Richard Petty Motorsports is not expected to announce a replacement for the injured Aric Almirola or to update the injured driver’s condition until Tuesday, a team representative told FOXSports.com late Monday afternoon.
Almirola suffered a compression fracture of his T5 vertebra in a violent crash Saturday night during the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway.
The incident, which brought out a caution on Lap 201 of the 267-lap race, began in Turn 1, when a right-front brake rotor appeared to fail on Joey Logano’s Team Penske Ford as he and Danica Patrick were racing for 11th place.