Milwaukee Mile Miller Time in Governor's Cup action
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MILWAUKEE MILE 100 YEARS AND ACCELERATING Contact: Jim Tretow, Director of PR, 414-750-0042 cell, jtretow@milwaukeemile.com 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 <http://www.milwaukeemile.com/> . ###