Bryce Miller (racing driver)
Bryce Miller | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Honolulu, Hawaii | July 26, 1982
Previous series | |
2008–2011 2010–2011 2010 2007–2009 2009 2006–2007 1997 | American Le Mans Series Grand-Am Rolex GT Championship Le Mans 24 Hours Grand-Am Rolex Series FIA GT Championship IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Canadian National Go-Kart |
Championship titles | |
2014 2008 2007 1992 | Tudor United Sports Championship American Le Mans Series NASCAR Rolex Grand-Am Sports U.S. Grand National Go-Kart Champion, East Coast Regional Go-Kart Champion |
Bryce Miller (born July 26, 1982) is an American racing driver from Summit, New Jersey.[1] He currently drives in the IMSA owned Tudor United SportsCar Championship for Paul Miller Racing. Bryce is the son of Paul Miller and nephew of Kenper Miller , both of whom competed in sports car racing. The family trio aggregates a consolidated 75 years of motor racing experience.
Early life
[edit]Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miller grew up watching his father, Paul Miller and uncle Kenper Miller's professional driving career from the pits. He was influenced by his father and uncle to begin his go-karting career at the age of 7. Miller saw an early success winning over 60 International Karting Federation races which included breaking the track record at his home circuit, Oakland Valley Raceway. He began racing open wheel formula cars professionally when he was 17 years old and after he graduated The University of Vermont, Porsche invited Miller to the UPS Porsche Junior Team shoot-out to compete for a factory seat, this was the point when he decided to compete in sports car racing.[2]
Career
[edit]Miller started racing go-karts competitively at the age of 7, and by 10 years old he became the U.S. Grand National Karting Champion and East Coast Regional Karting Champion. He moved up to open-wheel formula cars, winning Rookie of the Year honors in the Formula Barber Dodge Championship and was invited to participate in the acclaimed Winfield Scholarship competition, where he finished runner-up to the scholarship winner. His open-wheel formula career spanned from 1999–2003. After Porsche invited him to compete in the Junior Cup shoot-out he decided to pursue sports car racing. In 2007, his debut year on the 13 race Grand-Am Rolex Series circuit, he accumulated 10 podiums, winning at Virginia International Raceway, winning the Team Championship and finishing 3rd in driver points and 2nd in Rookie of the Year points. In 2008, he won the Atlanta America Generac 500. Miller secured a total of 24 podium finishes from 2006 to 2009 racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Series and, American Le Mans Series and IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge. During these years he finished 2nd at the acclaimed Daytona 24 hours both in 2008 and 2011 and finished 2nd in the famed TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa.
He teamed with British driver Luke Hines in the American Le Mans Series GTC category. That season he secured a track record at the Salt Lake Grand Prix and qualified on pole at The Mosport Grand-Prix.[3] In June 2010, Miller joined up with JMW Motorsport to compete in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Rob Bell and Tim Sugden. In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, he joined Team Felbermayr-Proton, driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR with co-drivers Nick Tandy and Abdulaziz Al-Faisal.[4]
He also finished second in both the team and driver championship points of in the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship in an Audi R8 LMS prepared by Paul Miller Racing. In 2014, Miller again competed in the 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship with Paul Miller Racing, joining both Christopher Haase and Dion Von Moltke. Miller partnered with full-season co-drivers Christopher Haase and Dion von Moltke in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, moving 2015 off to a fast start with a pair of fifth-place finishes. He more recently scored a podium, 3rd-place finish at Watkins Glen's Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.
Career results
[edit]24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2010 | JMW Motorsport | Rob Bell Tim Sugden |
Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 | GT2 | 71 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | Nick Tandy Abdulaziz Al-Faisal |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
169 | DNF | DNF |
American Le Mans Series results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. |
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2008 | Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport | Dirk Werner Richard Westbrook |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 622 | 18 |
2009 | Farnbacher-Loles Racing | Marc Lieb Dirk Werner Pierre Ehret Richard Lietz Martin Ragginger |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 172 | 44 |
2010 | Orbit Racing | John McMullen | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTC | 714 | 12 |
2011 | Paul Miller Racing | Sascha Maassen Emmanuel Collard |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT | 1424 | 13 |
2012 | Paul Miller Racing | Sascha Maassen Rob Bell Richard Lietz |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT | 1622 | 9 |
2013 | Paul Miller Racing | Marco Holzer Richard Lietz Emmanuel Collard |
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT | 1086 | 19 |
Rolex Sports Car Series
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. |
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2007 | Farnbacher Loles Motorsports | Dirk Werner | Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 1717 | 1 |
2008 | The Racer's Group Farnbacher Loles Motorsports |
Dirk Werner Ted Ballou |
Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 1867 | 8 |
2009 | The Racer's Group Racers Edge Motorsports Miller Barrett Racing |
John Potter Craig Stanton Marco Holzer |
Mazda RX-8 | GT | 965 | 2 |
2010 | Miller Barrett Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 501 | 43 | |
2011 | Paul Miller Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 684 | 57 | |
2012 | Paul Miller Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 224 | 105 | |
2013 | Paul Miller Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | GT | 161 | 105 |
Tudor United SportsCar Championship
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. |
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2014 | Paul Miller Racing | Christopher Haase | Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 376 | 2 |
2015 | Paul Miller Racing | Christopher Haase Dion von Moltke |
Audi R8 LMS | GTD | 15 |
FIA GT Championship
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. |
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2009 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Marco Holzer Martin Ragginger |
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | GT | 2 |
Blancpain GT Series
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. |
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2009 | Prospeed Competition | Ludovic Sougnez Paul van Splunteren |
Porsche 997 GT3 RSR | GT | DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bryce Miller". American Le Mans Series. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- ^ "Interview with MAR Magazine". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ "ALMS Mosport Final Grid" (PDF). International Motor Sports Association. August 29, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
- ^ "Qualifying 3" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. June 10, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 26, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
External links
[edit]- 1982 births
- Living people
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- Sportspeople from Summit, New Jersey
- Racing drivers from New Jersey
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- International Kart Federation drivers
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- Racing drivers from Hawaii
- Proton Competition drivers