Aric Almirola is a Cuban-American who was born on Elgin Air Force Base in Ft. Walton Beach and attended UCF.

For the past five years Almirola, nicknamed "The Cuban Missile," has been a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and now races for Richard Petty Motorsports in the famous No. 43 Ford.

Due to his Cuban heritage, Ron took a liking to Almirola and now considers the 28-year old his favorite NASCAR driver.

Almirola was on 620 WDAE's The Sports Page Thursday morning and the full audio from the interview can be found below: