AUGUST 7, 2015 - DAKOTA IS NOMINATED TO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE TEAM USA SCHOLARSHIP
Dakota will travel to Road America to visit with teams from the IMSA Tudor series and be interviewed in the first round of the 2015 Team USA Scholarship
JULY 11, 2015 - SKIP BARBER SUMMER SERIES RACE AT ROAD AMERICA
Dakota finishes Road America with some challenging results but remains 3rd in the drivers championship.
Wednesday's Results: Road America presented more challenges than expected. With the layout being a major horsepower track, car performance was key to a strong result. Working with a draft partner was also key to remain in front. Dakota qualified P2 and started on the outside of row one. A poor start saw Dakota fall back a couple of spots at the start of the race and he was quickly dropped by the main group. The car seemed to struggle with overall power and the lack of a drafting partner resulted in a 5th place finish, the lowest finishing positon for the year.
Thursday's Results: For the second day in a row Dakota was able to take a struggling car and place it in P2 just in front of competitor Ben Waddel. At the drop of the green flag Dakota slotted into P3 after turn 3. The race remained in that order with Ben Waddel moving into P2. Dakota and Ben tried to draft their way up to Tim Reiger in P1 but the two of them together could not catch Timo. Dakota's car was struggling up the hill leading to the start finish line and Ben had to wait for Dakota's car to regroup each lap. The strategy proved to be an impossible attempt and Dakota crossed the line in P3 maintaining an impressive 5 podiums in 6 races. The competition moves to Miami Homestead in August to race under the lights in August.
JUNE 23, 2015 - SKIP BARBER SUMMER SERIES RACE AT LIME ROCK
Dakota Dominates with Two Poles, Two Wins, and Fastest Lap at Lime Rock.
Saturday's Update: Round 2 of the Skip Barber Formula 2000 Summer Series headed to the challenging 1 mile course at Lime Rock. Dakota came into Lime Rock 9 points down on the drivers’ championship. Excited to be at a track that requires technical race craft, Dakota trained hard putting in 20+ hours of simulation and data analysis. Saturday’s qualifying was dominated by Dakota who put his Skip Barber Formula 2000 on the pole for the 3rd straight time this season. Race 1 was a fierce battle with lead changes that put Dakota as far back as 4th at times. In the middle of the race Dakota retook the lead and held off a charging P2 by defending his line on the white flag lap into turn 1 which ended with P2 running off track giving Dakota a solid 1st place finish, his 1st of the season.
Sunday's Update: Qualifying for day 2 was actually conducted on Saturday after race 1. Still recovering from the morning’s hard fought win, Dakota had to jump back into the car and qualify for Sunday. Within a few laps Dakota had secured yet another pole position extending his streak to 4 straight. At the drop of the green flag in race 2, Dakota took a solid lead right from the start and led every lap of the race bringing home his 2nd win at Lime Rock as well as fastest lap. At the conclusion of the weekend’s races Dakota had gathered up an additional 9 points from 2 pole positions and a fastest lap reducing his gap in the drivers’ championship to 6 points. The 2015 Summer Series is gearing up to be one of the most competitive seasons in many years. The series now moves to the historic Road America Raceway in Wisconsin on July 8th and 9th.
MAY 13-17, 2015 - SKIP BARBER SUMMER SERIES RACE AT ROAD ATLANTA
Dakota Scores Major Points and Two Podiums at Road Atlanta
Round 1 of the Skip Barber Formula 2000 Summer Series took place at the fast and rolling Road Atlanta. Dakota adjusted to the course layout quickly and put down some of the fastest laps during practice sessions. That was immediately followed by setting pole position in both the Saturday and Sunday qualifying sessions earning him 6 additional bonus points. In race one on Saturday Dakota jumped out to a quick lead but fell back to P2 around lap 5 and proceeded to maintain his position finishing in 2nd place on the podium. Sunday’s race was more challenging with 4 cars exchanging positions several times for the lead. Dakota jumped out to the lead on the green flag but fell as far back as 5th place at one point due to the intense drafting between cars. On the white flag lap Dakota had fought back to P1 with one lap to go. Dakota was unable to fend off a charging Jorge Herra who passed Dakota with two turns to go but collected another solid podium finish in P2
FEBRUARY 28, 2015 - WILLOW SPRINGS RACEWAY
Dakota Dickerson Makes a Strong Showing at His First NASA Event of the Year by winning his first race this weekend.
Dakota makes an impressive start to the 2015 race season with a dominant win at Willow Springs Raceway. The #80 RUSH Motorsports Mazda Miata was featured on the cover of Speed News. A full recap of the race can be found on page 69