Milestone Start for Almirola

Share: Aric Almirola will make his 200th career Sprint Cup Series start Sunday at Pocono Raceway. The Richard Petty Motorsports driver will reach that impressive milestone when the green flag flies in the Pennsylvania 400. Almirola is in his fifth full season with RPM and 170 of those 200 career starts have come with the organization. “To say that I’ve been around this sport long enough to make 200 Sprint Cup starts is incredible,” Almirola said. “I remember my first race back at Las Vegas in 2007. I was so nervous; I didn’t sleep a wink that whole weekend because I had dreamed about going Cup racing my whole life. So when I finally got the opportunity, I wanted to make the most of it. “I’ll definitely sleep better …

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