1 year agoAric Almirola stayed close to the front all afternoon at Martinsville on Sunday afternoon. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver will not drive full time in 2024 as he announced he would not return to the team next season. The driver of the No. 10 Ford started in 12th, led 66 laps, and contended in the later portions of the race. Almirola almost came back in the final laps to overtake Ryan Blaney but came up less than a second short. Almirola will have one more chance at a win next week in Phoenix. After all, he did finish sixth two years ago.
--Chris Wassel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
1 year agoAric Almirola starts 12th on Sunday afternoon for the Xfinity 500. Almirola will not return to Stewart-Haas Racing in 2024. The No. 10 car is 3-for-3 in top-15 results during the Fall races since 2020. It will be intriguing to see what happens on the day of the race. Almirola has not shown much place differential from this qualifying range. Outside the top 20 has been a different story so 12th might be problematic with Ford's speed drop later in runs. A top ten could prove to be a struggle for Almirola as he may have to look to Phoenix for one last run at glory.
--Chris Wassel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
1 year agoAric Almirola had a solid qualifying effort on Saturday at Las Vegas. He starts 13th on Sunday. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver does have five top-2o finishes in his past six appearances on the intermediate track. Starting 13th hurts his place differential potential as most of the Ford cars have faded later in runs. That is the concern with Almirola here at Las Vegas. Almirola has never finished in the top five either. Again, the likelihood is that the No. 10 runs well early but fades later.
--Chris Wassel - RotoBallerSource: NASCAR.com
2 years agoOn Saturday, Aric Almirola went out and won the pole for this weekend's YellaWood 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, meaning the Stewart-Haas driver will lead the field to the green for the race. However, DFS players should stay away from Aric Almirola when building their lineups this weekend. When it comes to races at Talladega, the two main factors in a driver's scoring are place differential and finishing position. Almirola cannot possibly get a positive amount of place differential points, and even if he wins the race, he's going to be outscored in DraftKings by other drivers due to the place differential factor. Your DFS lineups should not have Almirola in them this weekend.
--Jordan McAbeeSource: CBS Sports
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