Vance Matthew "Vinnie" Miller (born August 16, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet Camaro/Toyota Supra for B. J. McLeod Motorsports.

Miller has previously driven for JD Motorsports in the Xfinity Series, Bolen Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, MDM Motorsports in the K&N Pro Series East and the ARCA Racing Series, and Wauters Motorsports in the CARS Super Late Model Tour.

Racing career

Early years After starting racing with quarter midgets at age five, Miller spent his formative years racing on Michigan short tracks, some being the same as NASCAR Cup Series drivers Brad Keselowski and Erik Jones. He focused on Owosso Speedway, driving late models. Miller also competed in super late models, Pro All Stars Series, New Smyrna Speedway's Speedweeks and the 602 Tour.

In 2015, Miller signed with Wauters Motorsports to run super late models in the CARS Super Series, PASS Late Model Series and the Southern Super Series. During the CARS series, Miller split his time between Wauters and Crooks Racing, scoring a best finish of twelfth at Concord Speedway with Crooks. He drove for his own team in 2016, only finishing one of his five CARS attempts.

Developmental series Miller signed with MDM Motorsports for a limited ARCA Racing Series schedule in 2017. The pairing came about through Miller's agent, whom he raced with in Michigan for five years. In six races he scored four top tens, two coming on short tracks and two coming on superspeedways. During his home race at Michigan 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 with Riley Herbst while the two were racing for the lead. Miller also competed in six races for MDM in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, scoring top tens in both races at South Boston Speedway.

NASCAR

Miller signed with JD Motorsports for his NASCAR debut, which would come in the Xfinity Series in the No. 0 car replacing regular driver Garrett Smithley at Chicagoland Speedway. He finished 29th, seven laps down. Later on, Miller signed with Bolen Motorsports to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway. He avoided a last-lap wreck to score a seventh-place finish, tying the best finish for the team up to that point.

On November 28, 2017, it was announced that Miller would become the full-time driver of JD Motorsports' No. 01 entry in 2018, inheriting the ride driven by Harrison Rhodes in 2017.

On September 22, 2018, it was announced that Miller left JD Motorsports and would join the No. 78 entry for B. 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. Late in his rookie season, Miller highlighted road course racing as something he would like to improve at for his sophomore season. Miller would also drive the team's No. 5 and 99 cars over the next two years,

Personal life Miller grew up residing in the town of Metamora, Michigan, and graduated from Brandon High School in the nearby town of Ortonville. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys hunting, fishing, boating, and snowmobiling when away from the racetrack. He also enjoys golfing and diving. He has stated that, were he not a race car driver, he would like to own an aquarium shop.

Miller 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.

Miller currently resides near the town of Statesville, North Carolina, where he is opening his own Aquatics shop, under the name River & Reef Aquatics.

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.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 Pts Ref 2017 JD Motorsports 0 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCHCHI29 KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 73rd 8 2018 01 DAY20 ATL31 LVS24 PHO33 CAL27 TEX39 BRI33 RCH31 TAL17 DOV22 CLT28 POC31 MCH25 IOW31 CHI27 DAY19 KEN29 NHA27 IOW29 GLN35 MOH36 BRI32 ROA27 IND17 LVS26 RCH37 27th 279 0 DAR37 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevy CLT31 DOV25 KAN22 TEX27 PHO36 HOM40 2019 Toyota DAY25 TAL19 DAY11 23rd 358 Chevy ATL32 LVS26 PHO23 CAL25 TEX25 BRI24 RCH27 DOV32 CLT23 POC25 MCH28 IOW32 CHI29 KEN25 NHA27 IOW20 GLN36 BRI21 DAR28 IND26 LVS30 DOV20 KAN30 5 MOH25 ROA28 RCH35 CLT25 TEX24 PHO31 HOM26 2020 78 Toyota DAY14 TAL21 DAY11 TAL22 CLT KAN31 TEX MAR PHO 27th 298 Chevy LVS28 CAL15 PHO27 DAR29 CLT23 BRI12 ATL31 HOM34 HOM29 POC18 IND32 KEN23 KEN28 TEX25 KAN30 DOV28 DOV36 5 ROA34 DAY DAR28 99 RCH30 RCH32 BRI33 LVS34

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 Pts Ref 2017 Bolen Motorsports 66 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL7 MAR TEX PHO HOM 83rd 01

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2017 MDM Motorsports 41 Toyota NSM13 GRE BRI16 SBO10 SBO3 MEM BLN TMP NHA21 IOW26 GLN LGY NJM DOV 13th 175

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing 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 Pts Ref 2017 MDM Motorsports 8 Toyota DAY NSH25 SLM TAL 28th 1020 41 TOL9 ELK POC10 MCH10 MAD IOW6 IRP POC WIN ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI KEN13 KAN

CARS Super Late Model Tour (key) CARS Super Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts Ref 2015 Wauters Motorsports 5M Ford SNM ROU HCY SNM TCM14 MMS ROU 31st 55 Gary Crooks 16M Ford CON12 MYB18 HCYDNQ 2016 Vinnie Miller 77 Ford SNM ROU HCY21 TCM GRE 24th 67 16M ROU16 CON17 MYB HCY11 SNM17

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