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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Richard Petty Motorsports has hired Aric Almirola to drive the famed No. 43 in NASCAR's elite Sprint Cup Series.
Almirola is leaving a job driving for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series to take over the car seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty made famous.
Almirola replaces AJ Allmendinger. He left the team last month to take a job at Penske Racing.
Almirola has 35 career starts in the Sprint Cup Series but none since he drove the last five races of the 2010 season. He finished a career-high fourth in the 2010 season finale at Homestead.
Read more: http://sports.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/story.asp?i=20120104113256413548608#ixzz1iWr5usAU
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