After an engine failure caused by a rare part malfunction left Aric Almirola and the No. 43 team with a 40th-place finish leaving Martinsville, the team is looking to make strides this weekend in the Lone Star State. Almirola will have a full weekend of racing as he competes in both Friday night's XFINITY race and Saturday night's main event. He will pilot the No. 98 Carroll Shelby Foundation Ford for Biagi-DenBeste Racing during the XFINITY race. This will be Almirola's fourth outing in the Ford Mustang for Biagi-DenBeste in the 2016 season. The extra on-track time in the XFINITY car will be used to Almriola's advantage when it comes time to jump into his No. 43 Smithfield Ford on Saturday night for the Duck Commander 500. Almirola made 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway. His best finish came during the 2013 spring race when he crossed the finish line in seventh position. Having only made three starts at the Fort Worth, Texas track in the XFINITY series, Almirola has a best finish of 12th and has never finished outside of the Top-20. |
 Almirola and "The King" Richard Petty will be giving back to the Dallas-Fort Worth community on Friday morning at a local Market Street. As part of Smithfield's Helping Hungry Homes program, Petty and Almirola will join with representatives from Market Street to donate 25,000 pounds of protein to the Tarrant Area Food Bank. Fans are invited to come and watch the presentation that will take place in front of the store. When: Friday, April 8, 10:00 - 10:30 AM Where: Market Street - 5605 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville, TX 76034 Fans can get in the car with Almirola by listening to his live in-car radio feed on SiriusXM Radio Channel 135 during the Duck Commander 500. |
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