HOLLY, Mich. — Dude Teate confirmed Tuesday that he intends to compete in the Must See Racing season opener at Berlin Raceway on May 20.
If all goes as planned, he intends to compete in the American Speed U.S. Nationals at Michigan’s Birch Run Speedway the following weekend May 26-27.
‘Dude Star,’ as he is nicknamed within the Florida racing scene, now becomes the third Florida driver to enter the Must See Racing May 20 event. It will be his first MSR start in over 10 years, with his last series start coming March 24, 2013, at Mobile International Speedway in Irvington, Alabama.
“We wanted to get out of town and run some stuff up north,” explained Teate. “I think we got a good enough piece to come up there and run with them boys. I told my car owners Jason Reynolds and Dallas “Bucky” Scott I wouldn’t mind running some of the Must See stuff. Since we run a lot of winged stuff down here, I feel like we got a chance right out of the gate. We can go up there and do good.
“We planned on running the opener originally,” Teate continued. “Then Bucky told me he really wanted to run the next weekend too. I told him ‘Yeah, we’ll handle it.’ I think we can go up there and run in the top five or three. But I plan on going to win. I know I can run with ‘em. I’m excited and can’t wait.”
Co-car owner Reynolds is very aware of Must See Racing and the caliber of drivers the series has to offer. He fielded a car for five-time MSR champion Jimmy McCune in 2020 at an event at Showtime Speedway in Pinellas Park, Florida.
“We’d like to participate in some racing up north,” commented Reynolds. “It’s kind of our offseason. As long as we don’t have anything happen on the opening night at Berlin, we’ll be back the next weekend. The biggest thing for us will be not having anything break that first weekend because we’re so far from home. At the end of the day just having a good opening night and putting some points on the board is our goal. You never know, we may travel to a lot more MSR events. We’re a young team. We’re gonna give it our blood, sweat, and tears.”
Jim Hanks of MSR added, “We are really looking forward to starting the season at Berlin Raceway on May 20 followed by The American Speed U.S Nationals on Memorial Day weekend on the 26 and 27 at Birch Run Speedway. These are fast, first class race tracks and we have a strong early registration of top shelf cars and competitors from around the country.
“I’ve known Dude Teate from way back in my car owner days and it’s really exciting having him adding to what is stacking up to be one of, if not the most competitive line ups in our history.”
With the most recent Teate entry, he joins Davey Hamilton Jr. and Tommy Nichols as the other Florida drivers already entered for the MSR May 20 opener. The early entry list for the event is now over 20 cars.