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Post by pb1945 on May 7, 2017 20:58:40 GMT -5
This is one time I'm really happy to put a post on here. HOW ABOUT THAT A COMPETITIVE CAR & COMPETITIVE DRIVER. Aric worked his way through the field more than once. What I was glad to see, with the 2 lap shootout when the pushing and shoving started he held his ground. He did have a good car but that was some steady driving to bring that car home in 4th.
Maybe things are starting to look up in RPM. For real could they at last have found a touch. Sure was nice to see another race where the 43 was competitive. Today he had enough car that he could do some serious driving.
I bet Richard reset his hat a time or two those last two laps.
Woo Hoo RPM.
Dan 
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Post by pmossberg on May 8, 2017 7:56:24 GMT -5
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Post by lugnut on May 9, 2017 8:14:06 GMT -5
I had the scanner on Aric the whole race. He said he had a lot of speed. About the middle of the race he had a little trouble with the steering. They resolved that and no more problems. From what I saw those two days in my humble opinion it is not the driver. He really can drive. Give him a good car and we will be competitive. I know we have some penelties coming but it sure was nice to see him up near the front.
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Post by pmossberg on May 10, 2017 14:35:40 GMT -5
The penalties, for being a hundredth of an inch off in the laser inspection....
No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports team receives L1 penalty
By Staff Report NASCAR.com May 10, 2017 at 12:58 pm
RELATED: Talladega results
The Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 Ford team received an L1-level penalty from NASCAR on Wednesday after the car failed post-race inspection following the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. According to NASCAR, the car failed post-race rear wheel steer on the LIS.
As part of the penalty, crew chief Drew Blickensderfer was fined $65,000 and suspended from the next three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points events. Additionally, the team was assessed with the loss of 35 driver and 35 owner points.
Aric Almirola drove the No. 43 Ford to a fourth-place finish in the GEICO 500, matching his highest finish of the season (he was also fourth at the Daytona 500). His race finish is now encumbered.
“We accept NASCAR’s decision and will continue to work to get the most out of our race cars every week while maintaining the NASCAR rulebook,” Philippe Lopez, RPM’s director of competition, said in a statement provided by the team. “We look forward to Kansas this weekend.”
Among other penalties issued Wednesday was a $10,000 fine to Ken Davis, the crew chief for the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7 Chevrolet. The car, driven by Elliott Sadler to a 17th-place finish, was found to have a missing lug nut in post-race inspection.
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