Brandon Miller (racing driver)

Brandon Miller (born August 28, 1981) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He is a former member of the Richard Childress Racing driver development program.

Brandon Miller
Born (1981-08-28) August 28, 1981
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Achievements3-time Junior Shifter Kart Association Champion
1998 U.S. Nationals Champion
2002 Mesa Marin Raceway Super Late Model Champion
Awards1998 San Diego Amateur Athlete of the Month
1999 Irwindale Speedway Most Promising Driver
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
14 races run over 3 years
Best finish48th (2005)
First race2004 Mr. Goodcents 300 (Kansas)
Last race2007 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
11 races run over 4 years
Best finish46th (2007)
First race2003 Lucas Oil 250 (Mesa Marin)
Last race2007 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 (Gateway)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
Statistics current as of June 7, 2012.

Early career

Miller began his career at the age of 12 in kart racing in the Junior Shifter Kart Association, winning the Grand National championship three times. In 1998, he won the U.S. Nationals while competing in various parts of the world. He would eventually be inducted into the Hall of Champions in San Diego and was named San Diego's "Amateur Athlete of the Month." He began racing stock cars the following season at Irwindale Speedway. In his second year competing, he won four races and twelve top-fives. He then moved to Mesa Marin Raceway and won the track championship in 2002.

NASCAR career

In 2003, he ran four NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series races, finishing in the top-ten twice. He made his major-league NASCAR debut at Mesa Marin, finishing 8th in the No. 6 Chevrolet Silverado owned by Kevin Harvick Incorporated. He ran three more Truck races that season in the No. 68 truck owned by his father; his best finish was 14th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The following season he ran another Truck Series race in the No. 2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports at Las Vegas, finishing 20th, as well as making his Busch Series debut with Richard Childress' No. 29 team at Kansas Speedway, where he finished sixteenth.

In 2005, Miller was hired to drive the No. 21 Reese's Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the Busch Series for twelve races, sharing the ride with Kevin Harvick. Miller posted two top-ten finishes over the course of the season and finished 48th in the final standings. Harvick's decision to run the full Busch schedule in 2006 forced Miller out of a permanent position with RCR. He remained with the team as a fabricator and test driver, occasionally practicing and qualifying race cars for the team as necessary. He spent 2007 driving the No. 40 Westerman Companies Chevrolet for Curtis Key.

Miller made his first attempt at a NASCAR race since 2007 when he piloted the No. 14 Chevrolet for NTS Motorsports at Texas Motor Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series on June 8, 2012.

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.)

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 35 NBSC Pts
2004 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN
16		 CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 112th 115
2005 21 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL
32		 NSH
25		 BRI TEX
36		 PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV NSH
43		 KEN
16		 MLW
24		 DAY CHI NHA PPR
10		 GTY
6		 IRP
39		 GLN MCH BRI CAL
23		 RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
20		 TEX 48th 977
Collins Motorsports 61 Chevy PHO
39		 HOM
2007 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP
QL†		 143rd 52
21 CGV
QL‡		 GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT
Kevin Harvick Incorporated 77 Chevy MEM
37		 TEX PHO HOM
† - Qualified for Scott Wimmer . ‡ - Qualified for Kevin Harvick

Camping World Truck Series
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 NCWTC Pts
2003 Kevin Harvick Incorporated 6 Chevy DAY DAR MMR
8		 MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA 51st 454
Bradford Miller 68 Chevy CAL
26		 LVS
14		 SBO TEX MAR PHO
19		 HOM
2004 Ultra Motorsports 2 Dodge DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS
20		 CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM 88th 103
2007 Key Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN
19		 IRP
23		 NSH
22		 BRI
25		 GTW
27		 NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 46th 467
2012 NTS Motorsports 14 Chevy DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX
20		 KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM NA 01

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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