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Butch Miller (racing driver)

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Butch Miller
BornHenry Miller
(1952-06-05) June 5, 1952 (age 72)
Coopersville, Michigan
Achievements1987, 1988,[1] 1994 American Speed Association Champion
1988 ARTGO Challenge Series champion
1988, 1995 Slinger Nationals Winner
Awards1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
41 races run over 6 years
Best finish27th (1990)
First race1986 Valleydale 500 (Bristol)
Last race1994 AC-Delco 500 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
93 races run over 8 years
Best finish7th (1992)
First race1985 Budweiser 200 (Bristol)
Last race2002 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win1986 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last win1991 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 27 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
149 races run over 13 years
2011 position49th
Best finish4th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race2011 Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
First win1995 Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 51 1
Statistics current as of March 8, 2012.

Henry "Butch" Miller (born June 5, 1952) is an American retired stock car racing driver. He is a multi-time champion in the American Speed Association stock car series.

NASCAR

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Early career

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In 1985, Miller ran his first Busch Series races, driving for LeRoy Throop, driving the No. 08 MSW Spyders Pontiac in four events. He made four races, and had a 2nd-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway. The next year, in 1986, he went to victory lane at the Indianapolis Raceway Park. That same season, he made his Winston Cup debut, finishing 16th in his first race. He ran two Cup races the next season for Throop, and then two races in the No. 31 Slender You Figure Salons Oldsmobile for Bob Clark in 1988. In 1989, he returned to Throop in the No. 51 for nine races. Despite getting sponsorship from Fruit of the Loom, he was only able to finish two races. He signed with Travis Carter Enterprises to drive the No. 98 Chevrolet Lumina for 1990, with sponsorship from Banquet Foods, IGA, and Piggy Wiggly. He drove in the first 23 races of the season, and had a career-best 8th-place finish at Pocono Raceway, but was released near the end of the season.

He ran his first full Busch Series season in 1991, beginning in the No. 52 31-W Insulation Oldsmobile/Chevy with Day 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. 75 Food Country U.S.A. Oldsmobile for Henderson Motorsports. In 1992, as he scored 10 top tens and finished 7th in points. He ran nine races in 1993 before he was released, and spent the rest of the season out of NASCAR. He ran two Cup races in 1994, driving the No. 55 Ford Thunderbird for RaDiUs Racing.

Truck Series

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In 1995, he joined the fledgling Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 98 Raybestos Ford for Liberty Racing. He won a race at Colorado National Speedway beating Mike Skinner by 0.001 seconds in the closest finish in series history[2] and finished 4th in points. He continued to run full-time through 1998. He stayed with Herrick until the latter part of 1996, where he ran some races for Ernie Irvan and Walker Evans. He signed with Evans full-time for the 1997, where he had twelve top-tens in the No. 20 Orleans Hotel & Casino Ford. In 1998, Miller moved to L&R Racing as driver of the No. 18 Dana Dodge Ram. He fell to fifteenth in points, but took the No. 18 and Dana to Bobby Hamilton Racing for the 1999 season. Miller made nine races in 1999 for Hamilton when he resigned from the team to move back to the Busch Series, replacing Stanton Barrett in the No. 40 Channellock Chevy for Galaxy Motorsports. He had two top-ten finishes in six starts, but after two consecutive DNQ's, he was released.

Miller also won the Snowball Derby, a prestigious late model race, in 1987.

Return to racing

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After that season, Miller stayed out of driving until 2002, serving briefly as crew chief for Larry Foyt's ASA team, as well serving as a broadcaster for ASA races. He returned to the Truck Series at Daytona International Speedway, finishing seventeenth in the No. 61 Delco Remy/Team Rensi Motorsports Chevrolet 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. 20 Timber Wolf for Ken Weaver and No. 08 ASI Limited for Gene Christensen, respectively. The following season, he drove in three races for Green Light Racing, and had a tenth-place finish at Mansfield Motorsports Park. He ran another pair of races for Green Light in 2006, 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.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

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NASCAR Winston Cup 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 NWCC Pts Ref
1986 Miller Racing 08 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI
16 		DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC 75th 164 [3]
Chevy MCH
21 		DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
33 		BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD
1987 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH
36 		DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
39 		RSD ATL
DNQ 		102nd 46 [4]
1988 Bob Clark Motorsports 31 Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI
17 		DAR RCH
25 		DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL NA 0 [5]
1989 Miller Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR
42 		ATL RCH
26 		DAR BRI
31 		NWS MAR TAL
DNQ 		CLT
42 		DOV SON POC MCH
38 		DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
22 		BRI DAR RCH
21 		DOV MAR
32 		CLT NWS CAR 39th 576 [6]
1 PHO
43 		ATL
1990 Travis Carter Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY
22 		RCH
28 		CAR
13 		ATL
20 		DAR
17 		BRI
14 		NWS
25 		MAR
18 		TAL
16 		CLT
18 		DOV
14 		SON
31 		POC
23 		MCH
23 		DAY
23 		POC
8 		TAL
34 		GLN
25 		MCH
12 		BRI
16 		DAR
29 		RCH
19 		DOV
17 		MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 27th 2377 [7]
1994 RaDiUs Motorsports 55 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR
18 		RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ 		CAR
20 		PHO ATL 53rd 212 [8]
1995 66 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI
DNQ 		NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL NA - [9]
Daytona 500
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Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1990 Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 17 22

Busch Series

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NASCAR Busch 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 34 NBSC Pts Ref
1985 Miller Racing 08 Pontiac DAY CAR HCY BRI
24 		MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU MLW
15 		BRI
2 		DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR 72nd 118 [10]
62 IRP
11 		SBO LGY HCY
1986 08 DAY CAR HCY MAR
28 		BRI
7 		DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP
1 		SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 54th 259 [11]
1989 Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR
9 		CLT CAR MAR 100th - [12]
1991 Day Enterprise Racing 52 Olds DAY
12 		RCH
29 		CAR
30 		MAR
29 		VOL
3 		HCY
1 		16th 3255 [13]
Chevy DAR
20 		BRI
16 		SBO
18 		NZH
16 		CLT
11 		DOV
26 		ROU
19 		HCY
29
Beard Motorsports 00 Olds LAN
23
Burgess Racing 37 Olds MYB
17 		GLN
Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds OXF
22 		NHA SBO
10 		DUB
10 		IRP
15 		ROU
3 		BRI
10 		DAR
21 		RCH
22 		DOV
12 		CLT
DNQ 		NHA
6 		MAR
11
Chevy CAR
12
1992 Olds DAY
22 		CAR
15 		RCH
30 		ATL
15 		MAR
7 		DAR
3 		BRI
23 		HCY
9 		LAN
16 		DUB
21 		NZH
12 		CLT
17 		DOV
7 		ROU
8 		MYB
16 		GLN
8 		VOL
16 		NHA
19 		TAL
25 		IRP
4 		ROU
18 		MCH
24 		NHA
11 		BRI
10 		DAR
23 		RCH
25 		DOV
22 		MAR
3 		CAR
19 		HCY
2 		7th 3725 [14]
Chevy CLT
13
1993 DAY
12 		CLT
15 		DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 31st 1182 [15]
Olds CAR
9 		RCH
10 		DAR
37 		BRI
28 		HCY
14 		ROU
5 		MAR
20 		NZH
5
1999 Galaxy Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
6 		MLW
18 		MYB
22 		PPR
28 		GTY
23 		IRP
9 		MCH
DNQ 		BRI
DNQ 		DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 59th 667 [16]
2002 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR
33 		BRI
15 		TEX NSH
21 		TAL CAL RCH
19 		NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH
16 		KEN
18 		MLW DAY
32 		CHI GTY PPR IRP
34 		MCH BRI
22 		DAR RCH
DNQ 		DOV KAN CLT MEM
31 		ATL CAR PHO HOM 47th 907 [17]

