEX18 BRI22 RCH9 TAL4 KAN38 CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA24 IND13 POC38 GLN21 MCH12 BRI37 DAR20 RCH17 CHI24 NHA26 DOV25 CLT24 TAL5 KAN9 MAR18 TEX15 PHO9 HOM18 29th 502 2018 Stewart–Haas Racing 10 Ford DAY11 ATL13 LVS10 PHO7 CAL12 MAR14 TEX32 BRI6 RCH17 TAL7 DOV11 KAN9 CLT13 POC7 MCH11 SON8 CHI25* DAY27 KEN8 NHA3 POC25 GLN22 MCH7 BRI31 DAR14 IND23 LVS6 RCH5 ROV19 DOV13 TAL1 KAN10 MAR11 TEX8 PHO4 HOM9 5th 2354 2019 DAY32 ATL8 LVS7 PHO4 CAL9 MAR9 TEX7 BRI37 RCH23 TAL9 DOV16 KAN12 CLT11 POC10 MCH17 SON9 CHI16 DAY7 KEN14 NHA11 POC12 GLN12 MCH33 BRI29 DAR17 IND14 LVS13 RCH16 ROV14 DOV17 TAL4 KAN23 MAR37 TEX2 PHO22 HOM22 14th 2234 2020 DAY22 LVS21 CAL8 PHO8 DAR12 DAR7 CLT15 CLT20 BRI29 ATL17 MAR33 HOM5 TAL3 POC3* POC5 IND3 KEN8* TEX10 KAN6 NHA7 MCH16 MCH6 DRC24 DOV17 DOV7 DAY18 DAR9 RCH8 BRI5 LVS17 TAL37 ROV16 KAN13 TEX23 MAR7 PHO13 15th 2235 2021 DAY34 DRC17 HOM30 LVS38 PHO11 ATL20 BRD36 MAR20 RCH6 TAL15 KAN29 DAR37 DOV37 COA26 CLT22 SON27 NSH 4 POC16 POC16 ROA14 ATL23 NHA1 GLN16 IRC19 MCH17 DAY14 DAR16 RCH14 BRI18 LVS19 TAL26 ROV24 TEX18 KAN26 MAR6 PHO6 15th 2215 2022 DAY5 CAL6 LVS6 PHO12 ATL22 COA19 RCH21 MAR8 BRD23 TAL13 DOV19 DAR11 KAN26 CLT17 GTW5 SON14 NSH17 ROA28 ATL8 NHA31 POC13 IRC38 MCH34 RCH8 GLN29 DAY21 DAR11 KAN21 BRI28 TEX24 TAL14* ROV15 LVS18 HOM21 MAR15 PHO20 20th 760 2023 DAY21 CAL35 LVS16 PHO33 ATL30 COA30 RCH13 BRD31 MAR6 TAL22 DOV24 KAN13 DAR21 CLT25 GTW19 SON28 NSH25 CSC12 ATL18* NHA34 POC12 RCH8 MCH16 IRC39 GLN30 DAY3 DAR14 KAN17 BRI18 TEX18 TAL17 ROV21 LVS14 HOM9 MAR2 PHO13 22nd 675

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 2017 13 4 2018 Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 37 11 2019 8 32 2020 5 22 2021 3 34 2022 38 5 2023 4 21

