Vinnie Miller

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Vinnie Miller
TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Last race2020 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Fred's 250 (Talladega
)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
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

ARCA Racing Series, and Wauters Motorsports in the CARS Super Late Model Tour
.

Racing career

Early years

After starting racing with

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

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

Miller signed with

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
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
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
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
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
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

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
results
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

(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 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

  1. ^ "Vinnie Miller Joins Crooks Racing". Crooks Racing. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b "Vinnie Miller to debut with JDM at Chicago". Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 12, 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  6. ^ 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.
  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. ^ a b Hammock, Leon (2017-03-10). "Fender To Fender With Vinnie Miller". Working On My Redneck ™. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  10. ^ a b "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. 2017-10-14. 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. ^ a b "#PETM165 - My Cousin Vinnie!". PETMpodcast.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Vinnie Miller – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Vinnie Miller – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  21. ^ a b c "Vinnie Miller – JD Motorsports". www.teamjdmotorsports.com. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  22. ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  23. ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  24. ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  25. ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  26. ^ "Vinnie Miller – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 27, 2019.

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