Eldon Chase Miller (born January 28, 1987) is an American former stock car racing driver, who last competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (now the Xfinity Series) in 2013. He currently works for Front Row Motorsports as a mechanic.
Chase Miller | |||||||
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![]() Miller at Road America in 2012 | |||||||
Born | Canton, Georgia, U.S. | January 28, 1987||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
96 races run over 7 years | |||||||
2013 position | 61st | ||||||
Best finish | 38th (2008) | ||||||
First race | 2007 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 5-hour Energy 200 (Dover) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
13 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 38th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2006 Sylvania 200 (Loudon) | ||||||
Last race | 2007 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (Kansas) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 16, 2013. |
Racing career
edit2005–2008: Dodge development driver
editMiller joined the ARCA Re/Max Series in 2005 at age 18 as a driver in Dodge's driver development program, He made his debut at Nashville driving the Bobby Jones Racing No. 88 car, where he ran in the top-five for a part of the race before running out of gas. Then, at Gateway, Miller led multiple laps before falling out due to transmission trouble. In 2006, Miller was tapped by Dodge to drive for the larger Cunningham Motorsports team in their No. 4 in six ARCA races that year. After an 11th-place finish at Nashville, Miller charged to the win at Pocono.[1] He set the record as the youngest driver to ever win an ARCA race at Pocono to that point. He then backed up his win with a dominating performance at the second annual ARCA Pocono event before a cylinder failure took him from the lead, with only eight laps remaining, and forced him to a fifth-place finish. He also qualified on the pole at Gateway and was leading the race when more mechanical problems plagued him. His outstanding performance won him the opportunity to compete in the Craftsman Truck Series with the Dodge Development Team.
Miller joined up with Bobby Hamilton Racing to drive their No. 4 truck near the end of the 2006 season, also as a part of the Dodge driver development program. In only his fourth start, Miller scored a top ten at Martinsville Speedway. He earned the ride for the full season in 2007. However, after five races, Miller and BHR parted ways.[2] He was soon hired by Ray Evernham to drive a part-time schedule in his Busch Series team's No. 9 car. In only his second career start, Miller scored a second-place qualifying effort at Kentucky Speedway,[3] and a best finish of fifteenth at Gateway. In 2008, he ran twelve races in the No. 9 car once again, with sponsorship from Unilever and Verizon Wireless, as well as two additional races in the No. 19 car for Evernham. He had two top-ten finishes and finished 38th in points in a part-time schedule.
2009–2013: Start and park career
editGillett Evernham closed their Nationwide Series team at the end of the year after the team's merger with Petty Enterprises, and Miller spent the first few months of the 2009 season without a ride, before he drove most of the second half of the season, going back and forth between the No. 91 MSRP Motorsports Chevrolet and the JTG Daugherty Racing No. 47 Toyota. He also ran one race at Memphis in Derrike Cope's No. 73. For 2010, Miller filled in for David Gilliland in the standalone races in the No. 91 for D'Hondt-Humphrey Motorsports (formerly MSRP). He also drove a few races for other teams that year as well, which were Specialty Racing in the No. 61 and MacDonald Motorsports in the No. 82. All three rides were start and park entries.
After running one race for Fleur-de-lis Motorsports in their No. 68, Miller found a solid ride about a third of the way into the 2011 season, driving the start-and-park No. 46 for Key Motorsports. He entered every race for the rest of the year starting at Iowa in May. He moved to two of Key's other cars for two races, with him in the No. 40 for Nashville and in the No. 42 for Montreal. In 2012, Miller drove for The Motorsports Group in the No. 46, start-and-parking for most of the season. At the start of 2013, he returned to start-and-park the TMG No. 46 for select races, but then left for TriStar Motorsports during the year,[4] starting-and-parking in the team's No. 10 and No. 91 cars as well as in the No. 15 car for Rick Ware Racing.
2014–present: Crew member career
edit2013 was the last time that Miller was a driver. However, he remained employed at TriStar as a car chief for their No. 14 car of Eric McClure and Cale Conley[5] and later a mechanic and crew chief for the team. According to his LinkedIn profile, in May 2015, he became TriStar's shop foreman, and after TriStar's Nationwide/Xfinity team was shut down in 2017, Miller joined Front Row Motorsports, where he currently works as a wiring mechanic.
Personal life
editChase graduated from Sequoyah High School.[citation needed]. Also according to his LinkedIn, he is a graduate of Mitchell Community College.
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Nationwide Series
edit* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Craftsman Truck Series
editNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
2006 | Bobby Hamilton Racing | 4 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | ATL | MAR | GTY | CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | KAN | KEN | MEM | IRP | NSH | BRI | NHA 17 |
LVS 32 |
TAL 21 |
MAR 10 |
ATL 33 |
TEX 30 |
PHO 35 |
HOM 32 |
38th | 675 | [13] |
2007 | DAY 22 |
CAL 14 |
ATL 34 |
MAR 32 |
KAN 19 |
CLT | MFD | DOV | TEX | MCH | MLW | MEM | KEN | IRP | NSH | BRI | GTW | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 47th | 452 | [14] |
K&N Pro Series West
editNASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref |
2012 | Bob Wood | 14 | Ford | PHO | LHR | MMP | S99 | IOW | BIR | LVS | SON | EVG | CNS | IOW DNQ |
PIR | SMP | AAS | PHO | N/A | 0 | [15] |
ARCA Re/Max Series
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARMC | Pts | Ref |
2005 | Bobby Jones Racing | 88 | Dodge | DAY | NSH 26 |
SLM | KEN | TOL DNQ |
LAN | MIL | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW 23 |
LER | NSH | MCH 16 |
ISF | TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | 76th | 395 | [16] |
2006 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY | NSH 11 |
SLM | WIN | KEN | TOL | POC 1 |
MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC 5* |
GTW 33 |
NSH | MCH | ISF | MIL 12 |
TOL | DSF | CHI | SLM | 38th | 1095 | [17] | ||
Eddie Sharp Racing | 22 | Dodge | TAL 9 |
IOW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | 9 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | IOW | KAN | CAR | KEN | TOL | POC | MCH | CAY | KEN | BLN | POC 3 |
NSH | ISF | DSF | CHI | SLM | NJE | TAL | TOL | 90th | 215 | [18] | ||
2009 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY | SLM | CAR | TAL | KEN | TOL | POC 16 |
MCH 3 |
MFD | IOW | KEN | BLN | POC | ISF | CHI | TOL | DSF | NJE | SLM | KAN | CAR | 72nd | 365 | [19] |
References
edit- ^ "Miller wins ARCA Pocno race". Star-News. Wilmington, NC. June 10, 2006. p. 3C. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "NASCAR REPORT: Bowyer on pole for attrition 500". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Atlanta, GA. May 12, 2007. p. D10. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ Ashenfelter, Mark (June 13, 2008). "Miller will have his hands full in 12th career start at Kentucky". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "TriStar Motorsports Notes and Quotes – Bristol". Speedway Media. August 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "The Teams". TriStar Motorsports. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2007 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ "Chase Miller – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- Chase Miller driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Chase Miller crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference