April 22, 2017 Crazy First Lap Mixes Things Up for NWR

Birmingham, Ala. – Today’s Round 4 of the Mazda USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama Presented by Cooper Tires at Barber Motorsports Park got off to a pretty bad start for Newman Wachs Racing. On the very first lap, six cars, including Andre Castro’s #37 machine were involved in an incident in Turn 3. That ended Castro’s day, as he suffered suspension damage. 

Just a few seconds later, Dakota Dickerson got caught up in a three-car tangle at Turn 5, and fell back to 18th place, as the full-course yellow was brought out. Dickerson was patient, and on the re-start, with fourteen minutes left in the race, he fought his way back up to the very end and earned a 10th  place finish for the Newman Wachs Racing team. Dickerson was quoted as being “the best recovery drive of the day” .

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April 21, 2017 - Two Top Tens for Newman Wachs Racing at Barber

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Under blue skies and an ambient temperature of 89 degrees, the Newman Wachs Racing Team produced two top-10 finishes in today’s Round 3 of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda at Barber Motorsports Park. 

All three Newman Wachs Racing drivers worked hard in today’s race. Dakota Dickerson started fifth but had some trouble on the first lap and lost a position. However, he never gave up and fought until the end. Dickerson is known for the guy who keeps right on trying, and consistently displays a professional attitude, no matter what the result is.
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March 11, 2017 - Newman Wachs Racing St. Pete Wrap Up

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Today was a better day for the Newman Wachs Racing Team. And although Andre Castro woke up this morning not feeling very well, as he had been battling a fever all week, he and his teammates Cameron Das and Dakota Dickerson took the green flag in this morning’s USF2000 race, under beautiful clear blue skies. All the drivers got through the first turn, and Dickerson made a great pass on the very first lap, moving up from fourth place to third.  A few laps later, Mazda Shootout winner Oliver Askew passed him, with Rinus VeeKay right behind. It was a good clean race, and all three Newman Wachs Racing drivers drove a good race and finished in the top ten, with Dakota Dickerson in 6th place followed by Cameron Das in 8th, and Andre Castro in 10th position. 

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DECEMBER 1ST, 2016 - DAKOTA DICKERSON SIGNS WITH NEWMAN WACHS RACING

Mundelein, IL (November 30, 2016) – Team Manager, Brian Halahan was all smiles today when Newman Wachs Racing announced they signed 19-year old racer Dakota Dickerson to a two-year deal.

“This is a good day for the team,” said Halahan. “Having Dakota be part of our program is huge. When I started looking at drivers, I had to make sure we found someone who could be fast on track and yet represent the team, in a professional manner.”

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Dakota Dickerson Joins Afterburner Autosport

MINNEAPOLIS – Afterburner Autosport, a team that has secured race victories in each of the last three seasons, has announced that Dakota Dickerson will be driving for the team in this year’s Cooper Tires USF2000 Series powered by Mazda. Dickerson, 19, will compete in a Soul Red race car, a color reserved for Mazda driver development scholarship winners in 2016. He earned the scholarship by winning the 2015 Skip Barber Shootout. The USF2000 series is the first rung of the Mazda Road to Indy ladder system. 

“We’re happy to have Dakota with us,” said team owner Tim Walsh. “I’m impressed with him and his thirst for knowledge and understanding the setups on the car. He’s equal to or faster than any other driver we’ve had. Every driver has a different style, and the keys are to get comfortable with the tires and the car and to understand how it all works. To get that experience is the key to going out and driving to win.” 

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