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Dakotah's Race Schedule-October 2010
October 1, 2010(Friday Night Race) Orlando Speedworld- TBARA
Results: 27 cars were at Orlando Speedworld. Matt Mercer won Heat 1, Keith Butler won Heat 2, Dakotah won Heat 3. Mercer and Dakotah were leading the pack for the first 5 laps when Mercer slowed and Dakotah moved to the number 1 spot. On lap 23, lap traffic lead to a 3 wide pass that put Butler, Teate and Steele ahead of Dakotah and while racing for 4th position, Fritz and Dakotah clipped tires and put them both out of the race for the evening. Dakotah did a 360 in the air and smacked the wall. No one suffered injuries. The #19 car of Dakotah's came to the pits on the rollback with destroyed wheels and not a straight bar in sight. Steele went on to dominate and win the feature. TBARA is known for being the best and most competitive winged sprint show in the nation but we also have a generation of bottom feeder drivers who fail to use the high side of the track to pass.
A special thank you goes out to drivers Steve H and Sonny O, for helping to put the broken car in the hauler. Much appreciation guys from Dakotah Stephens Racing.
October 23, 2010 Citrus County Speedway, Inverness/CFWSCA
USAC Sanctioned Series for 2011
Results 10/23/10: Dakotah started 9th in Heat 1 and was only able to advance to 6th. As a result, Dakotah started 11th out of 18 wingless sprints in the main feature. There was much close racing and many cars passing throughout the 30 lap feature and Dakotah was able to finish 5th on the field. It was an interesting race for the fans and drivers all. There were spins, brake-checking restarts, black flags and one double file restart-old school NASCAR style: the lap cars started on the inside lane and the lead lap cars were in the outside lane for the last green flag start. Brian Gingrass won the event, followed by Troy DeCaire, Mickey Kempgens, Gary Gimmler and Dakotah Stephens.
Results: Started 12th at Eastbay out of 21 cars, and finshed 9th after a last lap spin. There must have been a zillion kids trick or treating during intermission. Fun nght and fun race. Danny Martn won, with Tim George comng in 2nd, Stephen Devalics 3rd, Lasker 4th and Billy Boyd 5th. Track was dry slick but had a super cushion for rim riding in 1 and 2.
USAC is coming to Florida in 2011
New Race Date ADDED: See Dakotah Race tonight, October 23, 2010, at Citrus County Speedway in Inverness, FL with Central Florida Wingless Sprints. CF Wingless Sprints announced their series would be USAC Sanctioned for the 2011 racing season. Here is a copy of the Press Release below.
Race Results 10/23/10: Dakotah started 9th in Heat 1 and was only able to advance to 6th. As a result, Dakotah started 11th out of 18 wingless sprints in the main feature. There was much close racing and many cars passing throughout the 30 lap feature and Dakotah was able to finish 5th on the field. It was an interesting race for the fans and drivers all. There were spins, brake-checking restarts, black flags and one double file restart-old school NASCAR style: the lap cars started on the inside lane and the lead lap cars were in the outside lane for the last green flag start. Brian Gingrass won the event, followed by Troy DeCaire, Mickey Kempkins, Gary Gimmler and Dakotah Stephens. Dakotah's next race is October 30, 2010 Eastbay RaceWay Park on the Dirt.
10/22/10
The Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Assoc. is pleased to announce that our series will now be sanctioned by USAC in 2011. Our series will now be called the USAC Southeast Sprint Car Series. We are pleased to join USAC and give our drivers the recognition they deserve as the top drivers in the state of Florida. We also will unveil a brand new logo on our web site (www.winglesssprints.com) today.
Below is a statement from USAC's President/ CEO Kevin Miller & thingy Jordan (PR).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 22, 2010
thingy JORDAN
USAC “SOUTHEAST SPRINT CAR SERIES” DEBUTS IN 2011
Sanctions the Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Association
The USAC “Southeast Sprint Car Series” in 2011 will continue the great tradition of Florida ’s leading short-track open-wheel racing series as the series celebrates its 10th year of operation, featuring the finest asphalt drivers in the southeast.
“ Florida has always been a popular destination for race fans and we are delighted to again bring USAC’s brand to the Sunshine State for this exciting series,” says USAC President/CEO Kevin Miller . “We recognize the importance of pavement Sprint car racing and welcome these participants and fans into our motorsports family.”
