Eddie Miller | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Lakewood, Colorado | January 17, 1945
Died | April 24, 2021 San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Mexico | (aged 76)
Retired | 1977 |
Championship titles | |
1972, 1974 1975 |
SCCA Formula Ford Runoffs Formula Super Vee |
Edward Hayes "Eddie" Miller (January 17, 1945 – April 24, 2021) [1] was a racing driver from Colorado in the United States (not to be confused with the racing driver of the same name born October 7, 1895). Miller drove for Carl Haas in Formula Ford and Formula Super Vee. He also competed in Formula 5000 and Indy Car until a near fatal crash during practice for the 1976 Indianapolis 500 curtailed Miller's career. Miller won the United States Formula Ford National Championship twice, in 1972 and 1974, and he won the US Formula Super Vee title in 1975. [2] [3]
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Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status | |||||||||
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1972 | Road Atlanta | Hawke DL2B | Ford | Formula Ford | 1 | 8 | Running | |||||||||
1974 | Road Atlanta | Lola T340 | Ford | Formula Ford | 1 | 9 | Running | |||||||||
Formula Super Vee results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975 | Haas Motorsports | Lola T324/75 | VW Brabham |
DAY1 DNS |
SEB DNS |
ATL 1 |
LS 20 |
RIV 1 |
LRP 1 |
WGI1 8 |
ROA 1 |
MOS 1 |
WGI2 2 |
DAY2 33 |
118 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Formula 5000 results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973 | Team RPMM | Lola T330 | Chevrolet |
RIV DNS |
LS 8 |
MIS 11 |
MDO 14 |
WGI1 RET |
ROA DNS |
RAL 13 |
POC DNS |
SEA DNS |
3 | 26th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | |||||||||||
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1976 | Eagle | Ford Cosworth DFX | Practice Crash | Thermo-King | ||||||||||||
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Ed Miller Eddie Miller, 1973. More commonly known as Eddie, but listed as Ed here to avoid confusion with the previous Eddie Miller who appeared at Indianapolis in the 1920's. Badly hurt in his only Indianapolis 500 attempt, he pretty much stopped racing shortly after that. A builder and property developer, Eddie largely raced in sportscars but also appeared in Formula 5000 and won the 1975 Formula Super Vee title.
Eddie Miller, 1972, Finish 1, Start 8, 174 Finish 1, Start 9
Former National Champions: Formula F, 1972 Eddie Miller, Hawke DL2B 1974 Eddie Miller, Lola T340
Eddie Miller, the 1972 and 1974 Champion also won a Super Vee title and moved up into Indy cars.
Indeed, the intensity of the racing in those decades where FF peaked in a frenzy is very difficult to capture in words as are the "friendships which began here." Seventy car FF fields at the June Sprints and Riverside Nationals were not unusual, and FF grids were packed at Regionals and Nationals elsewhere, even though stalwarts like four-time SCCA National Champ Dave Weitzenhof, East Coast star Bruce MacInnes, double-champ Eddie Miller, Jackson Yonge, and many other "area specialists" were incredibly tough to beat.
Eddie Miller and Carl Haas had discussed their strategy prior to the race and had decided that if it started to rainEddie was to stay out on the track till the bitter end; they would not change to race tires under any conditions. Their strategy paid off, putting Edie Miller on top when the checkered came out.
Eddie Miller won five of the 11 races in his Carl Haas Lola T324...
Eddie Miller and Carl Haas had discussed their strategy prior to the race and had decided that if it started to rainEddie was to stay out on the track till the bitter end; they would not change to race tires under any conditions. Their strategy paid off, putting Edie Miller on top when the checkered came out.
Eddie Miller won five of the 11 races in his Carl Haas Lola T324...
Eddie Miller in the #46 Thermo-King Eagle came out of Turn-1 (SW) high (making no contact with the wall) car slid sideways 325 feet to infield grass. Car dug in to ditch, got airborne, flipped 200 feet across retainer fence and infield fence. Came to stop, upside-down against tunnel sidewall. Driver taken to Methodist Hospital with fractures on fourth and fifth vertebrae. (Released 5/15/76. Car had very extensive damage.
