Richard Petty
Motorsports announced today that Dakoda Armstrong and sponsor WinField have
renewed their partnership for the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series season.
Armstrong returns for
his second season with the team after accumulating three Top-10 finishes and a
pole at Daytona International Speedway in July. Armstrong finished 13th
in the championship standings and will look to improve that position during his
second season with the team. Helping him do that will be Frankie Kerr, who will
take over the crew chief responsibilities.
Kerr most recently
worked for Front Row Motorsports as a crew chief in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series. In his nine years calling the shots for teams in NASCAR's top series,
Kerr has earned eight Top-5 and 17 Top-10 finishes in 217 starts, with one pole.
Former XFINITY series
Crew Chief Philippe Lopez has been promoted to Operations Manager for the
organization.
"I'm excited to
continue racing for The King," said Armstrong. "Philippe and I had a
good relationship and I feel like I learned a lot in my rookie season with the
No. 43 team. I'm looking forward to continuing that growth into my second
season. Now, with Frankie coming on board, I think we'll be able to get our
communication more in sync. We both come from an open-wheel background and he
can relate the open-wheel style of driving to the stock cars."
WinField will return to the No. 43 Xfinity Ford for the second
consecutive year. The agricultural company will be on the No. 43 car for 23
races this season.
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