Vinnie Miller
Miller atRoad America in 2018
Born	Vance Matthew Miller (1997-08-16)August 16, 1997 (age 28) Metamora, Michigan, U.S.
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
95 races run over 4 years
2020 position	27th
Best finish	23rd (2019)
First race	2017TheHouse.com 300 (Chicagoland)
Last race	2020Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2017 position	83rd
Best finish	83rd (2017)
First race	2017Fred's 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics up to date as of November 9, 2020.

Vance Matthew "Vinnie" Miller^[1] (born August 16, 1997) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 78Chevrolet Camaro/Toyota Supra forB. J. McLeod Motorsports.

He has previously driven forJD Motorsports in the Xfinity Series,Bolen Motorsports in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series,MDM Motorsports in theK&N Pro Series East and theARCA Racing Series, andWauters Motorsports in theCARS Super Late Model Tour.

After starting racing withquarter midgets at age five,^[2] Miller spent his formative years racing onMichiganshort tracks,^[3] some being the same asMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driversBrad Keselowski andErik Jones.^[4] He focused onOwosso Speedway, drivinglate 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 withWauters 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 atConcord Speedway with Crooks.^[7] He drove for his own team in 2016, only finishing one of his five CARS attempts.^[8]

Miller signed withMDM Motorsports for a limitedARCA Racing Series schedule in 2017.^[2] The pairing came about through Miller's agent, whom he raced with in Michigan for five years.^[9] In six races he scored four top tens, two coming on short tracks and two coming on superspeedways.^[10] During his home race atMichigan International Speedway, he would start from the front row and lead laps for the first time in ARCA competition, leading six in total before being involved in an accident withRiley Herbst while the two were racing for the lead.^[10] Miller also competed in six races for MDM in theNASCARK&N Pro Series East, scoring top tens in both races atSouth Boston Speedway.^[11]

Miller signed withJD Motorsports for hisNASCAR debut, which would come in theXfinity Series in the No. 0 car replacing regular driverGarrett Smithley atChicagoland Speedway.^[12][5] He finished 29th, seven laps down.^[13] Later on, Miller signed withBolen Motorsports to make hisCamping World Truck Series debut atTalladega 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 ofJD Motorsports' No. 01 entry in 2018, inheriting the ride driven byHarrison Rhodes in 2017.^[16][17]

On September 22, 2018, it was announced that Miller left JD Motorsports and would join the No. 78 entry forB. 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]

Miller grew up residing in the town ofMetamora, Michigan, and graduated fromBrandon High School in the nearby town ofOrtonville.^[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 ofStatesville, North Carolina, where he is opening his own Aquatics shop, under the name River & Reef Aquatics.^[21]

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¹ Ineligible for series points

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