NASCAR Stat Sheet: Almirola Is the Unlikely Hero for SHR in New Hampshire
July 20, 2021
Last year was a memorable one for Stewart Haas Racing, with Kevin Harvick providing most of the highlights for the team throughout 2020. Nine wins and a boatload of laps led will do that for just about any driver and team. It’s been well documented that 2021 has been far less kind to the SHR quartet, but if anyone could break through and lead the return to victory lane, it’d be Harvick, right?
Wrong. Aric Almirola took advantage of a bizarre, rain slicked start that removed some of the heaviest competition to score his first Cup win in nearly three years. It was also the first of the year for perennial contender SHR.
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Aric Almirola Overcomes Pressure to Upset NASCAR Playoff Picture
The Stewart-Haas Racing driver was 27th in the standings and is now in the Round of 16.
Foxwoods Resort Casino 293, the stakes couldn’t have been clearer for Aric Almirola.
Brad Keselowski had undercut Almirola and Penske teammate Ryan Blaney to take the lead, but the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 10 was inching back towards the front with his entire season … and perhaps . career on the line.
It’s been a miserable campaign for Stewart-Haas, but especially for its 15-year veteran driving the Smithfield Foods Ford Mustang.
Almirola entered the weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 27th in the championship standings and well out of a playoff spot. In a contract year and the Next Gen car looming over the horizon, only a victory could reverse the fortunes of the 34-year-old.