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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


Dakotah's MARCH 2010 Race Schedule

19 FIVE FLAGS SPEEDWAY  Pensacola, FL
20 MOBILE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY  Mobile AL
27 DESOTO SUPER SPEEDWAY  Bradenton, FL
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

 2009 Dakotah Stephens Racing 

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.


    

 

 

 Welcome to Dakotah's 2009 Sponsors 
East Polk, LLC
Allen D. Locklear
Owner / Manager

Phone # 863.286.5545
Fax # 863.665.2750

For all you Fleet Interior needs!
Tom Macaluso
Owner

BLP Commercial
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813-690-2617
813-657-3545

Bernie Penney
Owner

Control the Pests with Sticks Pest Control!
Chip Stick
Owner

 

 


Dakotah Stephens
#79 Sprint Car Racer
Tampa, Florida

Phone: 813-361-7015

Email: dsteph79@msn.com