Dakotah's MARCH 2010 Race Schedule

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

1^st heat – Dude Teate   2^nd heat – Dakotah Stephens   3^rd 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  1^st heat winner Brian Gingras   2^nd 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

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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.