Camping World Truck Series

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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 24 25 26 27 NCWTC Pts Ref
1995 Liberty Racing 98 Ford PHO
7 		TUS
9 		SGS
4 		MMR
5 		POR
3 		EVG
3 		I70
3 		LVL
3 		BRI
3 		MLW
18 		CNS
1 		HPT
8 		IRP
12 		FLM
14 		RCH
35 		MAR
25 		NWS
2 		SON
7 		MMR
6 		PHO
22 		4th 2812 [18]
1996 HOM
24 		PHO
3 		POR
5 		EVG
27 		TUS
16 		CNS
2 		HPT
19 		BRI
11 		NZH
3 		MLW
27 		LVL
9 		I70
11 		IRP
13 		FLM
10 		GLN
11 		NSV
4 		RCH
7 		NHA
26 		MAR
2 		NWS
3 		7th 3126 [19]
Irvan-Simo Racing 28 Ford SON
26
Walker Evans Racing 19 Dodge MMR
6 		PHO
13 		LVS
13
1997 20 Ford WDW
2 		11th 3185 [20]
Chevy TUS
4 		HOM
9 		PHO
30 		POR
3 		EVG
10 		I70
5 		NHA
14 		TEX
15 		BRI
20 		NZH
23 		MLW
14 		LVL
29 		CNS
10 		HPT
29 		IRP
17 		FLM
8 		NSV
3 		GLN
26 		RCH
10 		MAR
6 		SON
15 		MMR
17 		CAL
18 		PHO
8
21 LVS
28
1998 L&R Racing 18 Dodge WDW
9 		HOM
21 		PHO
31 		POR
11 		EVG
10 		I70
13 		GLN
20 		TEX
13 		BRI
33 		MLW
10 		NZH
4 		CAL
10 		PPR
16 		IRP
15 		NHA
30 		FLM
21 		NSV
28 		HPT
6 		LVL
14 		RCH
5 		MEM
12 		GTY
28 		MAR
28 		SON
28 		MMR
7 		PHO
33 		LVS
10 		15th 3034 [21]
1999 Bobby Hamilton Racing HOM
9 		PHO
26 		EVG
16 		MMR
9 		MAR
27 		MEM
10 		PPR
10 		I70
20 		BRI
13 		TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX 28th 1188 [22]
Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford CAL
11
2002 Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Chevy DAY
17 		DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 80th 112 [23]
2004 Ken Weaver Racing 20 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTY MCH IRP
24 		NSH BRI 63rd 209 [24]
Green Light Racing 08 Chevy RCH
15 		NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
2005 07 DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD
10 		53rd 343 [25]
08 CLT
16 		DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP
23 		NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2006 DAY CAL ATL MAR
27 		GTY CLT MFD DOV 67th 152 [26]
07 TEX
31 		MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2008 SS-Green Light Racing 0 Chevy DAY CAL
35 		ATL
32 		MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV
36 		TEX
32 		MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW
35 		TEX
27 		PHO
35 		HOM 43rd 524 [27]
07 NHA
31 		LVS TAL MAR ATL
32
2009 08 DAY
30 		CAL
31 		ATL
34 		MAR KAN
29 		CLT DOV TEX
26 		MCH MLW
31 		MEM
35 		KEN IRP
33 		NSH
32 		BRI
35 		CHI IOW GTW
31 		NHA LVS
32 		MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 37th 819 [28]
2010 21 Dodge DAY ATL
32 		MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY
DNQ 		IRP
18 		DAR
30 		BRI CHI 43rd 657 [29]
07 POC
34 		NSH
18 		KEN
35 		NHA
32 		LVS MAR TAL
Toyota TEX
35 		PHO
36 		HOM
2011 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH
27 		BRI ATL CHI NHA
30 		KEN TAL
33 		MAR TEX HOM 49th 62 [30]
Toyota LVS
24

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

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(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
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]

References

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  1. ^ "Throwback Thursday: Miller Kicks Off 1989 in Victory Lane". Speed51. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Race Results from the 1995 Total Petroleum 200 at Colorado National Speedway". Racing Reference. NASCAR. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Butch Miller – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Butch Miller – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ^ "Butch Miller – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  6. ^ "Butch Miller – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Butch Miller – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  8. ^ "Butch Miller – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  9. ^ "Butch Miller – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "Butch Miller – 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  11. ^ "Butch Miller – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  12. ^ "Butch Miller – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  13. ^ "Butch Miller – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  14. ^ "Butch Miller – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Butch Miller – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  16. ^ "Butch Miller – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "Butch Miller – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  18. ^ "Butch Miller – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  19. ^ "Butch Miller – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  20. ^ "Butch Miller – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  21. ^ "Butch Miller – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  22. ^ "Butch Miller – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  23. ^ "Butch Miller – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  24. ^ "Butch Miller – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  25. ^ "Butch Miller – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  26. ^ "Butch Miller – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  27. ^ "Butch Miller – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  28. ^ "Butch Miller – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  29. ^ "Butch Miller – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  30. ^ "Butch Miller – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  31. ^ "Butch Miller – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
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Sporting positions
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
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