No. 43 Team Looks to Past Success for Strong finish at the One-and-a-Half Mile Track
This weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Kansas Speedway is the first race of the year at the one-and-a-half mile track, but both Dakoda Armstrong and the No. 43 WinField team has proven successful at Kansas.
Armstrong has a total of four starts at the track in different racing series, including one start in the Nationwide Series in 2013 where he finished 19th. After two starts in the truck series, Armstrong has an average finish of 13.5. He also has an 11th place-finish from an ARCA start in 2010.
It’s hard to dispute that the Nationwide team at Richard Petty Motorsports has Kansas figured out. In two starts, the team has an average finish of 10th, earning their best finish of eighth in 2012 with Michael Annett behind the wheel.
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@Dakoda Armstrong & No. 43 Team know @Kansas Speedway. They’ll look for a strong finish on the 1.5-mile track this weekend.
“Kansas has a lot of grip. You have a lot of speed and the handling hasn’t been too big of an issue, but clean air is really important. Now, you’re going into the turn wide-open, so the balance of the car has to be good and track position will be pretty important. For me, I think I did better at Kansas before it was paved, but this team has been pretty good there the last two races so I think we’ll have a pretty successful 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 entrepreneurs Andrew Murstein and Douglas Bergeron, 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, Strike Ten Entertainment and Fresh From Florida, and Marcos Ambrose drives the No. 9 machine with primary partners STANLEY, DEWALT, Mac Tools and Twisted Tea. In addition, Dakoda Armstrong wheels the No. 43 WinField Ford Mustang full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The team is headquartered in Concord, N.C.
