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Dakoda Armstrong

Chicagoland Speedway Advance

No. 98 Ferrellgas / Agrisure / Drive For Savings Chevrolet Silverado

Race Info:

September 16, 2011

Chicagoland Speedway

Fast Five 225

1.5-mile Tri-oval

150 laps/225 Miles

Broadcast Info:

TV: SPEED- 8:00 pm EST

Radio: MRN- 7:45 pm EST

Team Facts:

Crew Chief: Dan Stillman

Chassis: 32

Engine: Earnhardt-Childress Racing (ECR)

Dakoda Armstrong

Career Highlights- Chicagoland

Starts: 1 (ARCA, 2010)

Start: 15

Finish: 11

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Fast Five 225

Race 18 of 25

Back On Track: Dakoda Armstrong will return behind the wheel of the No. 98 Chevy Silverado this Friday at Chicagoland Speedway. This will be the fourth of seven scheduled events for Armstrong in 2011. Though he wasn’t competing in Atlanta, Armstrong was there to observe his team in action and absorb as much information as possible from his crew chief, Dan Stillman, and the entire ThorSport Racing team.

“These off weeks have taken forever it seems like. Even though I’m busy going to the track with the team, it seems like Michigan was forever ago. I’m just ready to get back in the seat,” Armstrong commented.

“Watching Atlanta was good for me. It was helpful to see someone else in the truck and see what our team can do, and it also made me feel better when I listened to the way Justin Marks described the truck during practice and the race because he was experiencing the same things I have been.”

Future Farmers and Boy Scouts Visit Chicagoland: Drive For Savings, one of the No. 98 team’s primary sponsors, will have a special group of guests visiting the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland on Friday night. Local Future Farmers of America (FFA) and Boy Scouts of America (BSA) chapters from Indiana and Illinois will have 25 representatives from their clubs in the stands to cheer on Armstrong and the ThorSport Racing team. The representatives from FFA and BSA range from nine to 18 years of age.

“Drive For Savings is excited to be able to bring representatives from the FFA and Boy Scouts to the track so they can experience the thrill of racing,” CFO and Co-Founder of Drive For Savings Casey Kemerly explained. “Anytime we have an opportunity to raise awareness about the funding needs of these and other deserving organizations, we jump at the chance. The FFA and Boy Scouts are two of the best youth-based leadership non-profits in our country, and we’re happy to have them with us at Chicagoland.”

Rally With The Fans: Armstrong will accompany teammate Johnny Sauter to the Joliet Race Fan Rally in downtown Joliet on Thursday evening prior to Friday’s on-track activities at Chicagoland Speedway. The Rally is a family-friendly festival that celebrates the opening of Chicagoland Speedway’s NASCAR race weekend. The event is free and open to the public, and includes live music, driver appearances, food and children’s activities. Armstrong and Sauter are scheduled to appear for a Q&A session at 7 pm, followed by an autograph session with the fans.

ThorSport Online Store Now Open: Long awaited by all, the ThorSport Racing online store is now open! We encourage everyone to check out our newest addition at http://store.thorsport.com. If you can’t make it out to the new shop in Sandusky, you can now purchase merchandise online.

Chassis History: Crew Chief Dan Stillman and the No. 98 Ferrellgas / Agrisure / Drive For Savings team will bring chassis No. 32 to Chicagoland Speedway this weekend. The team made repairs to this particular truck that was on the move to a top-ten finish under the guidance of Dakoda Armstrong before a late-race incident at Michigan International Speedway a few weeks ago.

Dakoda Armstrong on Chicagoland Speedway

What stands out in your memory banks from Chicago?

“I just remember it’s a big circle, even the backstretch isn’t straight. It feels like you’re constantly turning, so you have to keep the truck rotating well or it’s going to be a long day.”

Did you learn anything at Michigan and during the off-weeks that you can apply here?

“We’re bringing the same truck that we had at Michigan, and we were pretty fast with it before the accident in the late laps. Even though Michigan was a bigger track, I think the truck is going to handle similar at Chicago and we can carry over some of the same things there.”

About ThorSport Racing:

ThorSport Racing, based in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest tenured active NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team. ThorSport Racing’s first came at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996. NASCAR’s only Ohio-based team, which has run full season schedules annually beginning in 1998, currently runs the No. 88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado driven by Matt Crafton, and the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Chevrolet driven by Johnny Sauter.

ThorSport Racing has wheeled into Victory Lane with Terry Cook, Matt Crafton, and Johnny Sauter since its inception and has finished a dominating seven times within the top 10 in points with both trucks. In April 2011, Sauter wheeled into Victory Lane at Martinsville Speedway. In 2009 and 2010, both Crafton and Sauter finished in the top five in driver points. In 2011, ThorSport Racing has moved into a state-of-the-art, world-class, 100,000 square foot racing facility in Sandusky, and has also expanded its operations with the addition of a third NCWTS team, the No. 98. The team is set to run select races in 2011, and full-time in 2012 with Rookie of the Year contender Dakoda Armstrong.

Ferrellgas

Ferrellgas originated as a family-owned propane company, founded in 1939 in Atchison, Kansas. Now headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, Ferrellgas has grown through acquisitions and an unwavering dedication to customer service and safety, and is now the premier propane provider in the United States. It is also the largest provider of propane by branded propane tank exchange through its Blue Rhino brand and serves approximately 1 million Customers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit www.Ferrellgas.com.

Syngenta and Agrisure Viptera 3111

Syngenta is the largest agribusiness in the world, with the widest portfolio of chemicals and seeds in the industry. A science based company focused on offering growers solutions and “Bringing Plant Potential to Life”, Syngenta’s goal is to help farmers feed and fuel a growing population. Agrisure Viptera 3111 is a corn seed produced by Syngenta and controls 14 types of insects that cost the Amercian corn grower over $1.1 billion per year in lost yield and grain quality. Syngenta and Agrisure Viptera 3111 are proud to be partnered with Dakoda Armstrong, a fourth generation farmer that utilizes Syngenta products to increase productivity. For more information, visit www.Syngenta.com.

Drive For Savings

Drive For Savings, based in Middletown, Indiana, was founded as a fundraising company, providing solutions to the lack of funding issue that most organizations face on a daily basis. Honored to be a member of a network that has been built over the past 27 years and has served over 15 million members, Drive For Savings creates innovative fundraising programs that are designed to meet the specific needs of any organization through the sale of discount cards. The Drive For Savings (DFS) cards are linked to a nationwide discount program that offers discounts at over 260,000 locations and are sold for $25 each. Each card sale earns money for the specific organization that sells it. The goal of DFS is to help organizations succeed by earning necessary funds and will increase revenue without adding labor. Each program is 100% designed, managed and tracked by the DFS staff. Drive For Savings is proud to sponsor NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Dakoda Armstrong and the No. 98 ThorSport Racing team. For more information, please visit www.DriveForSavings.com.

- ThorSport Racing Press Release