Aric Almirola Heads to Daytona Planning to Run Full-Time for Bill Ballew

It looked like Aric Almirola would be back running a partial to full-time schedule in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Phoenix Racing, but those plans may have changed with the team losing Miccosukee Resorts and Gaming weeks before the Daytona 500. It looks bleak the ride opportunity will last past the Daytona race, since Phoenix Racing plans to run James Buescher in the Nationwide full-time regardless of sponsorship.   Almirola plans to run a full schedule for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the No. 51 AKAwareness.com Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota in the Camping World Truck Series. He ran 16 races for the team in 2009, collecting seven top-fives and two top-10 finishes. He even picked up a career best second place finish at Talladega. Almi...

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