Dakoda Armstrong

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

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.

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

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 third 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 seventh 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

Camping World Truck Series In 2011, Armstrong signed on with ThorSport Racing and ran seven 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.

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

Xfinity Series

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. 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.

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

Armstrong joined JGL Racing in 2016, driving the No. 28 Toyota Camry. He would then return to JGL Racing in 2017. 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 fifth 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 third place. However, Armstrong was released by the team on September 25 for a lack of sponsorship. 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.

Later career

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

In 2021, Armstrong entered two USAC Sprints non-points races at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing fifth at the Thursday Night Thunder Homecoming and tenth at the Hoosier Classic.

In 2022, Armstrong finished second at Anderson's Little 500 sprint car race, and was runner-up at the Indiana-based 500 Sprint Car Tour. 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.

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.

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CLT TEX PHO TriStar Motorsports 19 Toyota

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13th 788 2015

13th 803

JGL Racing 28 Toyota

Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota

2017 JGL Racing 28 Toyota

DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 17th 521 Season still in progress 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 Pts Ref 2011 ThorSport Racing 98 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW21 NSH IRP21 POC MCH24 BRI ATL CHI20 NHA KEN9 LVS TAL17 MAR TEX HOM25 29th 172 2012 Toyota DAY35 MAR21 CAR14 KAN15 CLT13 DOV20 TEX18 KEN13 IOW27 CHI16 POC12 MCH3 BRI30 ATL23 IOW 20th 370 Turner Motorsports 4 Chevy KEN31 LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2013 Turn One Racing 60 Chevy DAY19 MAR7 CAR17 KAN12 CLT12 DOV21 TEX11 KEN21 IOW10 ELD11 POC18 MCH13 BRI18 MSP19 IOW16 CHI17 LVS16 TAL5 MAR18 TEX17 PHO19 HOM23 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 Pts Ref 2009 Ken Schrader Racing 4 Chevy GRE TRI IOW 24th 512 52 SBO GLN NHA 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 Pts Ref 2009 Venturini Motorsports 15 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD 26th 1415 Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN 22 CAR 2010 DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 7th 4705 2011 DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 25th 1120 2016 Venturini Motorsports 15 Toyota DAY NSH SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 100th 185

ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2024 Wauters Motorsports 5A N/A NSM FIF HCY MAD MLW AND8 OWO TOL WIN NSV 44th 39 2025 5 NSM FIF DOM HCY NPS MAD SLG AND17 OWO TOL WIN NSV 60th 35