Grand-Am
VIR: Johnny Miller preview
Johnny Miller Ready to take on Grand-Am's best at VIR ALTON, Va. (Sept. 29, 2004) -- Johnny Miller will team with Robert Chase and Chris Bingham in this weekend's VIR 400 Presented by SunTrust Grand American Road Racing Series event at Virginia ...
Published: Oct 1, 2004, 7:00 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
Johnny Miller Ready to take on Grand-Am's best at VIR
ALTON, Va. (Sept. 29, 2004) -- Johnny Miller will team with Robert Chase and Chris Bingham in this weekend's VIR 400 Presented by SunTrust Grand American Road Racing Series event at Virginia Int'l Raceway. The trio will co-drive the No. 18 CHASE Competition Engineering Chevrolet Daytona Prototype in the 400-kilometer event.
Miller, the 2003 Trans-Am Championship runner-up and NASCAR NEXTEL Cup hired gun, has been tapped this weekend to help develop the new CHASE Competition Engineering Daytona Prototype. This is the second race for the car, the only one in the field powered by a Chevrolet engine. The car also sports Corvette tail lights to further relate it to its road-going cousin, the Corvette C6.
"I'm excited to be using my engineering and driving experience to help in the early testing and development of the CHASE Engineering Chevrolet Daytona Prototype," said Miller. "I have a long history with Chevrolet. I started my racing career in a Corvette and have a strong tie to the marquee.
"We're out here this weekend to develop this car in race trim," added Miller. "We're seeking consistent laps and to gather as much data as possible. And, if the race goes our way, we have a legitimate shot at the podium."
Miller's Unishippers business (a selling partner with DHL) is located in Richmond, Va., while CHASE Competition Engineering's manufacturing facility and race team are based in Ashland, Va.
"Our local connection makes racing at VIR a perfect fit" said Miller. "VIR is a great race track with a long heritage. I'm looking forward to racing there."
The VIR 400 is scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1-3 at VIR's 3.27-mile permanent road course. The 400-km/77-lap/165-minute race is scheduled to start at noon Sunday and will air LIVE on Speed.
Johnny Miller, from Johnston City, Tenn., finished second in the 2003 Trans-Am Series Championship, after earning a Trans-Am victory, two poles and scoring eight podium finishes in 10 starts. Miller was also one of NASCAR's "hired guns," competing in two NASCAR Nextel Cup races for Morgan-McClure Motorsports. Miller made two 2004 Trans-Am starts in a Derhaag Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette, finishing fifth at Road America after starting last, and finishing second at Denver.
Miller won the 1996 Trans-Am Rookie of the Year award, and was voted BBS Most Improved Driver by his fellow competitors in 1998. He was the 1984 Chrysler-Dodge National Collegiate Driving champion and has had more than 100 career wins, numerous poles, podiums and track records in several race series, including Trans-Am, IMSA, ALMS, GT-America and in SCCA.
Robert Chase and Jack Williams, owners of Chase Competition Engineering, are approved Daytona Prototype manufactures based in Ashland, Va. Their expertise in race car development has been honed from many years of active competition as drivers competing in various levels of national motorsports.
-jm-
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article VIR: Citgo Racing preview
Next article G&W Motorsports has home track advantage at VIR
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Chris Bingham
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing race report
Grand-Am
Grand-Am
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing race report
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing hour 18 report
Grand-Am
Grand-Am
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing hour 18 report
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing Thursday report
Grand-Am
Grand-Am
Daytona 24: Farnbacher Loles Racing Thursday report
More from
Williams
"It's horribly painful" - Williams drops 2026 car upgrades to benefit 2027
Formula 1
Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
"It's horribly painful" - Williams drops 2026 car upgrades to benefit 2027
What the Brazilian GP revealed about F1's ability to cope with rain
Formula 1
Formula 1
Sao Paulo GP
What the Brazilian GP revealed about F1's ability to cope with rain
Latest news
Why the anticlimactic WEC title showdown was the worst-case scenario
WEC
WEC WEC
Monza
8 min
Why the anticlimactic WEC title showdown was the worst-case scenario
How Istanbul is revamping its F1 circuit to clinch long-term future
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1
Turkish GP
1 h
How Istanbul is revamping its F1 circuit to clinch long-term future
The ten closest finishes from the 2026 NASCAR season
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup 18 h
The ten closest finishes from the 2026 NASCAR season
‘Lewis suspected a conspiracy’ – Nico Rosberg explains how Lewis Hamilton F1 rivalry went awry at Mercedes
Formula 1
F1 Formula 1 18 h
‘Lewis suspected a conspiracy’ – Nico Rosberg explains how Lewis Hamilton F1 rivalry went awry at Mercedes
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe