Vinnie Miller

Vinnie Miller
Born Vance Matthew Miller
(1997-08-16) August 16, 1997
Metamora, Michigan
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
30 races run over 2 years
Car no., team No. 78 (B. J. McLeod Motorsports)
2017 position 73rd
Best finish 73rd (2017)
First race 2017 TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Last race 2018 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2017 position 83rd
Best finish 83rd (2017)
First race 2017 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of October 6, 2018.

Vance "Vinnie" Matthew Miller[1] (born August 16, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the Nos. 0 and 01 Chevrolet Camaros for JD Motorsports, and the No. 78 Camaro for B. J. McLeod Motorsports. He has previously driven for 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

Early years

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

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

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]

Personal life

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.[19] He has stated that, were he not a race car driver, he would like to become a welder.[9]

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.[19]

He currently resides in the town of Cornelius, North Carolina.[19]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
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
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
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		 -* -*
0 DAR
37
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy CLT
31		 DOV
25		 KAN TEX PHO HOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
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
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

K&N Pro Series East

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(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
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
2017 MDM Motorsports 8 Toyota DAY NSH
25		 SLM TAL 28th 1020
41 TOL
9		 ELK POC
10		 MCH
10		 MAD IOW
6		 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
13		 KAN

References

  1. ↑ "Vinnie Miller Joins Crooks Racing | News". Crooks Racing. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Late model ace Vinnie Miller in for 6 ARCA races with MDM". ARCA Racing. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. ↑ Weaver, Matt (November 28, 2017). "JD Motorsports names Vinnie Miller to full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series entry". Autoweek. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. 1 2 "Vinnie Miller to debut with JDM at Chicago". Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 12, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  6. 1 2 "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.
  7. ↑ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2015 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  8. ↑ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  9. 1 2 3 Hammock, Leon (2017-03-10). "Fender To Fender With Vinnie Miller". Working On My Redneck ™. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  10. 1 2 "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  11. ↑ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  12. ↑ "Vinnie Miller to make Xfinity debut this weekend at Chicagoland". NASCAR Talk. 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  13. ↑ "Driver Vinnie Miller 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  14. ↑ "ARCA rookie Vinnie Miller to make NASCAR Truck debut at 'Dega". ARCA Racing. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  15. ↑ "Vinnie Miller Survives Chaos to Earn Top 10 in Truck Series Debut". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  16. ↑ Herbst, Alex (2017-11-29). "NASCAR: Vinnie Miller to join JD Motorsports in 2018". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  17. ↑ McCubbin, Ashley (November 28, 2017). "Vinnie Miller Set for Full XFINITY Series Schedule – POPULAR SPEED". www.popularspeed.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  18. 1 2 "#PETM165 - My Cousin Vinnie!". PETMpodcast.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 "Vinnie Miller – JD Motorsports". www.teamjdmotorsports.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
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