To say that the last two years of Dakota Dickerson’s life have been a crazy ride might be an understatement, as the 20-year-old Californian earned three scholarships in rapid succession that took him from karts to cars. Dickerson talks about the accident that changed his career, what it means to be a Mazda Scholarship Driver and how his love of racing can be traced back to his kart-driving grandma.

A stacked 24-car field is entered for Rounds Three and Four of the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., headed by the Pabst Racing duo of Jordan Lloyd and Yufeng Luo, who each claimed a win and a second-place finish in the opening two rounds of the 16-race season last month in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Cooper Tires USF2000 Grand Prix of Alabama will feature a pair of races on the scenic 2.3-mile road course.

Cooper Tire and Mazda are thrilled to announce the extension of their MRTI Hashtag Program that encourages drivers and teams to utilize the #MRTI and #TeamCooperTire hashtags through their social messaging on Twitter and Instagram.

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Bay area fans will be well represented with two of the top teams, Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing and Team Pelfrey, based within a few miles of the downtown street circuit