Jeremy Miller Races to Emotional First Career WoO LMS Victory
By Kevin Kovac, WoO LMS P.R. Director
Jamaica, VA - Jeremy Miller had just one thought racing through his mind after winning Friday night’s 50-lap ‘Rumble on the River IV’ at Virginia Motor Speedway.
“I just said to myself, ‘We finally did it!’” remarked Miller, a 37-year-old regional star from Gettysburg, Pa., who made the 50-lap event his long-awaited first career World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory. “I know for a fact – because I’ve been through plenty of disappointments – that a win on this series doesn’t come easy, so it’s an awesome feeling to do this.”
A hard-luck WoO LMS A-Main loser on three occasions last year, Miller got the job done in truly memorable fashion at Bill Sawyer’s pristine half-mile oval. He overtook red-hot dirt Late Model legend Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., for the lead on lap 36, and then repelled late-race pressure from Moyer and defending WoO LMS champion Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., to emerge triumphant to the tune of $10,650, including the $500 WoO LMS ‘Bonus Bucks’ prize for being the highest-finishing driver who hadn’t previously won a tour event.
The pole-sitting Francis settled for a second-place finish in Dale Beitler’s Reliable Painting/Valvoline Rocket, 2.051 seconds behind Miller. Moyer, meanwhile, plummeted to 17th in the final rundown after his Victory Circle M1 Chassis suffered a blown left-rear tire on lap 45 as he was attempting to mount a last-ditch bid to regain command.
Josh Richards, 20, of Shinnston, W.Va., finished third in the Mark Richards Racing Enterprises Rocket after starting eighth, moving him within 12 points of Moyer’s WoO LMS points-leading total. Fifth-starter Clint Smith of Senoia, Ga., placed fourth in his JP Drilling GRT car and third-starter Shane Clanton of Locust Grove, Ga., was fifth in the RSD Enterprises Rocket.
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