Darren
Miller Competes In 2nd Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville
Nationals
Bluegrass
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 3, 2005
(CHADWICK, IL) -
Darren Miller competed last Friday and Saturday night in the 2nd
Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals held at Knoxville (IA)
Raceway. Qualifying 6th
fast in Friday nights preliminary action, “The Thriller “ advanced
from an 8th place starting position to win his heat race.
A 6th place finish in Friday nights “A” main then
qualified Miller for a 5th place feature lineup in Saturday
nights $35,000 to win, 100 lap feature event.
Saturday night found Miller running from 5th
to 7th throughout
most of the 100 lap feature race, but finishing in 9th place
after losing several spots late in the race due to an ill-handling race
car.
“We just slightly missed the
setup Saturday night” said Miller when asked about the event.
“We considered a chassis change before the feature but decided
at the last minute to stay with our original setup.
I wasn’t able to roll the corner as free as I would have liked,
but we’re happy to have participated and brought home a top ten
finish.”
Miller and 32D team plan to
compete in Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series action this upcoming weekend
(Oct. 7th-8th)
at Dixie Speedway, Woodstock (GA), in the $10,000 to win “Jimmy
Mosteller Classic” on Friday and the $10,000 to win “Lucas Oil Dixie
Shootout” on Saturday. For more information see http://www.naradirtcar.com
and http://www.dixiespeedway.com
.
For
current race scheduling and schedule updates, results, team news, photos
and more, check the Darren Miller Racing website at www.darrenmillerracing.com.
The team is currently “out-of-stock” on all apparel items and
stickers, but 1/24th and 1/64th scale die-cast
cars remain available.
Media Contact: Craig Dusing
Darren Miller Racing
32d-pr@darrenmillerracing.net
