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

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

Winner, United States Rotax Championship in 2008. (citation needed)

Stock cars

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

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

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]

References
  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.
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