Aric Almirola News

News & Notes from the Raybestos Rookie Contenders:

News & Notes from the Raybestos Rookie Contenders:

June 5, 2006
Aric Almirola was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 2 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover International Speedway. Almirola finished 12th and took top rookie honors for the third time this season. Almirola's truck owner, Wayne Spears, made history at Dover. The Spears

Race Awards:

Race Awards:

June 5, 2006
Budweiser Pole Award: David Reutimann, #17, 153.905 mph, 23.391 seconds Checkers/Rally's Double-Drive Thru Challenge Award: David Reutimann, #17 Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award: Aric Almirola, #75 (18 places) Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race Award

Martin wins the AAA Insurance 200:

Martin wins the AAA Insurance 200:

June 2, 2006
For the third time this season, Mark Martin brought home the checkered flag in the Truck Series. Martin swapped the lead with front-runner Kyle Busch a couple of times, but Busch lost a lap after being black-flagged and had to return to the pits because of a loose

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

May 30, 2006
Joey Miller took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, the first time he has captured the honor in 2006. Miller finished fifth, his first top-five in 12 career Truck Series starts. He scored his first top-five and first top-10 finish

#75 Spears Mfg. Chevy to make history at Dover:

#75 Spears Mfg. Chevy to make history at Dover:

May 30, 2006
Wayne Spears and current driver Aric Almirola (#75 Spears Manufacturing Chevy) are ready to make history Friday at Dover International Speedway. The AAA Insurance 200 will be the 273rd race in which a Spears Chevy has competed - one more than the 272 in which 2005

Final practice results for the City of Mansfield 250:

Final practice results for the City of Mansfield 250:

May 26, 2006
(Top five) 1) #16-Mike Bliss 110.409 2) #5-Mike Skinner 110.112 3) #11-David Starr 109.589 4) #23-Johnny Benson 109.416> 5) #75-Aric Almirola 109.117 1st Dodge (6th) #18-Bobby Hamilton Jr. 1st Ford (19th) #14 Rick Crawford 1st Rookie (5th) #75-Aric Almirola For complete

Teams Lining up Subs for Stand Alone Races: UPDATE:

Teams Lining up Subs for Stand Alone Races: UPDATE:

May 25, 2006
With drivers who race in both the Nextel Cup and Busch series facing three weekends of double duty at different tracks - Pocono-Nashville, Michigan-Kentucky, and Sonoma-Milwaukee - in June, busch Series teams are solidifying plans for drivers to help practice and qualify

Open testing speeds at Mansfield:

Open testing speeds at Mansfield:

May 22, 2006
Top five in speed were; #16-Mike Bliss 109.536; #88 Matt Crafton 108.880; #11 David Starr 108.860; #4 Timothy Peters 108.421; #18 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 108.349. Top Ford, #59 Steve Park 107.972 with the 10th fastest time and the top rookie was #12 Joey Miller in 15th.

News from the Raybestos Rookies:

News from the Raybestos Rookies:

May 22, 2006
Aric Almirola was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 19 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Almirola finished ninth, his second top-10 of the season, and took top Raybestos Rookie honors for the second time in 2006. Erik Darnell finished 10th

Top five:

Top five:

May 19, 2006
1) #51 Kyle Busch, Nat'l Land Liquidators Chevy 2) #10 Terry Cook, Power Stroke Diesel by Int'l Ford 3) #30 Todd Bodine, Lumber LiquidatorsToyota 4) # 9 Ted Musgrave, Team ASE/Germain Motor Co. Toyota 5) #33 Ron Hornaday, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Chevy 1st Dodge; (

1st Practice for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200

1st Practice for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200

May 19, 2006
(Top five) 1) #60 Jack Sprague 179.724 2) #16 Mike Bliss 179.408 3) #5 Mike Skinner 179.176 4) #75 Aric Almirola 179.093 5) #51 Kyle Busch 178.560 1st Dodge (7th) Bobby Hamilton Jr. 178.239 1st Ford (9th) Mark Martin 178.036 1st Rookie (4th) Aric Almirola 179.093 For

AutoMotion to sponsor #40 at Charlotte:

AutoMotion to sponsor #40 at Charlotte:

May 15, 2006
AutoMotion, a new full-service auto body/paint/decal/wrapping outsourcing solution for race teams, has announced a one-race associate sponsorship with Key Motorsports and the #40 driven by Chad Chaffin for the Quaker Steak & Lube 200, Truck Series race Friday night

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

May 9, 2006
Lowe's Motor Speedway will be the site of the final scheduled test session of 2006 for the NASCAR Busch Series today through Wednesday. This year, NASCAR set a schedule for when and where each of its national series tests at tracks that host NASCAR events. Those tests

Truck Series News & Notes:

Truck Series News & Notes:

May 8, 2006
Con-way, Wyler Racing visit New York Stock Exchange Con-way Freight's President and CEO, Douglas W. Stotlar, will ring the NYSE Opening Bell at 9:30 a.m. ET Friday in celebration of the company's recent name change to Con-way Inc. The company formerly was known as

Almirola to make Busch debut: UPDATE 2: finishes 32nd:

Almirola to make Busch debut: UPDATE 2: finishes 32nd:

May 6, 2006
Aric Almirola will make his Busch Series debut by trying to qualify Joe Gibbs Racing's #19 Chevy for the May 5 Circuit City 250 at Richmond, according to JGR officials.(scenedaily.com)(4-27-2006) UPDATE: Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Aric Almirola will make his