Henry "Butch" Miller | |||||||
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Born |
Coopersville, Michigan, United States |
June 5, 1952 ||||||
Achievements | 1987, 1988, 1994 American Speed Association Champion 1988 ARTGO Challenge Series champion |
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Awards | 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series Most Popular Driver | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
41 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Best finish | 27th (1990) | ||||||
First race | 1986 Valleydale 500 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 1994 AC-Delco 500 (Rockingham) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
93 races run over 8 years | |||||||
Best finish | 7th (1992) | ||||||
First race | 1985 Budweiser 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2002 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) | ||||||
First win | 1986 Kroger 200 (ORP) | ||||||
Last win | 1991 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory) | ||||||
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
149 races run over 13 years | |||||||
2011 position | 49th | ||||||
Best finish | 4th (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix) | ||||||
Last race | 2011 Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
First win | 1995 Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado) | ||||||
Last win | 1995 Total Petroleum 200 (Colorado) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of March 8, 2012. |
Henry "Butch" Miller (born June 5, 1952 in Coopersville, Michigan) is a retired NASCAR driver. He is a multi-time champion in the now-defunct American Speed Association stock car series.
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 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 Brothers 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.