The weather seemed a bit dicey as Dakoda Armstrong helped his father guide the big USAC Silver Crown car out of the trailer and on to the tarmac at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway. In 2009, he signed in at the same track excited to compete in his first ARCA race. So we came back and I won the first race I ever ran. Joining him for his first race was his cousin Caleb, and his brother, Dalton, soon followed suit. The Armstrongs are deeply involved in agriculture and oddly enough that played a role in Dakoda’s racing career. Dakoda Armstrong’s move to stock car racing began via an association with Ken Schrader. The relationship began when Schrader raced a Focus midget owned by the Armstrongs. “So we called him up and ran some ARCA races with him.”.

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