Eddie Miller | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | Lakewood, Colorado | January 17, 1945
Died | April 24, 2021 San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Mexico | (aged 76)
Retired | 1977 |
Championship titles | |
1972, 1974 1975 |
SCCA Formula Ford Runoffs Formula Super Vee |
Edward Hayes "Eddie" Miller (January 17, 1945 – April 24, 2021) [1] was a racing driver from Colorado in the United States (not to be confused with the racing driver of the same name born October 7, 1895). Miller drove for Carl Haas in Formula Ford and Formula Super Vee. He also competed in Formula 5000 and Indy Car until a near fatal crash during practice for the 1976 Indianapolis 500 curtailed Miller's career. Miller won the United States Formula Ford National Championship twice, in 1972 and 1974, and he won the US Formula Super Vee title in 1975. [2] [3]
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Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status | |||||||||
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1972 | Road Atlanta | Hawke DL2B | Ford | Formula Ford | 1 | 8 | Running | |||||||||
1974 | Road Atlanta | Lola T340 | Ford | Formula Ford | 1 | 9 | Running | |||||||||
Formula Super Vee results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975 | Haas Motorsports | Lola T324/75 | VW Brabham |
DAY1 DNS |
SEB DNS |
ATL 1 |
LS 20 |
RIV 1 |
LRP 1 |
WGI1 8 |
ROA 1 |
MOS 1 |
WGI2 2 |
DAY2 33 |
118 | 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Formula 5000 results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973 | Team RPMM | Lola T330 | Chevrolet |
RIV DNS |
LS 8 |
MIS 11 |
MDO 14 |
WGI1 RET |
ROA DNS |
RAL 13 |
POC DNS |
SEA DNS |
3 | 26th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish | Team | |||||||||||
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1976 | Eagle | Ford Cosworth DFX | Practice Crash | Thermo-King | ||||||||||||
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Ed Miller Eddie Miller, 1973. More commonly known as Eddie, but listed as Ed here to avoid confusion with the previous Eddie Miller who appeared at Indianapolis in the 1920's. Badly hurt in his only Indianapolis 500 attempt, he pretty much stopped racing shortly after that. A builder and property developer, Eddie largely raced in sportscars but also appeared in Formula 5000 and won the 1975 Formula Super Vee title.
Eddie Miller, 1972, Finish 1, Start 8, 174 Finish 1, Start 9
Former National Champions: Formula F, 1972 Eddie Miller, Hawke DL2B 1974 Eddie Miller, Lola T340
Eddie Miller, the 1972 and 1974 Champion also won a Super Vee title and moved up into Indy cars.
Indeed, the intensity of the racing in those decades where FF peaked in a frenzy is very difficult to capture in words as are the "friendships which began here." Seventy car FF fields at the June Sprints and Riverside Nationals were not unusual, and FF grids were packed at Regionals and Nationals elsewhere, even though stalwarts like four-time SCCA National Champ Dave Weitzenhof, East Coast star Bruce MacInnes, double-champ Eddie Miller, Jackson Yonge, and many other "area specialists" were incredibly tough to beat.
Eddie Miller and Carl Haas had discussed their strategy prior to the race and had decided that if it started to rainEddie was to stay out on the track till the bitter end; they would not change to race tires under any conditions. Their strategy paid off, putting Edie Miller on top when the checkered came out.
Eddie Miller won five of the 11 races in his Carl Haas Lola T324...
Eddie Miller and Carl Haas had discussed their strategy prior to the race and had decided that if it started to rainEddie was to stay out on the track till the bitter end; they would not change to race tires under any conditions. Their strategy paid off, putting Edie Miller on top when the checkered came out.
Eddie Miller won five of the 11 races in his Carl Haas Lola T324...
Eddie Miller in the #46 Thermo-King Eagle came out of Turn-1 (SW) high (making no contact with the wall) car slid sideways 325 feet to infield grass. Car dug in to ditch, got airborne, flipped 200 feet across retainer fence and infield fence. Came to stop, upside-down against tunnel sidewall. Driver taken to Methodist Hospital with fractures on fourth and fifth vertebrae. (Released 5/15/76. Car had very extensive damage.