Английская Википедия:Bryce Miller (racing driver)

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Bryce Miller (born July 26, 1982) is an American racing driver from Summit, New Jersey. He currently drives in the IMSA owned Tudor United SportsCar Championship for Paul Miller Racing. Bryce is the son of Paul Miller and nephew of Шаблон:Interlanguage link multi, both of whom competed in sports car racing. The family trio aggregates a consolidated 75 years of motor racing experience.

Early life

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Miller grew up watching his father, Paul Miller and uncle Kenper Miller's professional driving career from the pits. He was influenced by his father and uncle to begin his go-karting career at the age of 7. Miller saw an early success winning over 60 International Karting Federation races which included breaking the track record at his home circuit, Oakland Valley Raceway. He began racing open wheel formula cars professionally when he was 17 years old and after he graduated The University of Vermont, Porsche invited Miller to the UPS Porsche Junior Team shoot-out to compete for a factory seat, this was the point when he decided to compete in sports car racing.

Career

Miller started racing go-karts competitively at the age of 7, and by 10 years old he became the U.S. Grand National Karting Champion and East Coast Regional Karting Champion. He moved up to open-wheel formula cars, winning Rookie of the Year honors in the Formula Barber Dodge Championship and was invited to participate in the acclaimed Winfield Scholarship competition, where he finished runner-up to the scholarship winner. His open-wheel formula career spanned from 1999–2003. After Porsche invited him to compete in the Junior Cup shoot-out he decided to pursue sports car racing. In 2007, his debut year on the 13 race Grand-Am Rolex Series circuit, he accumulated 10 podiums, winning at Virginia International Raceway, winning the Team Championship and finishing 3rd in driver points and 2nd in Rookie of the Year points. In 2008, he won the Atlanta America Generac 500. Miller secured a total of 24 podium finishes from 2006 to 2009 racing in the Grand-Am Rolex Series and, American Le Mans Series and IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge. During these years he finished 2nd at the acclaimed Daytona 24 hours both in 2008 and 2011 and finished 2nd in the famed TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa.

He teamed with British driver Luke Hines in the American Le Mans Series GTC category. That season he secured a track record at the Salt Lake Grand Prix and qualified on pole at The Mosport Grand-Prix. In June 2010, Miller joined up with JMW Motorsport to compete in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Rob Bell and Tim Sugden. In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, he joined Team Felbermayr-Proton, driving a Porsche 997 GT3-RSR with co-drivers Nick Tandy and Abdulaziz Al-Faisal.

He also finished second in both the team and driver championship points of in the 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship in an Audi R8 LMS prepared by Paul Miller Racing. In 2014, Miller again competed in the 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship with Paul Miller Racing, joining both Christopher Haase and Dion Von Moltke. Miller partnered with full-season co-drivers Christopher Haase and Dion von Moltke in the Rolex 24 At Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, moving 2015 off to a fast start with a pair of fifth-place finishes. He more recently scored a podium, 3rd-place finish at Watkins Glen's Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.

Career results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
2010	Шаблон:Flagicon JMW Motorsport	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Bell Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Sugden	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GT2	71	DNF	DNF
2011	Шаблон:Flagicon Team Felbermayr-Proton	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Tandy Шаблон:Flagicon Abdulaziz Al-Faisal	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	169	DNF	DNF

American Le Mans Series results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip
2008	Шаблон:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Motorsport	Шаблон:Flagicon Dirk Werner Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	622	18
2009	Шаблон:Flagicon Farnbacher-Loles Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Lieb Шаблон:Flagicon Dirk Werner Шаблон:Flagicon Pierre Ehret Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Lietz Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	172	44
2010	Шаблон:Flagicon Orbit Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon John McMullen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTC	714	12
2011	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Шаблон:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT	1424	13
2012	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Sascha Maassen Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Bell Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT	1622	9
2013	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Holzer Шаблон:Flagicon Richard Lietz Шаблон:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT	1086	19

Rolex Sports Car Series

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip
2007	Шаблон:Flagicon Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Шаблон:Flagicon Dirk Werner	Porsche 997 GT3	GT	1717	1
2008	Шаблон:Flagicon The Racer's Group Шаблон:Flagicon Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Шаблон:Flagicon Dirk Werner Шаблон:Flagicon Ted Ballou	Porsche 997 GT3	GT	1867	8
2009	Шаблон:Flagicon The Racer's Group Шаблон:Flagicon Racers Edge Motorsports Шаблон:Flagicon Miller Barrett Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon John Potter Шаблон:Flagicon Craig Stanton Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Holzer	Mazda RX-8	GT	965	2
2010	Шаблон:Flagicon Miller Barrett Racing		Porsche 997 GT3	GT	501	43
2011	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing		Porsche 997 GT3	GT	684	57
2012	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing		Porsche 997 GT3	GT	224	105
2013	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing		Porsche 997 GT3	GT	161	105

Tudor United SportsCar Championship

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip
2014	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Christopher Haase	Audi R8 LMS	GTD	376	2
2015	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Miller Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Christopher Haase Шаблон:Flagicon Dion Von Moltke	Audi R8 LMS	GTD		15

FIA GT Championship

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip
2009	Шаблон:Flagicon BMS Scuderia Italia	Шаблон:Flagicon Marco Holzer Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Ragginger	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	GT		2

Blancpain GT Series

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip
2009	Шаблон:Flagicon Prospeed Competition	Шаблон:Flagicon Ludovic Sougnez Шаблон:Flagicon Paul van Splunteren	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	GT		DNF

External links

• Personal website