Braselton, GA. (October 15th, 2020) – Fresh off a victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Dakota Dickerson has his eyes set for the championship this weekend. He will enter the weekend in the #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier JSP3 only 6 points behind championship leaders Matt Bell and Naveen Rao. The final event of the championship will make for an excellent 3-hour showdown that will see a total of 14 LMP3 racecars battling around the high-speed rollercoaster of a track that is Road Atlanta.
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“I can’t wait to get on track at Road Atlanta. It is the team’s home track and we had really great pace in last year’s race. We’ve tried to stay consistent all year and it has kept us in this championship hunt. Now we have some momentum behind us from our win at Mid-Ohio, and we are pushing hard for the championship title. We have the full capability to win this race and I’m excited to see how it plays out.”
Dickerson will share driving duties with Dominic Cicero to finish out the season. Cicero has consistently been one of the fastest Bronze rated drivers in the field and is also climbing up through the championship standings after missing the first event at Daytona International Speedway back in January.
The #54 MLT Motorsports Ligier will also be a sight to see this weekend with nearly 200 paw prints going on the car from Dickerson’s “Nowzad Paws on a Racecar” fundraiser. The fundraiser had over 100 individual donors spanning across 5 different countries to help achieve the $7,500 fundraiser goal. With animals ranging from dogs, cats, lizards, birds, hamsters, tortoises, bunnies, and donkeys, the racecar will look incredible on the NBC Sports Network Broadcast.
The race begins Friday, October 16th at 9:00am EST on NBCSN Track Pass. 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.