Joel Miller (racing driver)

Last updated May 23, 2023

Joel Miller (born May 10, 1988) is an American auto racing driver from Hesperia, California.

Racing career

Miller began his career in karting winning the Stars of Karting Western ICA Championship in 2005 and the Stars of Karting ICA National Championship in 2006. Joel Miller became one of the few Americans to compete alongside Factory Tony Kart's program in the SKUSA and Stars of Karting Championships. Miller began racing cars in 2004 in the Pacific F2000 Championship, finishing on the podium in 3 races. By 2006, Miller had received the Skip Barber Racing National Series Scholarship to compete a full season in the 2007 Skip Barber National Championship. In 2007 he won the Skip Barber National Championship and was awarded the Team USA Scholarship participating in the Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy, in which he finished 10th. 2008 saw him compete in the Star Mazda Series for JDC MotorSports where he captured, 1 win, 2 poles, and 7 podiums on his way to runner-up honors in the overall championship. He returned to Star Mazda in 2009 but only captured 3 podiums and finished 5th in the points, due to a heavy karting schedule. He made his Firestone Indy Lights debut in April 2010 for Andersen Racing, the third race of the season after extensive pre-season testing with the team, finishing 11th at the Long Beach Grand Prix after a gearbox failure. Miller returned in August 2010 to compete in his second Firestone Indy Lights race alongside Bryan Herta Autosport at Infineon Raceway for the Carneros 100 to finish 9th after starting from 16th on the grid. Miller had qualified in 11th for the race, however an engine change gave Miller's team a penalty starting him at the back of the grid.

Joel Miller also launched The Joel Miller Indy Racing Experience, an event that took place on August 15, 2010 in Santa Cruz, CA in which helped raise money for his second Firestone Indy Lights race at Infineon. His management firm brought in several performing artists, exotic cars, motocross demonstrations, celebrities, and a poker tournament for the event.^[1]

After a few seasons of one-off races in Firestone Indy Lights, Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, and the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup, Miller returned to full-time racing in 2013 driving for SpeedSource Archived 2014-09-24 at the Wayback Machine in the Grand American Rolex Series, in a GX class Mazda6 sedan shared with Tristan Nunez. The pair scored five wins and eight podiums in twelve races. For 2014, Miller continues to co-drive with Nunez as the SpeedSource team moved to the Prototype class in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship. Their new car is a carbon fiber LMP2 class Lola coupe with Mazda Skyactiv diesel power.^[2]^[3]

American open–wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Star Mazda Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Rank	Points
2008	JDC MotorSports	SEB 1	UTA 3	WGI 2	POR 22	POR 3	ROA 19	TRR 4	MOS 2	NJ1 2	NJ2 4	ATL 2	LAG 4		2nd	406
2009	JDC MotorSports	SEB 5	VIR 3	MMP 3	NJ1 5	NJ2 4	WIS 14	IOW 19	ILL 8	ILL 4	QUE 3	ONT 12	ATL 4	LAG 17	5th	390

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	SpeedSource	P	Mazda Prototype	Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)	DAY 13	SIR 16	LBH 8	LGA 12	DET 8	WGL 9	MSP 6	IND 9	ELK 9	COA 9	PET 11	10th	222
2015	SpeedSource	P	Mazda Prototype	Mazda 2.2 L SKYACTIV-D (SH-VPTS) I4 Turbo (diesel)	DAY 11	SIR 11	LBH 7	LGA 9	DET 7	WGL 5	MSP 7	ELK 7	COA 9	PET 6		7th	241
2016	Mazda Motorsports	P	Mazda Prototype	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L I4 Turbo	DAY 13	SIR 8	LBH 4	LAG 8	DET 4	WAT 5	MSP 5	ELK 8	COA 4	PET 6		6th	258
2017	Mazda Motorsports	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY 12	SEB 8	LBH 6	COA 8	DET 3	WGL 9	MOS 5	ELK	LGA	PET		11th	168
2018	Performance Tech Motorsports	P	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 8	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL 14	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		42nd	40
2022	Mühlner Motorsports America	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 9	SEB	MDO	WGL	MOS	ELK	PET					NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

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References

↑ Andersen Racing's news on Joel Miller, Andersen PR via Motorsport.com, April 8, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-09
↑ Joel Miller career statistics, Driver Database.com Retrieved 2014-09-20
↑ SpeedSource Confirms Full Season Mazda P2 Lineup, Sportscar365.com, January 4, 2014, Retrieved 2014-09-20

External links

Official Website
Official Event Website
Joel Miller career statistics at Driver Database

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[1] Andersen Racing's news on Joel Miller, Andersen PR via Motorsport.com, April 8, 2010, Retrieved 2010-04-09

[2] Joel Miller career statistics, Driver Database.com Retrieved 2014-09-20

[3] SpeedSource Confirms Full Season Mazda P2 Lineup, Sportscar365.com, January 4, 2014, Retrieved 2014-09-20

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