Dakota Max "Dak" North (born 4 August 1991) is an Australian

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...

rider.

Career

North, named by his father – former

Stoke Potters The Stoke Potters previously the Hanley Potters were a British speedway team competing in the National League. As Stoke, the team raced at Loomer Road Stadium in Newcastle-under-Lyme. As Hanley Potters they raced from 1929 to 1963. History H ...

rider Rod North – after the

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aircraft, was born in

Shepparton Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, ...

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in 1991.2011 Rider Index
, speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-15Diamonds sign Australian teen Dakota North
, ChonicleLive.co.uk, 18 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15Heppell, Lawrence (2009)
Dakota jets in to join Diamonds
, ''Newcastle Journal'', 18 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15 He took up speedway at the age of twelve and won the Australian Under-16 Championship and the Australian Junior Pairs title (with

Justin Sedgmen Justin Maxwell Sedgmen (born 17 February 1992) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. Career Junior career Born in Mildura, Victoria, Justin Sedgmen and his older brother Ryan (born December 1990) began their speedway careers at Mildura ...

) in 2007. After a few appearances in Britain in 2007, he signed with

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975 and currently riding in the National Development League. History 1971–1989 The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with chef Bernie Klat ...

in 2009, but his season was cut short after chipping two vertebrae in a crash while representing Australia at Under-21 level in July against Great Britain. In December 2009 he was signed by Elite League

Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England. They are three times champions of the United Kingdom, winning the highest level league in 1999, 2006 and 2021. History 1970–1994 The Panthers inaugural sea ...

as a club asset and was loaned to

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team

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the SGB Championship, every Sunday night during the season (March–October) from their home at the Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium, previously known as Broug ...

for the 2010 season.SPEEDWAY: Aussie aces reject a Fen Tigers return
, ''Newmarket Journal'', 24 December 2009, retrieved 2011-11-15 He signed for

Somerset Rebels The Somerset Rebels were a British speedway team based in Highbridge, Somerset. Founded in 2000, the club competed in the British SGB Championship until 2019. Their home track was located at the Oak Tree Arena. History The club's stadium, The ...

for the 2011 season, also doubling-up in the Elite League with the Panthers. In 2012, North joined the

Ipswich Witches The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first ra ...

in a loan deal. In April 2012 he was added to the

King's Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" comes from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 1996 when Kin ...

team in the Elite League, replacing

Filip Šitera Filip Šitera (born 18 April 1988 in Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider. He represented Czech Republic at Under-21 level. Career Despite showing an interest to ride in the United Kingdom, and a ...

, but was replaced at the end of the month by Mateusz Szczepaniak. The following month he signed for

Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team founded in 1928. They were inaugural members of the Southern League in 1929. The team have twice finished runner-up in the highest tier of British speedway, during the 1952 Speedway National Lea ...

, sharing a doubling-up position with

Josh Auty Joshua Liam Auty (born 8 September 1990) in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, is a British speedway rider. Career Auty was part of the Scunthorpe Scorpions team that won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth ...

.Brummies Bring in North
, speedway365.com, 9 May 2012, retrieved 2012-05-09 In 2013 he signed to ride in the Elite League for

. In July 2013 Dakota joined the Glasgow Tigers until the end of the 2013 season, whilst also continuing his duties with the Panthers

World Final appearances

Individual Under-21 World Championship

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– 15th – 21pts

Under-21 World Cup

–

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– 2nd – 44pts (8)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:North, Dakota 1991 births Living people Australian speedway riders Mildenhall Fen Tigers riders Newcastle Diamonds riders Somerset Rebels riders Peterborough Panthers riders Ipswich Witches riders King's Lynn Stars riders Birmingham Brummies riders