Aric Almirola - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Grid:

[after Watkins Glen, race 22 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(X), 3 wins, 1st in points 2) #2-Brad Keselowski(X), 3 wins, 4th 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson(X), 3 wins, 7th 4) #24-Jeff Gordon(X), 2 wins, 2nd 5) #22-Joey Logano(X), 2 ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Watkins Glen, race 22 of 36] 1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [3 wins], 773 2) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 768, -5 3) #20-Matt Kenseth, 703, -70 4) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 696, -77 5) #22-Joey Logano [2 wins], 671, -102 6) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 658, -115 7) #...

NASCAR issuing more penalties on blend line violations:

NASCAR continued its crack-down on drivers violating the blend line, issuing penalties during Friday's Sprint Cup and Nationwide practices at Watkins Glen International. The issue is when drivers leave pit road and enter the track. They are required to have all four...

Chase clinch scenarios at Watkins Glen:

Drivers with multiple wins and who cannot fall out of the top 30 in points have clinched a spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, assuming they attempt to qualify for the remaining races. After Pocono, seven fit that category: #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #2-Brad ...

Could NASCAR require tire pressure sensors?

At several tracks this season, teams have experienced issues with tire failures - and [Jimmie Johnson] certainly hasn't been immune to those issues. At New Hampshire two weeks ago, the # 48 had two left-rear tires failures in the first 11 laps, the second of which ...

Four drivers can clinch chase spot at Pocono UPDATE:

Four more drivers cleared the two toughest hurdles for entry into the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, joining #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #2-Brad Keselowski, both of whom locked up a spot on the Chase Grid at New Hampshire. At Indianapolis, #24-Jeff Gordon, #48...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Grid:

[after Pocono, race 21 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(X), 3 wins, 2nd in points 2) #2-Brad Keselowski(X), 3 wins, 3rd 3) #48-Jimmie Johnson(X), 3 wins, 6th 4) #24-Jeff Gordon(X), 2 wins, 1st 5) #22-Joey Logano(X), 2 wins, ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Pocono, race 21 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 757 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [3 wins], 740, -17 3) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 687, -70 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 668, -89 5) #31-Ryan Newman, 642, -115 6) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 633, -124 7) #22-Joey Logano...

Four drivers can clinch chase spot at Pocono:

Four more drivers cleared the two toughest hurdles for entry into the 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, joining #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. and #2-Brad Keselowski, both of whom locked up a spot on the Chase Grid at New Hampshire. At Indianapolis, #24-Jeff Gordon, #48...

GoBowling.com sponsoring Almirola:

Heading into the 40th anniversary of the weekend 'The King' Richard Petty scored a win in the inaugural NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway, Aric Almirola and the #43 GoBowling.com team look to make history once again. Thirty years to the weekend of Petty's 200th win, Almirola...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Grid:

[after Indianapolis, race 20 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski(X), 3 wins, 3rd in points 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson(X), 3 wins, 5th 3) #24-Jeff Gordon(X), 2 wins, 1st 4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(X), 2 wins, 2nd 5) #99-Carl Edwards(X), 2...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after Indianapolis, race 20 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [2 wins], 717 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 693, -24 3) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 666, -51 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 661, -56 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 628, -89 6) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 609, -108 7) #...

Allmendinger, RPM to test at Watkins Glen UPDATE:

'We tested at Watkins Glen International last year and it really helped and we are looking forward to testing again on Monday and Tuesday (July 28-29),' Allmendinger said. 'We tested at Sonoma Raceway and it showed it helped. So, we're doing the same for Watkins Glen...

The King named GoBowling.com 400 Grand Marshal:

GoBowling.com announced NASCAR Hall of Famer and seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Richard Petty will serve as the Grand Marshal for the GoBowling.com 400. The GoBowling.com 400 will mark the 40th anniversary of Pocono Raceway's inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Ford’s win streak longest since 2001 UPDATE2:

#43-Aric Almirola's win at Daytona was Ford's third straight this season. #2-Brad Keselowski won the week before at Kentucky and #99-Carl Edwards won at Sonoma. The last time Ford won three-straight Cup races in a season was 2005 when Greg Biffle won Dover (June 5) ...

2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:

[after New Hampshire, race 19 of 36] 1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 670 2) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [2 wins], 658, -12 3) #2-Brad Keselowski [3 wins], 634, -36 4) #20-Matt Kenseth, 621, -49 5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 598, -72 6) #99-Carl Edwards [2 wins], 574, -96 ...

Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Grid:

[after New Hampshire, race 19 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race] 1) #2-Brad Keselowski, 3 wins, 3rd in points 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 3 wins, 5th 3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2 wins, 2nd 4) #99-Carl Edwards, 2 wins, 6th 5) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 9th 6) #...

Almirola wrecks in first Saturday practice:

#43-Aric Almirola was involved in single car accident during opening practice session Saturday morning at New Hampshire when the left rear tire went down. Richard Petty Motorsports pulled out the backup car. Almirola was scheduled to start 19th but will go to the rear...

Almirola finally gets checkered flag:

from a Ford Racing transcript: #43-Aric Almirola, who won the Coke Zero 400 race at Daytona international Speedway last Sunday after the race was called due to rain: Q) SO YOU HAD THE FLAG DELIVERED TO YOU? WHAT IS THE STORY? Almirola: 'So obviously I didn't win under...

No Top 10 starters finished with a top-10 in a race at Daytona:

All 10 drivers that started in the top 10 at Daytona on July 6, 2014, failed to finish in the top 10. The best finisher from the top-10 starters was #24-Jeff Gordon, who started 9th and finished 12th. Race winner #43-Aric Almirola started 15th and #55-Brian Vickers...