Butch Miller
BornHenry Miller
(1952-06-05) June 5, 1952
Coopersville, Michigan
Achievements1987, 1988,[1] 1994 American Speed Association Champion
1988 ARTGO Challenge Series champion
1988, 1995 Slinger Nationals Winner
Awards1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
41 races run over 6 years
Best finish27th (1990)
First race1986 Valleydale 500 (Bristol)
Last race1994 AC-Delco 500 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
93 races run over 8 years
Best finish7th (1992)
First race1985 Budweiser 200 (Bristol)
Last race2002 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win1986 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Last win1991 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 27 4
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
149 races run over 13 years
2011 position49th
Best finish4th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race2011 Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
First win1995 Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 51 1
Statistics current as of March 8, 2012.

Henry "Butch" Miller (born June 5, 1952) is an American retired 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 2nd-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 16th 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 8th-place finish at Pocono Raceway, but was released near the end of the season.

He 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 10 top tens and finished 7th 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, he 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[2] and finished 4th 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.

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 NWCC Pts Ref
1986 Miller Racing 08 Buick DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI
16		 DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC 75th 164 [3]
Chevy MCH
21		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
33		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD
1987 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH
36		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR
39		 RSD ATL
DNQ		 102nd 46 [4]
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 BRI
17		 DAR RCH
25		 DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL NA 0 [5]
1989 Miller Racing 51 Chevy DAY CAR
42		 ATL RCH
26		 DAR BRI
31		 NWS MAR TAL
DNQ		 CLT
42		 DOV SON POC MCH
38		 DAY POC TAL GLN MCH
22		 BRI DAR RCH
21		 DOV MAR
32		 CLT NWS CAR 39th 576 [6]
1 PHO
43		 ATL
1990 Travis Carter Enterprises 98 Chevy DAY
22		 RCH
28		 CAR
13		 ATL
20		 DAR
17		 BRI
14		 NWS
25		 MAR
18		 TAL
16		 CLT
18		 DOV
14		 SON
31		 POC
23		 MCH
23		 DAY
23		 POC
8		 TAL
34		 GLN
25		 MCH
12		 BRI
16		 DAR
29		 RCH
19		 DOV
17		 MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 27th 2377 [7]
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 DAR
18		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
DNQ		 CAR
20		 PHO ATL 53rd 212 [8]
1995 66 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI
DNQ		 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 - [9]
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 NBSC Pts Ref
1985 Miller Racing 08 Pontiac DAY CAR HCY BRI
24		 MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU MLW
15		 BRI
2		 DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR 72nd 118 [10]
62 IRP
11		 SBO LGY HCY
1986 08 DAY CAR HCY MAR
28		 BRI
7		 DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP
1		 SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 54th 259 [11]
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 MAR
9		 CLT CAR MAR 100th - [12]
1991 Day Enterprise Racing 52 Olds DAY
12		 RCH
29		 CAR
30		 MAR
29		 VOL
3		 HCY
1		 16th 3255 [13]
Chevy DAR
20		 BRI
16		 SBO
18		 NZH
16		 CLT
11		 DOV
26		 ROU
19		 HCY
29
Beard Motorsports 00 Olds LAN
23
Burgess Racing 37 Olds MYB
17		 GLN
Henderson Motorsports 75 Olds OXF
22		 NHA SBO
10		 DUB
10		 IRP
15		 ROU
3		 BRI
10		 DAR
21		 RCH
22		 DOV
12		 CLT
DNQ		 NHA
6		 MAR
11
Chevy CAR
12
1992 Olds DAY
22		 CAR
15		 RCH
30		 ATL
15		 MAR
7		 DAR
3		 BRI
23		 HCY
9		 LAN
16		 DUB
21		 NZH
12		 CLT
17		 DOV
7		 ROU
8		 MYB
16		 GLN
8		 VOL
16		 NHA
19		 TAL
25		 IRP
4		 ROU
18		 MCH
24		 NHA
11		 BRI
10		 DAR
23		 RCH
25		 DOV
22		 MAR
3		 CAR
19		 HCY
2		 7th 3725 [14]
Chevy CLT
13
1993 DAY
12		 CLT
15		 DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY ATL 31st 1182 [15]
Olds CAR
9		 RCH
10		 DAR
37		 BRI
28		 HCY
14		 ROU
5		 MAR
20		 NZH
5
1999 Galaxy Motorsports 40 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
6		 MLW
18		 MYB
22		 PPR
28		 GTY
23		 IRP
9		 MCH
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 59th 667 [16]
2002 Henderson Motorsports 75 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR
33		 BRI
15		 TEX NSH
21		 TAL CAL RCH
19		 NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH
16		 KEN
18		 MLW DAY
32		 CHI GTY PPR IRP
34		 MCH BRI
22		 DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV KAN CLT MEM
31		 ATL CAR PHO HOM 47th 907 [17]

