Dakoda Armstrong

Dakoda Armstrong (born July 16, 1991) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 28 Toyota Camry for JGL Racing.

Dakoda Armstrong
Armstrong at Road America in 2016
Born (1991-07-16) July 16, 1991
New Castle, Indiana
Achievements1998 WKA National champion
2000, 2001 Nascart champion
2004 USAC Kenyon Midget champion
Awards2010 ARCA Racing Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
133 races run over 6 years
2017 position17th
Best finish13th (2014, 2015, 2016)
First race2012 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
Last race2017 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 8 1
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
44 races run over 3 years
2013 position12th
Best finish12th (2013)
First race2011 Coca-Cola 200 (Iowa)
Last race2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 0
Statistics current as of September 23, 2017.

Early career
Armstrong's 2008 USAC Midget car

Armstrong started his racing career racing go-karts at the age of six, winning the 1998 World Karting Association championship in his first year in racing. At age 13, he became the youngest driver to win a USAC national championship when he won the 2004 USAC Mel Kenyon Midget Series. He has won over 200 races while competing in Go-Karts, Quarter Midgets, Bandoleros, Micro/Mini Sprints, Kenyon Midgets, 410 Non-Wing Sprint Cars, and Midgets.[1]

ARCA Racing Series

Armstrong signed a driver development deal with Penske Racing. As part of the deal, he would drive for Cunningham Motorsports in the ARCA Racing Series for seven races in 2009. He posted a best finish of 3rd along with two other top ten finishes and a 26th-place finish in the standings.

Armstrong returned to Cunningham Motorsports to drive the No. 22 Dodge full-time in 2010. He got his first win in just his 12th start at Talladega Superspeedway. He followed that with another win at Salem Speedway, finishing the season 7th in the standings with two wins, five top fives, 12 top tens, and one pole.

In 2011, Armstrong cut back on his ARCA schedule as he began focusing on his jump to NASCAR. He would run six races, posting one win at Winchester Speedway, two top fives, four top tens, and a 25th-place finish in the standings.

NASCAR
Armstrong's 2012 truck

Camping World Truck Series

In 2011, Armstrong signed on with ThorSport Racing and ran 7 races with the team with crew chief Dan Stillman. He made his Camping World Truck Series debut July 17 at Iowa Speedway, finishing 21st. He posted his first top ten October 1 at Kentucky Speedway. Armstrong attempted to run full-time with ThorSport with sponsorship from EverFi in the Truck Series in 2012. He was released from the team before the race at Iowa Speedway in September due to poor performance.[2]

In February 2013 it was announced that Armstrong would be driving for Turn One Racing for the full Truck Series season, and that he would also be running five races in the Nationwide Series for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 33 and No. 21 cars.[3] He ran the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports at Homestead-Miami. WinField sponsored all his races.

Xfinity Series
Armstrong racing at Road America in 2014
Armstrong's No. 28 JGL Racing car in 2016

On December 4, 2013, it was announced that Armstrong had been signed by Richard Petty Motorsports to compete full-time in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the No. 43 Ford Mustang.[4] At Daytona, Armstrong had his first career pole for the Subway Firecracker 250 at Daytona after qualifying was cancelled due to a rainshower. He would finish 13th in the points standings in 2014.

He returned to Richard Petty Motorsports in 2015, with new chief Frank Kerr. He finished with a career best of 6th-place at Daytona after avoiding 2 Big Ones. On November 23, it was announced that he and RPM had parted ways due to poor performance.[5]

Armstrong joined JGL Racing in 2016, driving the No. 28 Toyota Camry. He would then return to JGL Racing in 2017.[6] This 2017 season, he scored two top-five finishes: At Iowa Speedway, on June 24, for the race of 2017 American Ethanol E15 250, he finished 5th place, but on 4 July weekend on July 1 (was supposed to be June 30, but postponed because of persistent rain) for the race of 2017 Coca-Cola Firecracker 250, he scored a career-best of 3rd place. However, Armstrong was released by the team on September 25 for a lack of sponsorship.[7] Later in the season, Armstrong was seen in the JGL pit area, though he did not clarify if he had any role with the organization.[8]

Personal life

Beyond the racetrack, Armstrong's Indiana family corn and grain farming operation produces 1.9 million gallons of ethanol fuel per year for various energy programs. While growing up on the farm, he worked on his own racecars in the facilities on his family's property. Aside from racing, Armstrong enjoys getting back to his roots and attends open wheel events whenever he can, especially if he can be at the track to mentor his younger siblings when they're racing. His hobbies also include working out, racing his friends in iRacing and watching football.[1] On February 5, 2017, Armstrong married Karlee Hensley.

