Hagerstown Speedway
Miller earns $5,000 for IRS win at Hagerstown
From track reports
Miller blazes toward victory. (pbase.com/cyberslash)
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (Sept. 13) — No matter the format of the Hub-City races at Hagerstown Speedway, Jeremy Miller of Gettysburg, Pa., has adjusted with no problems. With the Independent Racing Series sanctioning the event for the first time, Miller cruised all 50 laps in the feature event for a $7,000 payday and his fourth Hub-City victory. "To win this race four times in the Buckler Motorsports car, that’s pretty awesome," Miller said. | Slideshow
Miller, making only his second appearance at Hagerstown in 2008, started outside the front row and outjumped polesitter Jamie Lathroum of Mechanicsville, Md., at the outset to blast into the lead. He was ahead by two seconds after just four laps and lapping slower cars by lap 10. The race's only caution on lap 27 bunched the field, but Miller kept runner-up Jason Covert of York Haven, Pa., in check the rest of the way for the victory. Former race winner D.J. Myers of Greencastle, Pa., took third from Lathroum on the final lap and Jack Pencil of Bedford, Pa., was fifth. Devin Friese came from the tail to finish sixth.
Notes: Miller's Buckler Motorsports Rocket Chassis is sponsored by Complete Flooring. ... Miller also credited American Racer tires and VP Racing Fuels for boosting his car ... The Hub-City 100 format included 50 laps for IRS Late Models and 50 laps for sprint cars. ... The event was sponsored by Sunoco Race Fuels and D&D Auto Recycling. ... Rain delayed the event more than an hour. ... Hometown driver Alan Sagi made his return to racing for the first time since July 31, when a wreck at Bedford Speedway left him with injuries including a broken wrist, broken shoulder blade and broken rib. He finished ninth. ... Gary Stuhler, winner of three of the last six Hub-City events, was out after a heat-race accident with Bryan Bernheisel.
IRS @ Hagerstown: 1. Jeremy Miller, (2) Jason Covert, (3) D.J. Myers, (4) Jamie Lathroum, (5) Jack Pencil, (6) Devin Friese, (7) Ronnie DeHaven Jr., (8) Andy Anderson, (9) Alan Sagi, (10) Brian Booze, (11) Darryl Hills, (12) Steve Axtell Jr., (13) Mike Knight, (14) Robbie Blair, (15) J.T. Spence, (16) Mike Lupfer, (17) Jeff Miller, (18) Frankie Plessinger, (19) Booper Bare, (20) Keith Jackson, (21) Rick Aukland, (22) Roy Deese Jr., (23) Dave Hess Jr., (24) Nathan Durboraw. Heat race winners (among 50 cars): Lathroum, Covert, Miller, Booze. Dash winner: Lathroum. Consolation winners: Durboraw, Plessinger.
Correction: An earlier version of this story reported an incorrect winner's purse; Miller won $7,000.