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 26 27 NCWTC Pts Ref
1995 Liberty Racing 98 Ford PHO
7		 TUS
9		 SGS
4		 MMR
5		 POR
3		 EVG
3		 I70
3		 LVL
3		 BRI
3		 MLW
18		 CNS
1		 HPT
8		 IRP
12		 FLM
14		 RCH
35		 MAR
25		 NWS
2		 SON
7		 MMR
6		 PHO
22		 4th 2812 [18]
1996 HOM
24		 PHO
3		 POR
5		 EVG
27		 TUS
16		 CNS
2		 HPT
19		 BRI
11		 NZH
3		 MLW
27		 LVL
9		 I70
11		 IRP
13		 FLM
10		 GLN
11		 NSV
4		 RCH
7		 NHA
26		 MAR
2		 NWS
3		 7th 3126 [19]
Irvan-Simo Racing 28 Ford SON
26
Walker Evans Racing 19 Dodge MMR
6		 PHO
13		 LVS
13
1997 20 Ford WDW
2		 11th 3185 [20]
Chevy TUS
4		 HOM
9		 PHO
30		 POR
3		 EVG
10		 I70
5		 NHA
14		 TEX
15		 BRI
20		 NZH
23		 MLW
14		 LVL
29		 CNS
10		 HPT
29		 IRP
17		 FLM
8		 NSV
3		 GLN
26		 RCH
10		 MAR
6		 SON
15		 MMR
17		 CAL
18		 PHO
8
21 LVS
28
1998 L&R Racing 18 Dodge WDW
9		 HOM
21		 PHO
31		 POR
11		 EVG
10		 I70
13		 GLN
20		 TEX
13		 BRI
33		 MLW
10		 NZH
4		 CAL
10		 PPR
16		 IRP
15		 NHA
30		 FLM
21		 NSV
28		 HPT
6		 LVL
14		 RCH
5		 MEM
12		 GTY
28		 MAR
28		 SON
28		 MMR
7		 PHO
33		 LVS
10		 15th 3034 [21]
1999 Bobby Hamilton Racing HOM
9		 PHO
26		 EVG
16		 MMR
9		 MAR
27		 MEM
10		 PPR
10		 I70
20		 BRI
13		 TEX PIR GLN MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX 28th 1188 [22]
Gloy/Rahal Racing 55 Ford CAL
11
2002 Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Chevy DAY
17		 DAR MAR GTY PPR DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM 80th 112 [23]
2004 Ken Weaver Racing 20 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTY MCH IRP
24		 NSH BRI 63rd 209 [24]
Green Light Racing 08 Chevy RCH
15		 NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR PHO DAR HOM
2005 07 DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD
10		 53rd 343 [25]
08 CLT
16		 DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP
23		 NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2006 DAY CAL ATL MAR
27		 GTY CLT MFD DOV 67th 152 [26]
07 TEX
31		 MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2008 SS-Green Light Racing 0 Chevy DAY CAL
35		 ATL
32		 MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV
36		 TEX
32		 MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW
35		 TEX
27		 PHO
35		 HOM 43rd 524 [27]
07 NHA
31		 LVS TAL MAR ATL
32
2009 08 DAY
30		 CAL
31		 ATL
34		 MAR KAN
29		 CLT DOV TEX
26		 MCH MLW
31		 MEM
35		 KEN IRP
33		 NSH
32		 BRI
35		 CHI IOW GTW
31		 NHA LVS
32		 MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 37th 819 [28]
2010 21 Dodge DAY ATL
32		 MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY
DNQ		 IRP
18		 DAR
30		 BRI CHI 43rd 657 [29]
07 POC
34		 NSH
18		 KEN
35		 NHA
32		 LVS MAR TAL
Toyota TEX
35		 PHO
36		 HOM
2011 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH
27		 BRI ATL CHI NHA
30		 KEN TAL
33		 MAR TEX HOM 49th 62 [30]
Toyota LVS
24

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 ATCSC Pts Ref
1985 Miller Racing 62 Pontiac ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP
11		 CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 113th - [31]

References

  1. ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Miller Kicks Off 1989 in Victory Lane". Speed51. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Race Results from the 1995 Total Petroleum 200 at Colorado National Speedway". Racing Reference. NASCAR. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1985 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1991 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1992 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1993 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1999 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series by Craftsman Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1999 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Butch Miller – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Butch Miller – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
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