Darren Miller Recovers For
A 4th Place Finish At Farley (IA) "Open Shootout"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 15, 2006, 2006
(CHADWICK, IL) -
Darren “The Thriller” Miller muscled his 32D late model to a
4th place finish at the Farley (IA) Speedway’s 50 lap
“Late Model Open Shootout” Friday night, April 14th.
Problems began early in the
night for Miller when a rear brake rotor/caliper exploded as he entered
turn one on the first lap of his heat race. Continuing on without brakes
Miller advanced from his 4th place starting position
into the lead and then held off all challengers during the 10 lap race.
After making major repairs, and lining up 6th in the
fast dash as a result of inverted passing points, trouble struck again
as the 32D made heavy contact with the turn 3 wall midway through the
dash. Up against the clock,
Darren and the crew managed quick repairs and were able to put the car
into it’s assigned 6th place starting position for the 50
lap feature event. At the
drop of the green it was apparent there were additional problems with
the car as Miller slowly faded back past 10th.
Taking advantage of an early caution Miller brought the car back
into the pits where the crew were able to make additional adjustments.
Returning to the race at the rear of the field, Miller
methodically began to make his way back to the front.
Running in 5th at a lap 45 caution, Miller was able to
advance one more position during the last 5 laps and brought the 32D
Ford Taurus to the checkers for a 4th place finish.
“We had our hands full last
night” said Miller Saturday morning.
“First we lost a rear brake rotor in the heat race and that
cost us a lot of time in repairs. Then
we got into the wall during the dash and damaged the right front
suspension. We were able to
scramble and get most of the damage repaired but the car still wasn’t
right. Luckily,
I was able to get into the pits on an early caution for an
adjustment. Actually, we
were so busy with repairs throughout the night, that adjustment in the
pits during the race was the only adjustment we had a chance to make on
the car all night. I’m
definitely happy for the 4th place finish!”
Darren
and the entire Miller Racing team would like to thank all of the
team’s sponsors for their continued support.
They include Ideal Ready Mix, Pro Power Racing, Outpace Racing
Products, NAPA Auto Parts, Rocket Chassis, Ohlins Shocks, VP Racing
Fuel, Hoosier Racing Tires, Stealth Carburetors, Allstar Performance,
Simpson Safety, Arizona Sport Shirts, Integra Racing Springs, GSR, CV
Products, Crower, Mahle, Wilwood, Schaeffer Oil, TD Machine Products,
Wulff Pumps, JC Dubil Racing Parts, Cobra Graphics, Country Insurance
– Ernie Bates, Main Avenue Tap, Milledgeville Home Improvement,
and Meador Ag Service.
Darren
will be racing next at the $50,000 to win “Circle K Colossal 100” at
the Lowes Dirt Track on Friday and Saturday, 04/21/06 – 04/22/06
For more information on this event see
www.lowesmotorspeedway.com/schedules/the%5Fdirt%5Ftrack/
. For additional Darren
Miller team results, news, photos and more, check the Darren Miller
Racing website at www.darrenmillerracing.com.
Media Contact: Craig Dusing
Darren Miller Racing
32d-pr@darrenmillerracing.net
