Aric Almirola - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Mike Ford named crew chief for Townley:

Athenian Motorsports announced veteran NASCAR crew chief Mike Ford has joined the team as the crew chief for the #25 Zaxby's NASCAR Nationwide Series Toyota Camry with driver John Wes Townley. Mike Ford has more than 20 years in NASCAR and has worked as a NASCAR Sprint...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers finished at Dover:

[listed by driver chase points position before the race] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 2nd 2) #22-Joey Logano, 4th 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 13th 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3rd 5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 17th 6) #18-Kyle Busch, 10th 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1st 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 11th...

Sprint Cup Driver Chase Standings:

[after Dover, race 29 of 36] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski [5 total wins in 2014, 1 in Chase], 2140 points 2) #22-Joey Logano [4 wins, 1] 2136, -4 3) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins] 2123, -17 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins] 2121, -19 5) #24-Jeff Gordon [4 wins, 1] 2117, -23 6) #18...

Top 25 in 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Points Standings (not the Chase):

[after Dover, race 29 of 36] (using current points system, but not the Chase rules, unofficial) 1) #24-Jeff Gordon(C5), 1022 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(C7), 978, -44 3) #2-Brad Keselowski(C1), 958, -64 4) #22-Joey Logano(C2), 956, -66 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson(C4), 914, -...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Dover:

[listed by current driver chase points position] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 4th 2) #22-Joey Logano, 16th 3) #4-Kevin Harvick, 1st 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 8th 5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 25th 6) #18-Kyle Busch, 2nd 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 6th 8) #99-Carl Edwards, 18th 9) #20-...

Chris Buescher fastest in happy hour:

#60-Chris Buescher was quickest during happy hour for the Dover 200 with a speed of 154.825mph. He was followed by: #62-Brendan Gaughan, #98-Aric Almirola, #33-Cale Conley, #6-Trevor Bayne, #3-Ty Dillon, #22-Joey Logano, #2-Brian Scott, #80-Alex Bowman, and #9-Chase...

Where drivers need to finish to advance to next round of Chase:

#2- Brad Keselowski and #22-Joey Logano have each locked themselves into the Contender Round with victories in the first two Chase races. Below are the finishes each driver needs in Sunday's race at Dover to guarantee a spot in the Contender Round, regardless of the...

NASCAR Numbers:

8.4: Jimmie Johnson's average finish in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Dover International Speedway. Though Johnson has a personal-best nine wins at the Monster Mile, there are three other tracks where he's achieved better average finishes: Martinsville (5.2), ...

Nationwide Series Entry List:

There are 40 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's Dover 200 at Dover Speedway. A few notes: Kevin Lepage will be in the #10 for TriStar; Jeff Green returns to the #14 in place of Eric McClure; Justin Boston remains in the JGR #20; Milka Duno returns to...

Where did the 16 Chase Drivers finish at New Hampshire?

[by points standings before the race (start pos)] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 7th (1) 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 26th (13) 3) #22-Joey Logano, 1st (7) 4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 3rd (3) 5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 9th (11) 6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 37th (4) 7) #18-Kyle Busch, 8th (5) 8) #...

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Standings:

[after New Hampshire, race 28 of 36] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski [5 total wins in 2014, 1 in Chase], 2097 points 2) #22-Joey Logano [4 wins, 1 in Chase] 2096, -1 Drivers above will advance to the next round of the Chase 3) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins] 2090, -7 [41 points ahead...

Broken exhaust valve put Almirola out at Chicago:

In three seasons with Richard Petty Motorsports, Aric Almirola had never exited a race because of an engine failure-until last week at Chicagoland. The blown engine couldn't have come at a worse time. Almirola was running sixth, 30 laps away from making a statement...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at New Hampshire:

[listed by driver points position] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1st 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 13th 3) #22-Joey Logano, 7th 4) #4-Kevin Harvick, 3rd 5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 11th 6) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4th 7) #18-Kyle Busch, 5th 8) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 6th 9) #41-Kurt Busch, 15th...

Petty committed to two cars in 2015:

At the start of 2014, Richard Petty Motorsports announced a three-year extension and investment increase by Smithfield Foods on the #43 Ford team. The previous year RPM welcomed new partners Strike 10 Entertainment and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer...

Where did the 16 Chase Drivers finish at Chicago?

[by points standings before the race (start pos)] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1st (25) 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 2nd (8) 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 11th (13) 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 12th (7) 5) #22-Joey Logano, 4th (28) 6) #4-Kevin Harvick, 5th (12) 7) #99-Carl Edwards, 20th (...

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Standings:

[after Chicago, race 27 of 36] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski [5 wins], 2059 points Will advance to next Chase round 2) #24-Jeff Gordon [3 wins] 2052, -7 3) #22-Joey Logano [3 wins] 2049, -10 4) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins] 2047, -12 5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [3 wins] 2042, -...

Brian Scott on Nationwide pole at Chicago:

#2-Brian Scott won the Coors Light Pole for the Jimmy John's Freaky Fast 300 at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 181.409mph. #22-Ryan Blaney will start second followed by: #54-Kyle Busch, #9-Chase Elliott, #42-Kyle Larson, #33-Paul Menard, #60-Chris Buescher, #...

Where the 2014 Sprint Cup Chase Drivers will start at Chicago:

[listed by driver points position] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 25th 2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 8th 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 13th 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 7th 5) #22-Joey Logano, 28th 6) #4-Kevin Harvick, 12th 7) #99-Carl Edwards, 3rd 8) #18-Kyle Busch, 1st 9) #11-Denny Hamlin, ...

Gaughan fastest in first Nationwide practice:

#62- Brendan Gaughan was fastest during opening practice at Chicagoland Speedway with a speed of 178.601mph. #54-Kyle Busch was second, followed by: #31-Dylan Kwasniewski, #2-Brian Scott, Chris Buescher, #5-Kevin Harvick, #9-Chase Elliott, #43-Aric Almirola, #20-Denny...

Almirola gets new pit crew members:

Richard Petty Motorsports altered its pit crew line up for the #43 team and Aric Almirola prior to the Chase for the Sprint Cup kickoff this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Kyle Power replaces Josh Francos as the new rear tire changer. Kevin Wing, who was the jackman...