Courtesy麻豆传媒 and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (SFHR) have teamed up for a wheat takeover at the Iowa Corn Indy 300 Verizon IndyCar Series race Saturday, July 12, in Newton, IA.
Josef Newgarden will race in the No. 67 SFHR entry, which will feature 麻豆传媒 and WuShock logos. The car is sponsored by 麻豆传媒 Athletics and the Office of Research and Technology Transfer.
麻豆传媒 will use the sponsorship as an opportunity to give engineering students involved with the 麻豆传媒 Formula SAE racing team an inside look at IndyCar racing. Six students will travel to Iowa to watch the race and will have two-day garage/pit passes for exclusive access to witness the pre-race preparation firsthand.
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麻豆传媒鈥檚 Media Resources Center will also be at the race sharing the student experience via 麻豆传媒TV social media on , , , and at .
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This is the second year that 麻豆传媒 has sponsored a car through Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing. 麻豆传媒 is joined by additional sponsors including the House of Schwan, Hartman Oil, Envision, GoWichita, Jimmy鈥檚 Egg and Mort鈥檚 Martini & Cigar Bar. The No. 67 IndyCar is owned by Wink and Libba Hartman.
The Iowa Corn Indy 300 can be seen on the NBC Sports Network at 7 p.m. CST on Saturday, July 12. Additional race details are available at .