Mike Dillon, Vice President of Competition
Date of Birth: Feb. 1, 1965
Hometown: Clemmons, N.C
Residence: Clemmons, N.C
Marital Status: Wife, Tina (Childress) Dillon
Children: Austin, Ty

Career Highlights

• Oversaw RCR’s four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams, two NASCAR Nationwide Series teams and the developmental program in 2009
• Owns and operates Team Dillon Racing (driver development program for RCR) with drivers Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Ryan Gifford
• Guided Clint Bowyer to two NNS Victory Lanes in 2009 – Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in July and Dover (Del.) International Speedway in September
• Steered all three of Richard Childress Racing’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams to top- six finishes in the 2008 Chase for the Sprint Cup. RCR finished fourth (Kevin Harvick), fifth (Clint Bowyer) and sixth (Jeff Burton) in the final 2008 point standings.
• Led Clint Bowyer to one win, 14 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes en route to the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series driver’s championship
• Owns and operates Team Dillon Racing with drivers Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Ryan Gifford
• Led all three teams (Bowyer, Burton and Harvick) to NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2007 – it was the first time all three RCR teams qualified for NASCAR’s 10-race playoff format since the concept was introduced for the 2004 season
• Guided Bowyer to his first Sprint Cup Series career win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September 2007
• Helped steer the teams of Harvick and Burton to RCR’s first berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup in 2006
• Named RCR’s Vice President of Competition in 2006
• Named RCR’s Director of Team Operations in 2005
• Named RCR’s General Manager of Competition in 2004
• Project manager for construction of RCR’s Sprint Cup Shop (2001-02), RCR Racing Museum (2003) and engine shop (2004)
• Named advisor to RCR’s NASCAR Nationwide Series teams in 2001 after retiring as a driver midway through the season - in six seasons on the Nationwide Series tour, Dillon posted three top-five and 15 top-10 finishes
• Teammate to Harvick in 2000 during RCR’s first full season of competition in the NASCAR Nationwide Series
• Substituted for Dale Earnhardt in the 1997 Sprint Cup Series event at Darlington Raceway and for Mike Skinner in 1998 at Auto Club Speedway
• Ran a full NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule for owner Ron Parker in 1996 and finished second in the Rookie of the Year standings
• Made his Nationwide Series debut on Oct. 7,1995, for RCR at Lowe’s Motor Speedway where he qualified eighth
• Won the 1994 track championship at Tri-County Speedway in Caldwell County, N.C.
• Won late model stock car races at North Wilkesboro (N.C) Speedway and South Boston (Va.) Speedway
• Captured Rookie of the Year honors in 1992 at New River Valley Speedway (Radford, Va.) in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series
• Started racing motocross competitively at age 11 and amassed over 200 American Motorcycle Association (AMA) wins over the next eight years