Delivering high speed, no-fear racing action for the race fan both on the track and off, the series’ philosophy is to present high speed, heart pounding races for the fans but to also always include the fans with appreciation events such as bicycle giveaways, race simulators and autograph sessions.
The Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Assoc. conceived in 2002 by Michael and Carla Rudolph, the series was designed to put the competition back into the hands of the drivers and to offer affordable racing to both the veterans and newcomers to the sport.
Champions of the Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Association include 2009 co-champs Dakotah Stephens and Troy DeCaire, Jim Alvis (2008), Dennis Misuraca (2007), Scott Adema (2006), Charlie Linder (2005), Curtis Carter (2004), Tommy Nichols (2003) and Kevin Cahill (2002).
USAC’s Florida history includes competition in a number of different series, including the recent Bubba Army Sprint Car Nationals and quarter midget competition, with venues ranging from Orlando ’s Walt Disney World complex to Homestead’s high-speed oval. Of significant note is that USAC’s inaugural Sprint car race was held in Florida , a race held at West Palm Beach in 1956 won by Bob Sweikert, the previous year’s Indianapolis 500 champion.
The 2011 USAC Southeast Sprint Car Series calendar of events is currently being constructed and will be released when firm.
-- USAC--
USAC Southeast Sprint Car Series/ CFWSCA -PR
Kirk Wilson
Dakotah's Race Schedule-AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2010
UPDATE
8/27/10 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, FL TBARA Sprints
canceled weather
8/28/10 Mobile Speedway, Mobile, Alabama TBARA Sprints
canceled weather
9/3/10 Ocala Speedway, Ocala, FL Open Wheel Modified
It was a perfect night for racing at Ocala Speedway. I started 9th and I finished 9th in the feature. We had 106 caution flags but hey, that's racing-right? The #0 Better Leather/Tom Macaluso owned OWM was an awesome car to drive.
9/4/10 Eastbay Raceway Park, Tampa, FL Sprints on Dirt
19 sprint cars were in the line up for the Eastbay Sprints racing group. Dakotah started 9th in Heat #1 and was going for 4th on lap 5 when he tangled with some other cars and crashed the front steering of his red #19 sprint. Dakotah and wing man-Edgar went to work repairing damages and were ready to start the feature in position #13. Dakotah advanced quickly through the field but his airfilter ended up on the track and left Dakotah with a 9th place overall finish.
9/17/10 Ocala Speedway, Ocala, FL Open Wheel Modified
Dakotah reported the #0 Better Leather/Tom Macaluso owned OWM was handling like a dream on the 3/8 mile dry slick track. Dakotah started 10th on the field in the main event, and he was tracking through the field until lap 22 of 25: a lap car crash trapped the #0 against the wall and finished Dakotah's bid for a Top 5 finish.
9/18/10 Desota Speedway, Bradenton, FL TBARA Sprints
Finished 7th on the field for the race
9/25/10 Eastbay Raceway Park, Tampa, FL Sprints on Dirt
Finished 5th on the field with Danny Martin, Jr winning the15 laps A Main at Eastbay. Thanks to Tom Macaluso for the extra sponsorship and my pit crew for the hard work on my Dirt racing program.
Dakotah's April 2010 Race Schedule
April 10, 2010 Charlotte County Speedway, CF Wingless Sprints
April 17, 2010 Desota Speedway, TBARA Winged Sprints
RESULTS:
April 10, 2010
Dakotah goes Wingless for the Weekend of April 10, 2010
Dakotah started the Wingless Sprint feature shotgun on the field at Charlotte County Motorsports Park on April 10, With the race going a caution free 30 laps, Dakotah was able to bring home a 5th place finish for the night. Congratulations to Dakotah's buddy's Channing Conley and Lil' Jimmy Alvis on a 1st-2nd finish, followed by Gary Gimmler, Keith Butler and Dakotah.
April 17, 2010 Coming soon
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Dakotah's MARCH 2010 Race Schedule
19 FIVE FLAGS SPEEDWAY Pensacola, FL
RESULTS: Dakotah qualified 5th in time trials. Dakotah was running in 7th position when a red flag was throwned when Troy Decaire hit the turn 3 wall hard. No injury to Troy thankfully. Upon refire, Dakotah's rear end broke. 16th place finish for the night due to mechanical failure.
20 MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Mobile AL
RESULTS: Dakotah set fast time in qualifying but with 3 cars to go AND RAIN, it was unofficial. RACE RAINED OUT.
27 DESOTO SUPER SPEEDWAY Bradenton, FL
RESULTS: DNS due to the U-joint breaking, probably as a result of the damaged rear end from Five Flags. Dakotah was lucky, the steel protector did it's job and kept the drive line from snapping his ankles. THANK GOODNESS FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
SPEEDWEEKS LIVE NOW! UPDATED
TBARA RACING SCHEDULE 2010 www.tbara.net
FEB 6 – Citrus County Speedway
Dakotah kicked off the 2010 Race Season with a Heat Race Win. He started 11th on the field and he moved up to 7th at the checker flag finish. The race was riddled with cautions-Dakotah's quick eye and reflexes missed 2 big ones. On Lap 1, a jam up into turn 1 put #55 riding the wall with all four tires, #2 was a cushion for #55 and turned him back onto the track where the #55 proceeded to race until his wing fell on lap 25. Dakotah was working the high groove out of turn 3 and 4 all night and on lap 20, he found the #78 and #15 car making contact in the bottom groove, with the #78 car spinning behind him while the #15 ricochetted in front of him into the front stretch wall. Dakotah, his team and the #19 Ford Sprint Car are headed to the high speed New Smyrna Speedway for 2 days of racing action.
Main Event Finish
1 Troy Decaire – 2 Jason Blonde – 3 Shane Butler – 4 Ben Fritz – 5 Ryan LItt – 6 Dude Teate – 7 Dakotah Stephens – 8 Sonny Hartley – 9 Matt Mercer – 10 Larry Brazil – 11 Johnny Gilbertson – 12 Steve Heisler – 13 Tommy Nichols – 14 DJ Hoelzle – 15 Joey Aguilar – 16 Craig Skene – 17 Wendy Mathis – 18 Jeff Banyas – 19 Ray Bragg Jr. – 20 Skeeter Faulkener – 21 Brian Gingras – 22 Frankie Hurst
Heat Race Wins
1st heat – Dude Teate 2nd heat – Dakotah Stephens 3rd heat – Shane Butler
FEB 7 – New Smyrna Speedway
Dakotah chased the track all day. He finished 7th in Heat #2. Sprint Car #19 began the feature in position 15. He moved up to 8th before a punctured/flat left rear tire retired him to the pits on lap 25, leaving him in the 12th spot on the field.
4:14am Dakotah and team watched the spectacular Endeavor Launch from the Cape with our Astronaut's speeding away to space at a swift 920 miles per hour at lift-off.
New Smyrna Speedway Quick Results 2-7-2010
Main event finish
1 Bo Hartley – 2 Shane Butler – 3 Brian Gingras – 4 Troy DeCaire – 5 Joey Aguilar – 6 Ryan Litt – 7 Dude Teate – 8 Sonny Hartley – 9 Ben Fritz – 10 Jeff Banyas – 11 Johnny Gilbertson – 12 Dakotah Stephens – 13 Jason Blonde – 14 Steve Heisler – 15 Wendy Mathis – 16 Larry Brazil – 17 Ray Bragg Jr. – 18 Frankie Hurst – 19 Skeeter Faulkener
Two heat races 1st heat winner Brian Gingras 2nd heat winner Joey Aguilar
FEB 8 – New Smyrna Speedway
Dakotah finished 8th on the field.
New Smyrna Speedway 2-8-2010
Main Event
1 – Troy Decaire, 2 – Brian Gingras, 3 – Joey Aguilar, 4 – Shane Butler, 5 – Ryan Litt, 6 – Ben Fritz, 7 – Larry Brazil, 8 – Dakotah Stephens, 9 – Sonny Hartley, 10 – Jeff Banyas, 11 – Wendy Mathis, 12 – Dude Teate, 13 – Johnny Gilbertson, 14 – Craig Skene, 15 – Ray Bragg, 16 – Bo Hartley, 17 – Steve Heisler
Heat Races
1st heat – Bo Hartley
2nd heat – Brian Gingras
FEB 13 – Desoto Speedway
It was a very cold night in Bradenton, FL. Racing went green to checkers with no cautions. Dakotah finished 12th. He was fast off but skating through the center of the turns.
