{"id":30416,"date":"2022-02-24T18:07:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=30416"},"modified":"2022-02-24T18:07:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T23:07:25","slug":"miller-wins-southern-sprint-car-shootout-series-opener-4-17-southern-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/miller-wins-southern-sprint-car-shootout-series-opener-4-17-southern-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller Wins Southern Sprint Car Shootout series Opener 4-17 Southern Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miller Wins Southern Sprint Car Shootout series Opener 4-17 Southern Speedway<\/p>\n

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Story by Pavement Pounders David Sink:<\/p>\n

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MILLER BEATS SAND AND COMPETITION TO WIN SOUTHERN SPRINTS OPENER<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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February 19, 2022 \u2013 Punta Gorda, Florida \u2013 Daniel Miller beat out a stout field and track conditions to win the BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series season opener Saturday night at 417 Speedway. It was Miller\u2019s first victory in SSSS competition since June 20, 2020.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Miller, who started from the pole position after a blind draw, lead wire-to wire to capture the 40-lap feature in convincing fashion. The only serious threat to Miller\u2019s lead occurred late in the race when Scott Adema challenged him on a double-file restart. Miller fended off Adema and never looked back.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Throughout most of the race, sand was being kicked up on the track due to the whirlwind the wings were producing, most notably in turns two and four. The track conditions made most of the cars race sideways throughout the biggest part of the race, including Miller himself.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The race saw several early favorites exit early due to mechanical woes including Troy DeCaire and Davey Hamilton Jr.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere was sand everywhere tonight\u201d stated Miller in victory lane. \u201cFor some reason this track gets very dirty with sand. Starting up front tonight definitely helped me, but as good as the car felt, I feel like we could have put it up front no matter where we would have started.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe never really had any close calls other than getting into the sand in turn one. When that would happen, the car would step out. Other than that, it was a clean race for us. I didn\u2019t know if anyone was close, but I was going as hard as I could in case someone was on my bumper.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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With Millers feature win, and heat race win, he should be the current point leader. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna try and run for the championship this year with Doug Kinney and PCS Racing. We got another car being built so if we have problems, we\u2019ll have a back-up. This is definitely a good start to the season for us\u201d. concluded Miller.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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40-LAP FEATURE FINISH<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1. Daniel Miller (5)<\/div>\n
2. Scott Adema (67)<\/div>\n
3. Aaron Pierce (26)<\/div>\n
4. Sport Allen (88a)<\/div>\n
5. LJ Grimm (88)<\/div>\n
6. Tommy Nichols (55)<\/div>\n
7. Bruce Brantley (25)<\/div>\n
8. Steven Hollinger (22x)<\/div>\n
9. Bo Hartley (32)<\/div>\n
10. Davey Hamilton Jr. (14)<\/div>\n
11. Troy DeCaire (36)<\/div>\n
12. Ryan Adema (92)<\/div>\n
13. Skip Ferniac (83)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Daniel Miller wins the Butler Speed & Supply Perfect Performance Award.<\/div>\n
Congratulations to Daniel Miller with Daniel Miller Racing for the feature win at the 2022 season opener for the Southern Sprint Car Series at 4-17 Southern Speedway!<\/div>\n
He was also the winner of the Butler Speed and Supply Perfect Performance Award for winning the Signs Fast Super Store Heat AND AMain!<\/div>\n
The award is reset for $100 for the next race at Citrus County Speedway and Track LLC on March 5th.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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