#33- Austin Dillon will make his first-career Brickyard 400 start on Sunday afternoon, but grew up attending races at the historic track with his grandfather and car owner Richard Childress. Dillon recalls riding in the pace car as a young child and joined the Victory Lane festivities with Paul Menard in 2011 and Kevin Harvick in 2003. As a driver, Dillon participated in the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year, posting a fifth-place finish. Dillon will be teaming up with agriculture company Mycogen Seeds for the Brickyard 400. Mycogen Seeds is one of Americas fastest-growing seed companies, offering leading genetics for farmers in corn, soybeans, silage corn, sunflowers and canola.( RCR )(7-23-2013) UPDATE – IMAGE: Mycogen Seeds is partnering with Richard Childress Racing (RCR) to sponsor Austin Dillon at the 2013 Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup Series race July 28 as Dillon takes the wheel of the Mycogen Seeds #33 Chevrolet for this race. ‘As one of Americas fastest-growing seed companies, Mycogen Seeds is excited to sponsor one of the fastest, up-and-coming drivers in NASCAR’ says Hank King, U.S. corn marketing leader for Mycogen Seeds. ‘On the race track or on the farm, its all about high performance. Thats why this partnership is a natural fit.” Like RCR, Mycogen Seeds has a legacy of innovation and success, King says. ‘Were looking forward to seeing the Mycogen logo on the #33 car to showcase the drive to succeed between two progressive organizations’ he says. ‘Im looking forward to my first Brickyard start in the [Sprint] Cup Series’ Dillon says. ‘Ill try to do my best to give Mycogen Seeds a great finish.”( Mycogen Seeds ), see image of the scheme on the #33 Team Schemes page .
