No. 43 Smithfield Team Has an Average Top-15 Finish at Intermediate Tracks this Season
Almirola made nine Sprint Cup Series starts since his debut in 2009. He tallied one Top-10 and three Top-15 finishes with his best being seventh in 2013. He also has 12 starts in the XFINITY and Truck Series with two Top-10 finishes.
Saturday, fans at Texas Motor Speedway will have the opportunity to meet Almirola at the U.S. Air Force display at 12 p.m. local time. Fans can also sign up all weekend at the Smithfield display to be a contestant in the final Whole Hog Challenge event before the Championship in Miami. Sunday, contestants will compete in the eating competition at 10:10 a.m. Almirola and “The King” Richard Petty will be on hand to judge the contest.
On Friday, in celebration of the upcoming race weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, Smithfield will be donating 25,000 pounds of protein to the Tarrant Area Food Bank in partnership with Kroger and Richard Petty Motorsports as part of the company’s Helping Hungry Homes initiative. Almirola and Petty will be on hand at the Kroger located at 3300 Texas Sage Trail, Fort Worth, Texas 76177 at 9:30 a.m. for the donation.
#43 @SmithfieldBrand team & @Aric_Almirola look to add #Top5 to consistent intermediate track record and avg #Top15 finish. #NASCAR
@Aric Almirola and No. 43 @Smithfield team look to add a Top-Five to their consistent track record at intermediate tracks this weekend at @Texas Motor Speedway. The team has a Top-15 average finish this year at intermediate tracks.
“We’ve run consistently in the Top-15 at intermediate tracks this year and are very proud of that. Now, we want to get to the next level. We have a few Top-10s, so now we are focusing on getting in the Top-Five. If we can do that, we’ll have a chance at running for the win. We’ll keep working on getting that top points spot outside of the Chase and end the year with some momentum. We struggled early in the weekend at Texas in March but got a good handle of the car during the race. Hopefully, we can start there and improve during practice and qualifying to compete for the win.”
No. 43 Smithfield Ford
A performance and marketing driven company, Richard Petty Motorsports, co-owned by
NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty and successful business entrepreneur Andrew Murstein, is one of the most recognized brands in all of motorsports. With a history of over 200 wins and business partnerships with national and global leaders, today the race operation fields two teams in competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Aric Almirola pilots the famous No. 43 Ford Fusion with primary partners Smithfield Foods, U.S. Air Force, STP and Fresh From Florida, and Sam Hornish Jr. drives the No. 9 machine with primary partners Medallion Bank and Twisted Tea. In addition, Dakoda Armstrong wheels the No. 43 WinField Ford Mustang full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. The team is headquartered in Mooresville, N.C.
