Armstrong and WinField Renew with Richard Petty Motorsports
Armstrong returns for his second season with the team after accumulating three top-10 finishes and the pole at Daytona in July. Armstrong finished 13th in the championship point standings. He'll 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, he's earned eight top-fives, 17 top-10 finishes and one pole in 217 starts. This will be Kerr's first full season working in the Xfinity Series.
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 (Lopez) 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 (Kerr) 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.