Joel Miller (racing driver)

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

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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

YearTeam12345678910111213RankPoints
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		2nd406
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		5th390

Indy Lights

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2010 Andersen Racing STP ALA LBH
11		 INDY IOW WGL TOR EDM MDO 23th41
Bryan Herta Autosport SNM
9		 CHI KTY HMS
2011 Team E STP
13		 ALA LBH INDY MIL IOW TOR EDM1 EDM2 TRO NHM BAL KTY LVS 28th17

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
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		10th222
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		7th241
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		6th258
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 11th168
2018 Performance Tech MotorsportsP Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
8		 SEB
LBH
MDO
DET
WGL
14		 MOS
ELK LGA PET
42nd40
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

  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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