Aric Almirola

Aric Almirola was a NASCAR driver in its top division the NASCAR Cup Series. On YouTube, his show "Beyond the 10" is a vlog where it shows him and his NASCAR life. Before YouTube Aric has been in NASCAR's three top series. Truck, Xfinity, and Cup. His 1st NASCAR start was the MemphisTravel.com 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park in 2005. His 1st win came at Dover in the Truck Series. Aric currently drives the #10 Stewart-Haas Ford Mustang with Smithfield.
In 2012-2017 he was driving for Richard Petty Motorsports and had around 10 top tens. in 2014 at the Coke Zero Sugar 400, he was in the lead when rain and lightning came down and won the race after NASCAR declared the race to be over, giving him his 1st win. In 2017 at Kansas Speedway, he was involved in a wreck and it took him out for 7 races for a Vertebral compression fracture. Reagan Smith, Billy Johnson, and Bubba Wallace all drove the #43 while he was out. He returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway and finished 24th. In 2018 with his first year with Stewart-Haas, he replaced Danica Patrick in the #10 Mustang. During the Daytona 500, he was leading on the last lap until wrecking and finishing 11th. His 2nd win came at the fall Talladega race, beating Kurt Busch when he ran out of gas. He nabbed his third win at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway after dominating the race. In 2023 he officially announced his retirement in the cup series with fellow teammate Kevin Harvick to spend more time with his family. 
==Personal life==
He Was Born on Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on March 14, 1984. Almirola in Cuban American. Sam Rodriguez, who is his grandfather, was a dirt sprint car driver. He's married to Janice Almirola and has two kids, his son Alex and daughter Abby. Almirola is a Christian. He made his channel to show people what goes on behind the scene of being a NASCAR Driver. He's a Promoter for Smithfield foods in his time in NASCAR. 
==Trivia==
*He has over 100 top 10s in NASCAR's three series.
*Three cup wins at Daytona, Talladega and New Hampshire 
*Aric has 10 wins in NASCAR with his last coming at Sonoma Raceway 
*He got RSS Racing there first victory at the same Sonoma race
*He has gotten 6 pole positions for the Cup Series
*He teammates in his last season was Kevin Harvick, Ryan Preece, and Chase Briscoe
*Aric has helped brake to world record for the fastest bowling strike
*In 2018 Aric had the best playoff run in his career making it to the round of 8, almost to the last round
*in 2023 he officially retired has a full time cup driver.
==Kansas Wreck==
The 2017 Go Bowling 400 at the Kansas Speedway, Aric Almirola would suffer a crash that would take him out of the 2017 Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series season for 8 races. During the race Joey Logano, driving driving the #22 Ford Fusion for Team Penske, and Danica Patrick, Driving the #10 Ford Fusion for Stewart Haas Racing, both slid up to the wall and crashed. Aric Almirola, Driving the #43 Smithfield Ford Fusion for Richard Petty Motorsports, was committed to the racing line the the crash was on. He it Logano head on almost flipping is car vertically. The aftermath resulted the ARM Safety team cutting off the roof and getting him out of the car, He had compression fracture of his T5 vertebrae.
== List Of Victories ==
=== ARCA Menards Series East ===
- 2008 General Tire 125, Driving the Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevy 
=== Craftsman Truck Series ===
- 2010 Dover 200. Driving the #51 Graceway Pharmaceuticals / AKawareness.com Toyota owned by Billy Ballew
- 2010 VFW 200, Driving the #51 Zyclara by Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota owned by Billy Ballew
=== Xfinity Series ===
- 2007 AT&T 250, Started in the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevy owned by Joe Gibbs (The race was finished by Denny Hamlin)
- 2016 Subway Firecracker 250, Driving the #98 Fresh from Florida Ford owned by Fred Biagi
- 2017 Sparks Energy 300, Driving the #98 Fresh from Florida Ford owned by Fred Biagi
- 2023 Doordash 250, Driving the #28 Michael Roberts Construction Ford owned by Rod Sieg
- 2024 Dude Wipes 250, Driving the #54 He Gets Us Toyota owned by Joe Gibbs
=== NASCAR Cup Series ===
- 2014 Coke Zero Sugar 400, Driving the #43 United States Air Force Ford owned by Richard Petty 
- 2018 1000BULBS.COM 500, Driving the #10 Smithfield Bacon for Life Ford owned by Tony Stewart/Genn Hass
- 2021 Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Driving the #10 Smithfield Ford owned by Tony Stewart/Genn Hass
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