Lexington, OH (September 23rd, 2020) – Dakota Dickerson and the MLT Motorsports team are eager to return to the track where their story first began. Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course will feature 14 LMP3 racecars for Round 5 of the IMSA Prototype Challenge series. Coming off of another top 5 finish, Dickerson is ready to attack the 13-turn road course and get back onto the podium.
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“Mid-Ohio is one of my favorite circuits and I can’t wait to get the weekend started.” Says Dakota and continues, “We won the race there last year and it will be great to showcase the strengths of our Ligier JSP3. We’ve had some small issues keep us away from our true potential, and I’m very excited to get back to work with Dominic Cicero and the MLT Motorsports crew.”
Heading into the event in 2nd place in the championship, only 9 points behind the series leader, Dickerson and MLT Motorsports are looking to close the gap prior to the season finale at Road Atlanta.
Another exciting aspect of this weekend’s event is the announcement of the 3rd annual paws on a racecar fundraiser supporting Nowzad. Dickerson has been a supporter of the charity which provides the necessary care and treatment of the many neglected and abused animals in Afghanistan. The wonderful group at Nowzad later transfers the animals into loving home around the world. They also provide the paperwork and vaccinations necessary to reconnect veterans with their animal companions that they build incredible bonds with while on deployment. The charity will run for the 2 weeks leading up to the season finale and Dickerson is looking to better last years fundraiser which raised nearly $9,000!
The fundraiser can be found via Dakota’s Fundraiser page and additional updates into the race weekend can be found on the Dickerson Racing social media channels:
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About Dakota Dickerson Racing:
Dakota Dickerson is a third-generation racer from San Diego, CA. The 23-year old has been racing since he was 6 years old and with Global Racing Group, recently won the 2019 F3 Americas Championship powered by Honda. In his first four years of racing cars, he won a Driver Development scholarship from Bryan Herta Autosport (2-time Indianapolis 500 winning team), a Karts to Cars scholarship from Skip Barber Racing School, was chosen to be one of two drivers to represent the United States overseas via the Team USA Scholarship, was the 2016 USF2000 Mazda Scholarship Driver, and won the 2018 F4 US Championship. With this success, he hopes to continue on to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
About IMSA Prototype Challenge:
The IMSA Prototype Challenge series is for future IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers and veteran drivers alike. Entering its 15th season, IMSA Prototype Challenge is a single-class, endurance race format in 2020 with six races held on North America’s most premier road courses. The series will continue to feature the global-spec LMP3 prototypes.
About Nowzad:
When our soldiers are deployed overseas, they often form bonds with abandoned dogs and cats but are unable to bring them home when their tour of duty is over. Nowzad cares for these battle buddies and helps raise funds so our veterans can be reunited with the furry friends that helped them survive their time serving our country. In addition, Nowzad provides vital Animal Welfare for a variety of different animals in Kabul and developed training programs to improve the relationship between working animals and the Afghan people.