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NASCAR America: Aric Almirola confident after fast start

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Aric Almirola's has gotten off to a hot start this season with new crew chief John Klausmeier, but he is keeping expectations realistic looking ahead.

Aric Almirola heads into Sunday’s Cup race at Martinsville Speedway 10th in the points and full of confidence with an opening five-race stretch that has seen him finish no worse than 13th in a Cup race for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Almirola told NASCAR America’s Marty Snider on Thursday that the start of the season has him “loose and I’m excited and I’ve got this spark and this energy that is so good right now.’’

Almirola said he and crew chief John Klausmeier are working well together. That and SHR’s fast cars have provided a strong combination.

“I think it just starts with Johnny and I having a relationship prior to this year,’’ Almirola said of working with Klausmeier. “I knew Johnny Klausmeier from when I was at DEI back in 2007, 2008 and we’ve been friends ever since. Now when you put us in this environment where we have to work together and we have to perform together … it helps us communicate. So far it’s working well. We still have a long ways to go. We want to win races, we want to contend for a championship.’’

For more on what Almirola said, watch the video above.

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