Desoto Super Speedway 2/13/10
Main Event Finish
1) 3x Bo Hartley – 2) 15 DJ Hoelzle – 3) 78 Joey Aguilar – 4) 18 Shane Butler – 5) 0 Dude Teate – 6) 55 Tommy Nichols – 7) 68 Troy DeCaire – 8 ) 1 Brian Gingras – 9) 16 Ben Fritz – 10) 41 Ryan Litt – 11) 27 Sonny Hartley – 12) 19 Dakotah Stephens – 13) 11 Stephen Bradley – 14) 90 Craige Skene – 15) 20 Larry Brazil – 16) 6 Frankie Hurst – 17) 17 Todd Donaldson – 18) 61 Skeeter Faulkener – 19) 2 Johnny Gilbertson – 20) 44 Bill Pettijohn – 21) 28 Larry J. Brazil – 22) 11x Billy Riddle – 23) 80 Wendy Mathis
Heat Race Winners
1st Heat Tommy Nichols 2nd Heat Bo Hartley 3rd Heat Joey Aguilar
2009 Central Florida Wingless Sprint Car Champion
Car Owner Davey Stephens with 2009 Champion Driver
Dakotah Stephens
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 November 2009 Events
Citrus County Speedway
November 14, 2009-Results
Dakotah started 2nd and finished 2nd at Citrus County Speedway on 11/14/09. He and Dude Teate were the front runners from green flag to checkered flag. But at the end of the night, Dude was first followed by Dakotah in 2nd. Some races just feel like a victory even when your 2nd and this was one for Dakotah Stephens Racing. Congratulations to Dude Teate and his team.
North-South Shootout
Concord Motor Speedway
November 7, 2009 RESULTS
Dakotah finished 7th at Concord Speedway. He made the most with the equipment he had. The #19 car started running out of fuel around lap 25 and he dropped a couple of spots from there. TBARA raced under unusual circumstances-The sun was up when we took the green flag and it was dark when we took the checkers. This made for some interesting racing and changing track conditions. A lot of drivers reported problems with the sun going down over turn 1, but Dave Steele was still the Superman at the end of the day. Congratulations. Concord is a dream track for the sprint drivers and the 1000's of fans loved the high speeds of the TBARA sprint cars. We are invited back to the North-South Shootout 2010. GREAT WEEKEND OVERALL.
November 6, 2009 Qualifying and Heats
Dakotah qualified 10th in the 22 car field. Dakotah reports the motor could have used a little more heat and time would have been a little faster.
Dakotah's Qualifing time was 13.771.
Fast time was 13.1 by Troy DeCaire.
Dakotah started 4th in Heat #3 and finished 3rd.
Anticipate starting 3rd in the feature event.
FANS: Pit Party with the Drivers starts at 11:30-1:00.
Racing starts at 1:15-until
See you there!
Dakotah-----Message to fan Wyatt Locklear-Wave that Checker Flag little Buddy!
OCTOBER 2009 EVENTS
October 3, 2009
Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory NC
USCSracing.com
Winged 360 Sprints
Results:
Time Trials: 13.123
Dakotah won Heat Race #2
Dakotah ran 4th place for the whole race and on lap 38, the car blew a power steering hose. He finished 13th.
SEPTEMBER 2009 EVENTS
September 19, 2009
TBARA Sprint Car Racing
Desoto Speedway, Bradenton FL
Results: Finished 23rd for the night. There was a problem with the drive shaft or rear end. Every time I went into turn 3, the car would jump out of gear. Back to work on the car.
TBARA Sprint Car Racing
August 29, 2009
Desoto Speedway, Bradenton FL
Results:
Mechanical -broke radius rod on lap 1
finished 17th.
Hey Race Fans,
DAKOTAH HAS A DOUBLE-HEADER WEEKEND
EASTER WEEKEND
APRIL 10, 2009 Orlando Speed World (Friday night)
Central Florida Wingless Sprints
Results for Orlando Speedworld:
1st: Troy DeCaire
2nd: Dakotah Stephens
3rd: Jimmy Alvis
4th: Dennis Misaraca
5th: Mark Gimmler
APRIL 11, 2009 Desoto Super Speedway(Saturday night)
TBARA
Results for Desoto Super Speedway:
Dakotah DNS---Engine Failure in Hotlaps
1st Dave Steele
2nd Bo Hartley
3rd Troy Decaire
Dakotah's Next Race-May 16, 2009 Columbia Motorsports Park
Central Florida Wingless Sprints
Dakotah
Sprint Car #19
 New Race Added to Speedweeks Schedule
Desoto Speedway February 14, 2009
TBARA
Dakotah finished 7th at the TBARA Show
10 RACES IN 2 WEEKS
DAKOTAH IS THERE!
