Vinnie Miller
| Vinnie Miller | |||||||
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 Miller at Road America in 2018 | |||||||
| Born | Vance Matthew Miller August 16, 1997 Metamora, Michigan | ||||||
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 95 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| 2020 position | 27th | ||||||
| Best finish | 23rd (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
| Last race | 2020 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2017 position | 83rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 83rd (2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2017 Fred's 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of November 9, 2020. | |||||||
Vance Matthew "Vinnie" Miller[1] (born August 16, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro/Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.
He has previously driven for JD Motorsports in the Xfinity Series, Bolen Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, MDM Motorsports in the K&N Pro Series East and the ARCA Racing Series, and Wauters Motorsports in the CARS Super Late Model Tour.
Racing career
[edit]Early years
[edit]After starting racing with quarter midgets at age five,[2] Miller spent his formative years racing on Michigan short tracks,[3] some being the same as Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series drivers Brad Keselowski and Erik Jones.[4] He focused on Owosso Speedway, driving late models.[2] Miller also competed in super late models, Pro All Stars Series, New Smyrna Speedway's Speedweeks and the 602 Tour.[5]
In 2015, he signed with Wauters Motorsports to run super late models in the CARS Super Series, PASS Late Model Series and the Southern Super Series.[6] During the CARS series, Miller split his time between Wauters and Crooks Racing, scoring a best finish of twelfth at Concord Speedway with Crooks.[7] He drove for his own team in 2016, only finishing one of his five CARS attempts.[8]
Developmental series
[edit]Miller signed with MDM Motorsports for a limited ARCA Racing Series schedule in 2017.[2] The pairing came about through Miller's agent, whom he raced with in Michigan for five years.[9] In six races he scored four top tens, two coming on short tracks and two coming on superspeedways.[10] During his home race at Michigan International Speedway, he would start from the front row and lead laps for the first time in ARCA competition, leading six in total before being involved in an accident with Riley Herbst while the two were racing for the lead.[10] Miller also competed in six races for MDM in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, scoring top tens in both races at South Boston Speedway.[11]
NASCAR
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Miller signed with JD Motorsports for his NASCAR debut, which would come in the Xfinity Series in the No. 0 car replacing regular driver Garrett Smithley at Chicagoland Speedway.[12][5] He finished 29th, seven laps down.[13] Later on, Miller signed with Bolen Motorsports to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway.[14] He avoided a last-lap wreck to score a seventh-place finish, tying the best finish for the team up to that point.[15]
On November 28, 2017, it was announced that Miller would become the full-time driver of JD Motorsports' No. 01 entry in 2018, inheriting the ride driven by Harrison Rhodes in 2017.[16][17]
On September 22, 2018, it was announced that Miller left JD Motorsports and would join the No. 78 entry for B. J. McLeod Motorsports for the remaining six races of the season and a full schedule in 2019. The deal for 2019 had been worked out during the summer, and JDM team owner Johnny Davis granted Miller a release from his team to get acclimated to the BJMM team earlier.[18] Late in his rookie season, Miller highlighted road course racing as something he would like to improve at for his sophomore season.[18] Miller would also drive the team's No. 5 and 99 cars over the next two years,[19][20]
Personal life
[edit]Miller grew up residing in the town of Metamora, Michigan, and graduated from Brandon High School in the nearby town of Ortonville.[6] He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing, boating, and snowmobiling when away from the racetrack.[9] He also enjoys golfing and diving.[21] He has stated that, were he not a race car driver, he would like to own an aquarium shop.