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 Pts Ref 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 GTW IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEMQL† TEX PHO HOM N/A — 2006 19 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH32 DAR CLT DOV11 NSH KEN IRP38 GLN MCH27 BRI20 CAL RCH18 DOV KAN39 CLT15 MEM TEX PHO13 HOM 51st 833 20 MLWQL† DAY CHI NHA MARQL† GTW 2007 18 DAY19 CAL MXC LVS ATL27 PHO43 DAR41 CLT14 DOV CHI38 GTW CLT4 MEM TEX PHO HOM18 29th 1959 20 BRI32 NSH19 TEX TAL20 RCH NSH10 KEN6 MLW1 NHA DAY28 IRP6 CGV11 GLN MCH BRI10 CAL RCH DOV KAN 2009 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW11 NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP14 IOW34 GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL 76th 394 Smith-Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge CLT27 MEM TEX PHO HOM 2010 JR Motorsports 88 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP3 IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL KAN22 CAL6 CLT8 GTW TEX16 PHO6 HOM32 44th 1021 7 RCH11 DOV 2011 88 DAY19 PHO13 LVS15 BRI10 CAL9 TEX12 TAL8 NSH10 RCH14 DAR28 DOV9 IOW17 CLT9 CHI4 MCH15 ROA22 DAY9 KEN20 NHA5 NSH5 IRP4 IOW5 GLN8 CGV20 BRI5 ATL8 RCH7 CHI4 DOV15 KAN12 CLT15 TEX19 PHO25 HOM8 4th 1095 2013 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY PHO9 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 CHI14 KEN DOV13 KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 99th 01 2015 DAY7 ATL LVS11 PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH15 TAL10 IOW CLT19 DOV MCH8 CHI DAY35 KEN NHA IND14 IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM12 93rd 01 2016 DAY11 ATL LVS12 PHO CAL11 TEX17 BRI10 RCH TAL10 DOV CLT POC11 MCH IOW DAY1 KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO12 HOM10 92nd 01 2017 DAY23 ATL19 LVS17 PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL1 CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI38 ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 93rd 01 2018 Stewart–Haas Racingwith Biagi-DenBeste DAY35 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN5 MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 98th 01 2023 SS-Green Light Racing 08 Ford DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA24 RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR 76th 01 RSS Racing 28 Ford SON1 NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 2024 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY ATL LVS12 PHO31 COA 17th 560 20 RCH2* MAR1* TEX TAL DOV DAR5 CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND3 MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN26 BRI KAN1 TAL19 ROV9 LVS13 HOM3 MAR1* PHO3 2025 19 DAY ATL3 COA PHO1 LVS2 HOM MAR13 DAR BRI CAR TAL33 TEX CLT NSH6 MXC POC ATL7* CSC SON DOV2 IND35 IOW GLN DAY24 PIR GTW6 BRI1 KAN ROV14 LVS1* TAL24 MAR5 PHO2 17th 652 † – Qualified for Denny Hamlin

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman 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 Pts Ref 2005 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM30 IRP10 NSH BRI RCH NHA8 LVS MAR ATL TEX34 PHO HOM 48th 410 2006 Spears Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY32 CAL21 ATL18 MAR18 GTW10 CLT9 MFD30 DOV12 TEX32 MCH36 MLW13 KAN18 KEN22 MEM18 IRP21 NSH22 BRI32 NHA29 LVS10 TAL22 MAR16 ATL30 TEX20 PHO22 HOM23 18th 2471 2007 Billy Ballew Motorsports 51 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM17 KEN IRP 60th 273 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy NSH23 BRI GTW NHA32 LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2008 46 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX17 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 TEX16 MCH MLW20 MEM4 KEN5 IRP3 NSH BRI6 CHI8 IOW2 NHA21 MAR12 TAL2 TEX14 PHO3 HOM14 20th 2301 51 GTW4 LVS8 2010 DAY12 ATL3 MAR6 NSH8 KAN7 DOV1 CLT7 TEX12 MCH1 IOW28 GTW8 IRP31 POC4 NSH3 DAR9 BRI2 CHI6 KEN3 NHA8 LVS6 MAR5 TAL2 TEX7 PHO5 HOM5 2nd 3730 2011 Vision Aviation Racing DAY22 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 ATL5 IOW KEN LVS TAL26 MAR TEX9 PHO HOM 90th 01 2024 Hattori Racing Enterprises 16 Toyota DAY ATL LVS BRI COA MAR TEX KAN DAR NWSDNQ CLT GTW NSH POC IRP RCH MLW BRI KAN TAL HOM MAR PHO 91st 01

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ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 2005 Joe Gibbs Racing 2 Chevy DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL37 171st 45 2008 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 29 Chevy DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY KEN BLN POC34 NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 143rd 70

Camping World East Series NASCAR Camping World East Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2008 Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 8 Chevy GRE IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP NSH ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV1 STA 149th 185

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2018 Stewart–Haas Racing 41 Ford KCR TUS TUS OSS CNS SON2 DCS IOW EVG GTW LVS MER AAS KCR 30th 43

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University of Central Florida, Hillsborough High School
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Aric Michael Almirola

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racecar driver

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Aric Almirola was born on 14 March 1984 in Fort Walton Beach.

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Aric Almirola is a racing automobile driver.

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Aric Almirola is American.

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