WINTERNATIONALS/SPEEDWEEKS
ONLY IN FLORIDA
360 SPRINTS (Dirt) ASCS Sanctioned
Wednesday Jan 28, PRACTICE Eastbay Raceway/ASCS 40 Sprint Cars at Practice
Thursday Jan 29, RACING Eastbay Raceway/ASCS Rain Out-Possible reschedule for Saturday morning racing. Watch for updates or call Cindy at 813-767-2578 for information about racing. Dakotah's Pill Draw Result: 7
Friday Jan 30, RACING Eastbay Raceway/ASCS
Friday RESULTS: Dakotah finished 3rd in the B Main. He missed the transfer spot by .93 second.
Saturday Jan 31, RACING Eastbay Raceway/ASCS
Saturday RESULTS: Dakotah finished 3rd in Heat race #1 and was required to race in the B Main with only the top 2 cars advancing to the A Main. Dakotah lead every lap of the B Main and was passed by #21k Lou Kennedy, Jr. who took the win by a wheel at the checker flag. Dakotah advanced to the A Main and finished a successful 17th place considering the caliber of driver's in the show. Jessie Hockett won the Main Event and was crowned 2009's King of the 360's.
Dakotah and Team will be finalizing and preparing the Asphalt Car in preparation for TBARA Speedweeks. All fans, friends and sponsors are invited to stop by the race shop and cheer the team on for their bid at Citrus and New Smyrna Speedways.
360 SPRINTS(Asphalt) TBARA Sanctioned
Saturday Feb 7, RACING Citrus County Speedway/TBARA
SATURDAY RESULTS: Dakotah debuts in the 2009 race season sporting a new number: #19. Dakotah chose to commission Gary Powell-former OWM racer and artist to paint the #19 Asphalt Sprint car. The new number is a reflection of Dakotah's age group being one of the youngest on the TBARA circuit and he wanted to partner with Gary Powell for a custom paint job with a nod to old school racing. Decals are convenient and often flashy but there is something special about a painted design on a race car. 30 cars strong were on hand at Citrus County on Saturday night. Dakotah drove the feature with a lot of maturity and went on to finished the Saturday night TBARA Speedweeks opener in 6th place at Citrus County Speedway. For full results, go to www.tbara.net
Saturday Feb 8, RACING New Smyrna Speedway/TBARA
SUNDAY RESULTS: Dakotah continued his charge at Speedweeks with a cool confident driving style. He took what the #19 Ford Powered Sprint would give him and finished 9th at the 1/2 mile high banked, lightening fast New Smyrna Speedway.
Saturday Feb 9, RACING New Smyrna Speedway/TBARA
MONDAY RESULTS: As race prep began on Monday morning, an engine problem was discovered by the #19 Dakotah Stephens race team. Dakotah was the hired shoe for the night in the #37 Sprint Car owned by Indy Racer Mike Koss. Dakotah went on to finish 8th in the feature. www.tbara.net
NEXT: Back to the Dirt at Eastbay in the Better Leather Auto and Trim Open Wheel Modified #79 owned by Ford Specialist-Tom Macaluso.
Open Wheel Modified-UMP/EBRP
Wednesday Feb 11, RACING Eastbay Raceway/UMP Scratch
Thursday Feb 12, RACING Eastbay Raceway/UMP
THURSDAY RESULTS: 70 Cars were on hand for the Open Wheel Modified show at Eastbay. Dakotah did not show well in the qualifying round due to fuel pick up which relegated him to heat #7. Dakotah started 9th in the heat and finished 7th. He then raced through the C Main from position 3rd and finished 3rd which advanced him to the B Main where he started 19th. His bid for the A Main was over with a 9th place finish in the B Main. Only the top 4 advanced on to the A-Main event.
Friday Feb 13, RACING Eastbay Raceway/UMP
FRIDAY RESULTS: The #79 Better Leather Sponsored Car was scratched from the field due to engine problems.
Saturday Feb 14, RACING Eastbay Raceway/UMP TBARA Desoto Speedway
SATURDAY RESULTS: Dakotah started the feature from the 13th position and advanced 6 positions to finish the night in 7th place. Not bad considering his car was powered with his back up Ford motor.
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