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Miller’s Time At The Milwaukee Mile
Milwaukee, Wis. (August 27, 2005) - After letting victory slip away within the
final ten laps a year ago in the Governor’s Cup Mid-Am Stock Car Series race
at The Milwaukee Mile, Jeremy Miller decided not to let that happen
again. On Saturday afternoon during the six division Governor’s Cup
weekend at the historic speedway, he charged to the front early.
The top ten racers were inverted for the start of the race, meaning Miller,
the quickest qualifier, started outside of the fifth row.
Miller pounced at the drop of the green, moving into the sixth position at the
completion of the first lap.
“I tried to get to the front as quick as I could because I didn’t know who
had what,” explained Miller. “I figured if I got to the front I
could run my own line.”
On an early race restart, fourth-starting Gary Lamonte of West Allis, Wis.
grabbed the lead from pole-sitter Ryan Finley two laps before Miller closed
in.
On lucky lap thirteen of fourty, a driven Miller made his move for the lead
off of turn two in the upper groove of the flat oval.
“I got a run off of two and when he (Lamonte) got loose and I got to the
outside,” said Miller. “I knew he was probably going to run in as
deep as I was in turn three. Typically that’s when I get into trouble,
I usually drive in too deep. It worked out though, he slid up, we bumped
and I got the lead off of four.”
Once Miller got the lead, he pulled away from the rest of the field. Two
more cautions bunched up the field, but Lamonte was no match for the driven
bridesmaid of a year ago.
“We finished with a tight car last year,” Miller recalled. “We led
till about ten to go and then we got passed by (current NASCAR Midwest Series
rookie driver) Josh Bauer. I told the guys we weren’t going to do that
this year.”
A lifelong resident of the neighborhood surrounding The Milwaukee Mile,
Lamonte was pleased to finish so well in front of family and friends after
wholesale changes to his Monte Carlo on Friday.
“Its great, as a kid I’ve always dreamed of racing here,” said a happy
Lamonte. “The dream pretty much came through, but I was one spot
short.”
Johnny Senerchia of Orland Park, Ill., Finley and Brad Keith of West Bend,
Wis. completed the top five finishers.
James Swan advanced from 14th to sixth at the stripe, followed by qualifying
race transfer Peter Hernandez from 25th, Bill Prietzel, Mike Skaja and Scott
Ascher of Sussex, Wis., who advanced from 24th to tenth.
Three exciting back-to-back feature events are on the card Sunday afternoon at
The Milwaukee Mile. The Governor’s Cup Super Truck 40-lapper gets the
green flag at 1:30pm CST, with Wisconsin racing legend Dick Trickle competing
in the 50-lap Governor’s Cup MARS Super Late Model race.
The “Milwaukee 200” NASCAR Autozone Elite Division, Midwest Series main
event rolls at 3:00pm.
Tickets are still available at The Milwaukee Mile Grandstand Avenue ticket
windows.
For complete weekend coverage and information about all the exciting events at
The Milwaukee Mile, visit www.milwaukeemile.com.
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