Dakoda's two younger brothers, Caleb (born 1992) and Dalton (born 1994), are both racing drivers as well. Caleb was a developmental driver for Venturini Motorsports like his older brother, competing in a few ARCA races for them in 2012 and 2013. Dalton has competed in the CARS Tour and marquee late model events such as the Winchester 400.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts
2012 Turner Motorsports 30 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
25		 135th 01
2013 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
15		 TEX RCH TAL DAR 112th 01
21 CLT
31		 DOV IOW MIC ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI
15		 IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN
13		 DOV KAN
19		 CLT TEX PHO
TriStar Motorsports 19 Toyota HOM
24
2014 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Ford DAY
23		 PHO
18		 LVS
23		 BRI
24		 CAL
20		 TEX
22		 DAR
18		 RCH
17		 TAL
18		 IOW
21		 CLT
19		 DOV
16		 MCH
19		 ROA
25		 KEN
20		 DAY
19		 NHA
30		 CHI
20		 IND
17		 IOW
21		 GLN
25		 MOH
10		 BRI
28		 ATL
33		 RCH
7		 CHI
22		 KEN
19		 DOV
17		 KAN
25		 CLT
19		 TEX
10		 PHO
21		 HOM
20		 13th 788
2015 DAY
11		 ATL
20		 LVS
30		 PHO
18		 CAL
36		 TEX
16		 BRI
23		 RCH
27		 TAL
22		 IOW
21		 CLT
16		 DOV
14		 MCH
16		 CHI
28		 DAY
6		 KEN
17		 NHA
16		 IND
19		 IOW
16		 GLN
23		 MOH
23		 BRI
24		 ROA
34		 DAR
18		 RCH
21		 CHI
15		 KEN
14		 DOV
20		 CLT
16		 KAN
20		 TEX
18		 PHO
18		 HOM
15		 13th 803
2016 JGL Racing 28 Toyota DAY
14		 ATL
21		 LVS
22		 PHO
18		 CAL
22		 TEX
26		 BRI
30		 RCH
14		 TAL
34		 DOV
21		 CLT
21		 POC
18		 MCH
24		 IOW
17		 DAY
12		 KEN
18		 NHA
17		 IND
20		 GLN
18		 MOH
21		 BRI
18		 ROA
13		 DAR
18		 RCH
16		 CHI
22		 KEN
18		 DOV
20		 CLT
19		 KAN
20		 TEX
20		 PHO
19		 HOM
19		 13th 718
Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota IOW
5
2017 JGL Racing 28 Toyota DAY
12		 ATL
21		 LVS
20		 PHO
17		 CAL
20		 TEX
17		 BRI
19		 RCH
16		 TAL
22		 CLT
20		 DOV
19		 POC
20		 MCH
20		 IOW
5		 DAY
3		 KEN
17		 NHA
24		 IND
20		 IOW
17		 GLN
21		 MOH
10		 BRI
24		 ROA
22		 DAR
29		 RCH
18		 CHI
16		 KEN
23		 DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 17th 521

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts
2011 ThorSport Racing 98 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW
21		 NSH IRP
21		 POC MCH
24		 BRI ATL CHI
20		 NHA KEN
9		 LVS TAL
17		 MAR TEX HOM
25		 29th 172
2012 Toyota DAY
35		 MAR
21		 CAR
14		 KAN
15		 CLT
13		 DOV
20		 TEX
18		 KEN
13		 IOW
27		 CHI
16		 POC
12		 MCH
3		 BRI
30		 ATL
23		 IOW 20th 370
Turner Motorsports 4 Chevy KEN
31		 LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM
2013 Turn One Racing 60 Chevy DAY
19		 MAR
7		 CAR
17		 KAN
12		 CLT
12		 DOV
21		 TEX
11		 KEN
21		 IOW
10		 ELD
11		 POC
18		 MCH
13		 BRI
18		 MSP
19		 IOW
16		 CHI
17		 LVS
16		 TAL
5		 MAR
18		 TEX
17		 PHO
19		 HOM
23		 12th 628

Camping World East Series
Camping World East Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NCWEC Pts Ref
2009 Ken Schrader Racing 4 Chevy GRE
12		 TRI
7		 IOW 24th 512 [9]
52 SBO
17		 GLN NHA
12		 TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ARSC Pts Ref
2009 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL
20		 POC MCH MFD 26th 1415 [10]
Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge IOW
6		 KEN
11		 BLN POC
29		 ISF CHI TOL
13		 DSF NJE SLM
3		 KAN
22 CAR
8
2010 DAY
33		 PBE
14		 SLM
7		 TEX
12		 TAL
1		 TOL
7		 POC
8		 MCH
11		 IOW
4		 MFD
5		 POC
2		 BLN
6		 NJE
10		 ISF
9		 CHI
11		 DSF
11		 TOL
9		 SLM
1*		 KAN
11		 CAR
11		 7th 4705 [11]
2011 DAY
20		 TAL
14		 SLM
8		 TOL
8		 NJE CHI POC MCH WIN
1		 BLN IOW IRP
4		 POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 25th 1120 [12]
2016 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN
9		 IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 100th 185 [13]

References
  1. "Career Highlights". DakodaArmstrong.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  2. Adamczyk, Jay (September 7, 2012). "Armstrong & ThorSport Racing part ways". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  3. "Armstrong Will Drive Limited Schedule For RCR". SPEED Channel. Fox Sports. February 8, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
  4. Jensen, Tom (December 4, 2013). "'The King' makes a hire: Armstrong to run NNS for RPM". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  5. Spencer, Lee (November 24, 2015). "Armstrong and Richard Petty Motorsports split". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. Spencer, Lee (January 9, 2016). "Armstrong finds new home for 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  7. "JGL Racing dismisses Dakoda Armstrong due to lack of sponsorship". Motorsport.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  8. "Dakoda Armstrong Aiming For 2018 XFINITY Series Return". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  9. "Dakoda Armstong – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  10. "Dakoda Armstrong – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  11. "Dakoda Armstrong – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  12. "Dakoda Armstrong – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  13. "Dakoda Armstrong – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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