“We saw great success with the ‘Fresh From Florida’ motorsports campaign last year after developing a complete media, retail, event marketing and motorsports event plan which impacted millions of consumers throughout Florida and the Southeast,” said Mike Hargrave, Chief Marketing Officer, Richard Petty Motorsports.
“I have to thank all our loyal fans, the employees at RPM and all our partners who have been supporting us all season. It’s been nothing but a pleasure to work here and to win here. It was a great year and there is more to come.”
“I always love getting off the airplane in Homestead-Miami. It’s usually cold in Charlotte by then, so when you get off the airplane it’s nice to feel the warm air. Being from Florida, I love seeing the palm trees. It makes me feel right at home.
“We were pretty good during the middle of the race,” said Almirola. “Two tires really hurt our car’s handling, and by the time we came to pit for four tires, we were back in traffic. At the end, we just weren’t handling well enough to move forward.