He credits his late grandfather Vance Weedon and his grandmother Julie Weedon for getting him involved in racing and for being the biggest influences on his life.[21]
He currently resides near the town of Statesville, North Carolina, where he is opening his own Aquatics shop, under the name River & Reef Aquatics. [21]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
[edit]| NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2017 | JD Motorsports | 0 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 29 |
KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 73rd | 8 | [22] | ||
| 2018 | 01 | DAY 20 |
ATL 31 |
LVS 24 |
PHO 33 |
CAL 27 |
TEX 39 |
BRI 33 |
RCH 31 |
TAL 17 |
DOV 22 |
CLT 28 |
POC 31 |
MCH 25 |
IOW 31 |
CHI 27 |
DAY 19 |
KEN 29 |
NHA 27 |
IOW 29 |
GLN 35 |
MOH 36 |
BRI 32 |
ROA 27 |
IND 17 |
LVS 26 |
RCH 37 |
27th | 279 | [23] | |||||||||||
| 0 | DAR 37 |
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| B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | CLT 31 |
DOV 25 |
KAN 22 |
TEX 27 |
PHO 36 |
HOM 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Toyota | DAY 25 |
TAL 19 |
DAY 11 |
23rd | 358 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | ATL 32 |
LVS 26 |
PHO 23 |
CAL 25 |
TEX 25 |
BRI 24 |
RCH 27 |
DOV 32 |
CLT 23 |
POC 25 |
MCH 28 |
IOW 32 |
CHI 29 |
KEN 25 |
NHA 27 |
IOW 20 |
GLN 36 |
BRI 21 |
DAR 28 |
IND 26 |
LVS 30 |
DOV 20 |
KAN 30 |
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| 5 | MOH 25 |
ROA 28 |
RCH 35 |
CLT 25 |
TEX 24 |
PHO 31 |
HOM 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 78 | Toyota | DAY 14 |
TAL 21 |
DAY 11 |
TAL 22 |
CLT | KAN 31 |
TEX | MAR | PHO | 27th | 298 | [20] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | LVS 28 |
CAL 15 |
PHO 27 |
DAR 29 |
CLT 23 |
BRI 12 |
ATL 31 |
HOM 34 |
HOM 29 |
POC 18 |
IND 32 |
KEN 23 |
KEN 28 |
TEX 25 |
KAN 30 |
DOV 28 |
DOV 36 |
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| 5 | ROA 34 |
DAY | DAR 28 |
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| 99 | RCH 30 |
RCH 32 |
BRI 33 |
LVS 34 |
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Camping World Truck Series
[edit]| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Bolen Motorsports | 66 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL 7 |
MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 83rd | 01 | [24] | |||||||||||||||
K&N Pro Series East
[edit]| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2017 | MDM Motorsports | 41 | Toyota | NSM 13 |
GRE | BRI 16 |
SBO 10 |
SBO 3 |
MEM | BLN | TMP | NHA 21 |
IOW 26 |
GLN | LGY | NJM | DOV | 13th | 175 | [25] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | MDM Motorsports | 8 | Toyota | DAY | NSH 25 |
SLM | TAL | 28th | 1020 | [26] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | TOL 9 |
ELK | POC 10 |
MCH 10 |
MAD | IOW 6 |
IRP | POC | WIN | ISF | ROA | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN 13 |
KAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Vinnie Miller Joins Crooks Racing". Crooks Racing. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b c "Late model ace Vinnie Miller in for 6 ARCA races with MDM". ARCA Racing. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Weaver, Matt (November 28, 2017). "JD Motorsports names Vinnie Miller to full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series entry". Autoweek. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller to Drive No. 01 Jd Motorsports Nascar Xfinity Series Entry Full-time in 2018". JD Motorsports. November 28, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b "Vinnie Miller to debut with JDM at Chicago". Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 12, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b "Vinnie Miller to Make CARS Series Debut with Wauters Motorsports at Tri County Motor Speedway | Wauters Motorsports". www.wautersmotorsports.com. June 11, 2015. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2015 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b Hammock, Leon (2017-03-10). "Fender To Fender With Vinnie Miller". Working On My Redneck ™. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller to make Xfinity debut this weekend at Chicagoland". NASCAR Talk. 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "ARCA rookie Vinnie Miller to make NASCAR Truck debut at 'Dega". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller Survives Chaos to Earn Top 10 in Truck Series Debut". www.frontstretch.com. 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ Herbst, Alex (2017-11-29). "NASCAR: Vinnie Miller to join JD Motorsports in 2018". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ McCubbin, Ashley (November 28, 2017). "Vinnie Miller Set for Full XFINITY Series Schedule – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ a b "#PETM165 - My Cousin Vinnie!". PETMpodcast.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Vinnie Miller – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "Vinnie Miller – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Vinnie Miller – JD Motorsports". www.teamjdmotorsports.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
External links
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- Vinnie Miller on Twitter
- Vinnie Miller driver statistics at Racing-Reference