Armstrong Battles Back From Unscheduled Pit Stop, Brings Home 18th

The inclement weather that affected the speedway area sidelined practice for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) competitors until 8:00 pm CST on Thursday night when the track drying process was finally completed. With only one 90 minute session to dial in their Toyota Tundra, the EverFi crew worked double time to find a solid race setup for Armstrong to work with for 250 miles of racing. 

Reporting to crew chief Dan Stillman early in the night that the EverFi Tundra was not gripping the track and was too loose for his liking, Armstrong was able to hold his own before the first round of pit stops. But even after several stops and major adjustments, the ThorSport Racing driver was still struggling with a loose race truck. 

Shortly after the restart following the fourth caution of the night, Armstrong radioed to his crew that he felt he had a tire going down. The pit crew went to work, quickly changing all four tires when their driver came down pit road one lap later. The unscheduled stop moved Armstrong two laps behind the leader, a hole that he raced hard to dig himself out of. As the recipient of the “lucky dog” under the final caution of the night, Armstrong moved back into the top-20 in the running order and was able to grab two more spots before the checkered to finish 18th.