Marc Miller (racing driver)

Marc Alan Miller (born August 24, 1975, in Grand Rapids, MI) is an American professional race car driver. Miller has twice competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and most recently in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge in 2016 in the GS class.

Career

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Miller began his career in karting, at the age of 11. He has raced in a variety of cars including karts, open-wheel, stock, and sportscars.

Karting

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Winner, United States Rotax Championship in 2008.[citation needed]

Stock cars

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Miller competed part-time in CASCAR and CASCAR West, the Canadian offshoot of NASCAR from 2003 to 2006. Marc was the only American driver to compete in the series.[1]

CASCAR Results
Year Races Wins Top 5 Top 10
2003 4 of 12 0 0 0
2004 4 of 12 0 0 2
2005 6 of 12 0 0 2
2006 3 of 12 0 0 0
TOTAL 17 0 0 4
CASCAR West
Year Races Wins Top 5 Top 10
2005 1 of 8 0 0 1
2006 1 of 8 0 0 0
TOTAL 2 0 0 1

Sports car racing

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In 2009 Miller was the runner up in the Mazda MX-5 Cup Championship. From 2012 to present Marc has driven for CJ Wilson of baseball fame's racing team, in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge.[2] Concurrently Miller has driven a Dodge Viper for Riley Motorsports in the 2015 and 2016, 24 Hours of Le Mans. Marc Miller was featured on Season 2 of the Dinner With Racers Podcast.

 
Riley Motorsports - SRT Viper GTS-R -53 in Le Mans.

Personal life

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Miller lives in Holland, Michigan, with two sons (who as of 2016 are 11 and 9), one of which has autism, prompting Miller bring awareness to the neurodevelopment disease.[3]


Racing Record

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Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
2015 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 V10 DAY
SEB
LGA
8
BEL
WGL
LIM
ELK
VIR
AUS
ATL
47th 24 [4]
2016 Riley Motorsports GTD Dodge Viper GT3-R Dodge 8.3 V10 DAY
9
SEB
12†
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
1†
46th 25 [5]
2018 CJ Wilson Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
SEB
16
MOH
BEL
WGL
11
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
46th 35 [6]
2019 Black Swan Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
10
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
54th 21 [7]
2020 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
DAY
10
SEB
7
ELK
11
VIR
10
ATL
MDO
9
CLT
12
PET
LGA
12
SEB
17th 145 [8]
Riley Motorsports Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
DAY
SEB
ELK
VIR
ATL
MDO
CLT
PET
LGA
SEB
8
2021 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
SEB
MDO
8
DET
3
WGL
WGL
6
LIM
11
ELK
9
LGA
11
LBH
8
VIR
PET
22nd 1185 [9]
2022 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
13
SEB
LBH
2
LGA
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
62nd 195 [10]
2023 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
4
SEB
12
LBH
MON
WGL
5
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
IMS PET
15
29th 972 [11]
Source:[12]

Miller did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.


References

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  1. ^ "Marc Miller Career Statistics - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  2. ^ "Drivers". CJ Wilson Racing. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  3. ^ "Profile: Stock car driver, autism activist Marc Miller". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  4. ^ "Marc Miller – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Marc Miller – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Marc Miller – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Marc Miller – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Marc Miller – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Marc Miller – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Marc Miller – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Marc Miller – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Marc Miller Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
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