“I hate the circumstances that created this opportunity, but I’m very excited and grateful to have a chance to drive the No. 43 this weekend,” said Smith. “Aric is a friend of mine and his health and a speedy recovery is the most important thing right now. I can’t thank everybody at RPM enough for thinking of me, and I’m excited to represent them and all of their partners.”
Petty Motorsports driver Aric Almirola suffered a compression fracture to his T5 vertebra in Saturday night’s three-car wreck at Kansas Speedway. The driver is mobile, though, and has been released from a Kansas-area hospital. Almirola was airlifted to the hospital after a Lap 199 incident which saw something break in Joey Logano’s car, sending his […]
“We’re definitely on a good run here. The last two weeks have been really good for us. This team has worked hard all season, and we’re finally getting the results to show for it. We hope the momentum continues this weekend at Kansas. I like Kansas and have had fast cars here in the past. We’ve been working hard on our intermediate track program.
“I thought I was right where I wanted to be,” said Almirola. “My car was really good through the middle of the pack, and I didn’t want to get shuffled to the bottom. I was adamant about that, but I thought we had some pretty good runs toward the end. I thought we were going to have a shot at it, but just getting side drafted and stuff, we got stalled out.
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