Vinnie Miller

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Vinnie Miller
VinnieMiller2018Johnsonville180.jpg
Miller at Road America in 2018
BornVance Matthew Miller
(1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 26)
Metamora, Michigan
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
95 races run over 4 years
2020 position27th
Best finish23rd (2019)
First race 2017 TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Last race 2020 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2017 position83rd
Best finish83rd (2017)
First race 2017 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
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.

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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

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 in the JD Motorsports car in 2018 01 Vinnie Miller 2018 Johnsonville 180.jpg
Miller in the JD Motorsports car in 2018

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

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

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NXSCPtsRef
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 73rd8 [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		27th279 [23]
0 DAR
37
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		23rd358 [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
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 27th298 [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
5 ROA
34		 DAY DAR
28
99 RCH
30		 RCH
32		 BRI
33		 LVS
34

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
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 83rd01 [24]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
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 13th175 [25]

* 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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2017 MDM Motorsports 8 Toyota DAY NSH
25		 SLM TAL 28th1020 [26]
41 TOL
9		 ELK POC
10		 MCH
10		 MAD IOW
6		 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN
13		 KAN

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  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.
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  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.
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