JR Motorsports competition director Tony Eury Sr. has said that even though Aric Almirola drove the team’s #88 Nationwide Series car Saturday at O’Reilly Raceway Park, the likelihood of him being in the car next season is not high because Eury Sr. thinks Almirola could find his way back to the Sprint Cup Series next. But after his third-place performance in the Kroger 200 Saturday, Almirola said Eury Sr. should think of him when deciding who to put in the #88 car next year. “Obviously it was a tryout,” said the 26-year-old Almirola, who has driven Cup races for Joe Gibbs Racing, Dale Earnhardt Inc., Earnhardt Ganassi Racing and Phoenix Racing. “I feel like they’re going through a lot of young guys just to see how everybody does and how everybody runs. “I’d love any opportunity that was presented. After the last couple of years I’ve had, to be knocked down and almost kicked out and to be able to come back and rebound myself in this sport, any opportunity I get, I’m just very thankful for and don’t take anything for granted.”(Scene Daily)(7-26-2010)
