Armstrong Looking to Prove 1.5-Mile Speed is Here to Stay
This weekend, Dakoda Armstrong will compete in NASCAR’s backyard at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The team showed great strength at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), a track that shares similar traits and setups. The No. 43 WinField team will open up the notebook from TMS to build a fast setup for this weekend. Currently, Armstrong sits 16th in the XFINITY Series Championship Point Standings.
Armstrong has five prior starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway between the XFINITY, Truck and ARCA Racing Series. He has a pair of 19th place finishes at the track in 2014.
“The real strength of our program this year has been the one and a half mile tracks. We were really strong in Texas. We’ve been wanting to get back to that style track ever since then. Charlotte is a great track. Depending on your driving style, you can setup your car to run high or low and still have good speed. We know this race will have several long, green-flag runs. Tires are definitely a factor here. Good handling and tire management over those long periods are crucial to running up front. Fortunately, we managed to do that in Texas, and we know we’ll do that in Charlotte, too. Our Texas notebook will transfer well to our Charlotte setup. I feel pretty confident that we’ll run well this weekend.”
No. 43 WinField Ford
A performance and marketing driven company, Richard Petty Motorsports, co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty and successful business entrepreneur Andrew Murstein, is one of the most recognized brands in all of motorsports. With a history of over 200 wins and business partnerships with national and global leaders, today the race operation fields two teams in competition in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Aric Almirola pilots the famous No. 43 Ford Fusion with primary partners Smithfield Foods, U.S. Air Force, STP and Fresh From Florida, and Sam Hornish Jr. drives the No. 9 machine with primary partners Medallion Bank and Twisted Tea. In addition, Dakoda Armstrong wheels the No. 43 WinField Ford Mustang full-time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. The team is headquartered in Mooresville, N.C.
