Butch Miller

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

NASCAR

Early career 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 second-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 sixteenth 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 eighth place finish at Pocono Raceway, but was released near the end of the season.

Miller 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 ten top-tens and finished seventh 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 In 1995, Miller 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 and finished fourth 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. Miller was inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Return to racing 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

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

Winston Cup Series 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 Pts Ref 1986 Miller Racing 08 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI16 DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC 75th 164 Chevy MCH21 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH33 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 1987 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH36 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR39 RSD ATLDNQ 102nd 46 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 BRI17 DAR RCH25 DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL NA 0 1989 Miller Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR42 ATL RCH26 DAR BRI31 NWS MAR TALDNQ CLT42 DOV SON POC MCH38 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH22 BRI DAR RCH21 DOV MAR32 CLT NWS CAR 39th 576 1 PHO43 ATL 1990 Travis Carter Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY22 RCH28 CAR13 ATL20 DAR17 BRI14 NWS25 MAR18 TAL16 CLT18 DOV14 SON31 POC23 MCH23 DAY23 POC8 TAL34 GLN25 MCH12 BRI16 DAR29 RCH19 DOV17 MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 27th 2377 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 DAR18 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLTDNQ CAR20 PHO ATL 53rd 212 1995 66 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRIDNQ 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 -

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1990 Travis Carter Enterprises Chevrolet 17 22

Busch Series 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 Pts Ref 1985 Miller Racing 08 Pontiac DAY CAR HCY BRI24 MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU MLW15 BRI2 DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR 72nd 118 62 IRP11 SBO LGY HCY 1986 08 DAY CAR HCY MAR28 BRI7 DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP1 SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 54th 259 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 MAR9 CLT CAR MAR 100th - 1991 Day Enterprise Racing 52 Olds DAY12 RCH29 CAR30 MAR29 VOL3 HCY1 16th 3255 Chevy DAR20 BRI16 SBO18 NZH16 CLT11 DOV26 ROU19 HCY29 Beard Motorsports 00 Olds LAN23 Burgess Racing 37 Olds MYB17 GLN Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds OXF22 NHA SBO10 DUB10 IRP15 ROU3 BRI10 DAR21 RCH22 DOV12 CLTDNQ NHA6 MAR11 Chevy CAR12 1992 Olds DAY22 CAR15 RCH30 ATL15 MAR7 DAR3 BRI23 HCY9 LAN16 DUB21 NZH12 CLT17 DOV7 ROU8 MYB16 GLN8 VOL16 NHA19 TAL25 IRP4 ROU18 MCH24 NHA11 BRI10 DAR23 RCH25 DOV22 MAR3 CAR19 HCY2 7th 3725 Chevy CLT13 1993 DAY12 CLT15 DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 31st 1182 Olds CAR9 RCH10 DAR37 BRI28 HCY14 ROU5 MAR20 NZH5 1999 Galaxy Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN6 MLW18 MYB22 PPR28 GTY23 IRP9 MCHDNQ BRIDNQ DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 59th 667 2002 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR33 BRI15 TEX NSH21 TAL CAL RCH19 NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH16 KEN18 MLW DAY32 CHI GTY PPR IRP34 MCH BRI22 DAR RCHDNQ DOV KAN CLT MEM31 ATL CAR PHO HOM 47th 907

Camping World Truck Series

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series (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 Pts Ref 1985 Miller Racing 62 Pontiac ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP11 CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 113th -