Paul Miller (racing driver)

Porsche 934/5 ; Winning car of Ludwig Heimrath senior and Paul Miller in the 6-hour race in Mosport in 1977

Richard Lietz in the Porsche 997 GT3-RSR used by Paul Miller Racing at the Petit Le Mans 2012

Paul Miller (born March 6, 1945 in Washington, DC ) is a former American car racing driver and racing team owner.

Racing career

Paul Miller is the brother of Kenper Miller , who is a year younger and was also a racing driver. His son Bryce also became a professional motor sportsman. Miller already competed in sports car races in the USA in the 1960s and was one of the leading drivers in the IMSA GT series in the 1970s . 1977 he won together with the Canadians Ludwig Heimrath senior on a Porsche 934/5 , the 6-hour race at Mosport , a racing event, which this year for the World Sportscar Championship counted.

Miller competed three times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , but never got a place there. His greatest success at Sebring was second overall in 1979 , which he achieved together with Charles Mendez and Brian Redman in a Porsche 935 . He competed nine times in the Daytona 24-hour race , where he finished tenth overall in 1988 and won the GTO racing car class. The GTO class was the racing class of the production racing cars of the IMSA GTP series .

Paul Miller Racing

In the 1980s, Miller began building his own racing team. With vehicles from the Porsche brand , he was mainly involved in the IMSA GT and GTP series . Well-known drivers were Bob Akin (who had his birthday on the same day as Miller), Brian Redman and Hans-Joachim Stuck . The team based in Buford is currently driving in the TUDOR USCC racing series. Drivers are next to son Bryce Christopher Haase and Dion von Moltke . The emergency vehicle is an Audi R8 LMS

In addition to racing activities, Miller runs a car dealership including workshops for BMW vehicles .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1980	Racing Associates Inc.	Porsche 935K3	Ralph Kent-Cooke	Bob Akin	failure	drive shaft
1981	Bob Akin Motor Racing	Porsche 935K3	Craig Siebert	Bob Akin	failure	Electrics
1982	Goodrich Corporation	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Pat Bedard	Manfred Schurti	failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1979	Busch Beer Racing	Porsche 935	Charles Mendez	Brian Redman	Rank 2
1980	Mendez / Woods / Akin	Porsche 935K3	Charles Mendez	Brian Redman	failure	Engine failure
1982	Herman-Miller PA	Porsche 924 Carrera	Jürgen Barth	Pat Bedard	failure	Engine failure
1983	Herman & Miller P&A	Porsche 924 Carrera	Jim Busby	Ron Grable	failure	Engine failure

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• JA Martin and Ken Welles: Prototypes - the History of the IMSA GTP Series . Bull Publishing, Phoenix 2000, ISBN 1-893618-01-3 .

Web links

Commons : Paul Miller  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Commons : Paul Miller Racing  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Paul Miller BMW
• Paul Miller Racing
• Paul Miller at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mosport 6-hour race in 1977