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| Butch Miller | |||||||
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| Born | Henry Miller (1952-06-05)June 5, 1952 (age 73) Coopersville, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 1987, 1988,[1] 1994American Speed Association Champion 1988ARTGO Challenge Series champion 1988, 1995Slinger Nationals Winner | ||||||
| Awards | 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck SeriesMost Popular Driver | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 41 races run over 6 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 27th (1990) | ||||||
| First race | 1986Valleydale 500 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 1994AC-Delco 500 (Rockingham) | ||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 93 races run over 8 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 7th (1992) | ||||||
| First race | 1985Budweiser 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 2002Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) | ||||||
| First win | 1986Kroger 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last win | 1991Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 149 races run over 13 years | |||||||
| 2011 position | 49th | ||||||
| Best finish | 4th (1995) | ||||||
| First race | 1995Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2011Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
| First win | 1995Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of March 8, 2012. | |||||||
Henry "Butch"Miller (born June 5, 1952) is an American formerstock car racing driver. He is a multi-time champion in theAmerican Speed Association stock car series.
In 1985, Miller ran his firstBusch Series races, driving forLeRoy Throop, driving the No. 08MSW SpydersPontiac in four events. He made four races, and had a 2nd-place finish atBristol Motor Speedway. The next year, in 1986, he went to victory lane at theIndianapolis Raceway Park. That same season, he made his Winston Cup debut, finishing sixteenth in his first race. He ran two Cup races the next season for Throop, and then two races in the No. 31Slender You Figure SalonsOldsmobile for Bob Clark in 1988. In1989, he returned to Throop in the No. 51 for nine races. Despite getting sponsorship fromFruit of the Loom, he was only able to finish two races. He signed withTravis Carter Enterprises to drive the No. 98Chevrolet Lumina for1990, with sponsorship fromBanquet Foods,IGA, andPiggy Wiggly. He drove in the first 23 races of the season, and had a career-best eighth place finish atPocono Raceway, but was released near the end of the season.
He ran his first full Busch Series season in 1991, beginning in the No. 5231-W Insulation Oldsmobile/Chevy withDay Enterprise Racing. He won his most recent race early in the season at Hickory, but left in the middle of the season to join the No. 75Food Country U.S.A.Oldsmobile forHenderson Motorsports. In 1992, as he scored ten top-tens and finished seventh in points. He ran nine races in1993 before he was released, and spent the rest of the season out of NASCAR. He ran two Cup races in1994, driving the No. 55Ford Thunderbird forRaDiUs Racing.
In1995, he joined the fledgling Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 98Raybestos Ford forLiberty Racing. He won a race atColorado National Speedway beatingMike Skinner by 0.001 seconds in the closest finish in series history[2] and finished fourth in points. He continued to run full-time through 1998. He stayed with Herrick until the latter part of1996, where he ran some races forErnie Irvan andWalker Evans. He signed with Evans full-time for the1997, where he had twelve top-tens in the No. 20Orleans Hotel & Casino Ford. In1998, Miller moved toL&R Racing as driver of the No. 18DanaDodge Ram. He fell to fifteenth in points, but took the No. 18 and Dana toBobby Hamilton Racing for the1999 season. Miller made nine races in 1999 for Hamilton when he resigned from the team to move back to the Busch Series, replacingStanton Barrett in the No. 40Channellock Chevy forGalaxy Motorsports. He had two top-ten finishes in six starts, but after two consecutive DNQ's, he was released.
Miller also won theSnowball Derby, a prestigious late model race, in 1987.
After that season, Miller stayed out of driving until 2002, serving briefly as crew chief forLarry Foyt's ASA team, as well serving as a broadcaster for ASA races. He returned to the Truck Series atDaytona International Speedway, finishing seventeenth in the No. 61Delco Remy/Team Rensi MotorsportsChevrolet Silverado. A few weeks later, he returned to Henderson and the Busch Series and made ten starts, his best finish being a fifteenth. After another year out of the series, he returned to drive a pair of Truck races in the No. 20Timber Wolf forKen Weaver and No. 08ASI Limited forGene Christensen, respectively. The following season, he drove in three races for Green Light Racing, and had a tenth-place finish atMansfield Motorsports Park. He ran another pair of races for Green Light in2006, but could not finish higher than 26th. After another season off, he drove in nine races for Green Light in the No. 0/No. 07 Silverado for SS-Green Light, but did not finish a race. Miller drove for SS-Green Light on and off between 2009–2011, but primarily served under the role of crew chief to the multitude of young drivers piloting the No. 07.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 1990 | Travis Carter Enterprises | Chevrolet | 17 | 22 |
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ATCSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Miller Racing | 62 | Pontiac | ATL | DAY | ATL | TAL | ATL | SSP | IRP 11 | CSP | FRS | IRP | OEF | ISF | DSF | TOL | 113th | - | [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | ASA National Tour Champion 1994 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | ASA National Tour Champion 1987, 1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | ARTGO Challenge Series Champion 1987, 1988 | Succeeded by |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by | Snowball Derby Winner 1987 | Succeeded by |