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Dakoda Armstrong
Armstrong at Road America in 2016
Born (1991-07-16) July 16, 1991 (age 33)
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 Craftsman 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.

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

Early career

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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]

From 2007 to 2010, Armstrong entered select races of the USAC Silver Crown Series, USAC National Sprint Car Championship and USAC National Midget Series.[2][3]

ARCA Racing Series

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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

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Armstrong's 2012 truck

Camping World Truck Series

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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.[4]

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.[5] He ran the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports at Homestead-Miami. WinField sponsored all his races.

Xfinity Series

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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.[6] 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.[7]

Armstrong joined JGL Racing in 2016, driving the No. 28 Toyota Camry. He would then return to JGL Racing in 2017.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Later career

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In 2018, Armstrong finished 12th at the ARCA/CRA Super Series's Redbud 400 stock car race at Anderson Speedway.[11]

In 2021, he entered two USAC Sprints non-points races at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing 5th at the Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming and 10th at the Hoosier Classic.[12][13]

In 2022, Armstrong finished second at Anderson's Little 500 sprint car race,[14] and was runner-up at the Indiana-based 500 Sprint Car Tour.[15] He also entered four USAC Midgets non-points races at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, with a best result of third at the Carb Night Classic.[16]

Personal life

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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 younger cousin Caleb (born 1992) and younger brother Dalton (born 1994), are both racing drivers as well. Caleb was a developmental driver for Venturini Motorsports like his cousin, 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

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NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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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 Ref
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 [17]
2013 Richard Childress Racing 33 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL
15 		TEX RCH TAL DAR 112th 01 [18]
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 [19]
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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Camping World Truck Series

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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 Ref
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 [23]
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 [24]
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 [25]

Camping World East Series

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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 [26]
52 SBO
17 		GLN NHA
12 		TMP ADI LRP NHA DOV

ARCA Racing Series

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(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 [27]
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 [28]
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 [29]
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 [30]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Career Highlights". DakodaArmstrong.com. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  2. ^ "2009 USAC Silver Crown season review". United States Auto Club. April 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Where it all started: USAC Indiana Midget Week comes home to the Burg Saturday". United States Auto Club. June 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Adamczyk, Jay (September 7, 2012). "Armstrong & ThorSport Racing part ways". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Jensen, Tom (December 4, 2013). "'The King' makes a hire: Armstrong to run NNS for RPM". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  7. ^ Spencer, Lee (November 24, 2015). "Armstrong and Richard Petty Motorsports split". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  8. ^ Spencer, Lee (January 9, 2016). "Armstrong finds new home for 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  9. ^ "JGL Racing dismisses Dakoda Armstrong due to lack of sponsorship". Motorsport.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong Aiming For 2018 XFINITY Series Return". www.frontstretch.com. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  11. ^ Aaron Bearden (July 17, 2018). "Raphael Lessard earns redemption with Redbud 400 win". Short Track Scene.
  12. ^ "Santos doubles up with sprint win at LOR". United States Auto Club. June 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "Swanson finds missing puzzle piece in Hoosier Classic sprint win". United States Auto Club. August 15, 2021.
  14. ^ Ken de la Bastide (May 29, 2022). "Roahrig claims second Little 500 victory over Dakoda Armstrong". Yahoo!.
  15. ^ Ken de la Bastide (October 23, 2022). "Roahrig claims IRP Sprint Car Tour event". Yahoo!.
  16. ^ "The fun way: Santos 10th to 1st to win Carb Night midgets". United States Auto Club. May 28, 2022.
  17. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  18. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  19. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  20. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  21. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  22. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  23. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  24. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  25. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  26. ^ "Dakoda Armstong – 2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  27. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  28. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  29. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  30. ^ "Dakoda Armstrong – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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