Ray Miller

Competitor
CLASS OF 2002

Ray Miller grew up around race cars. His father teamed with Red Lataille to own the #1 Lataille/Miller Offy, which ran out of the Miller’s garage in East Granby, CT. Ray’s dad ran the ARDC circuit, often racing 7 nights per week, and finished 2nd to Nick Fornoro in 1950. Ray’s dad raced in the 1940s and ’50s. Ray began racing in the 1960’s.

Ray graduated from the University of Bridgeport in 1965, and ran his first race that spring, running a modified at the Plainville Stadium. Over the next decade, he drove for owners Bill Myers & Guy Sweatland. By 1966, Miller was racing at Riverside Park, and also ran on the dirt at Stafford Speedway. He continued at Stafford the following year, when it was paved, and considered Stafford to be his home track until his retirement in 1986. One of Ray’s many career highlights was his 10th place finish in the 1971 NASCAR National Modified points standings.

By the early 1980s, Ray was a winning regularly at Stafford and Riverside Park Speedway, driving the familiar Rainbow Farm #01 for owner Mike Greci. He won 3 straight Ferrara 100‘s at Stafford from 1980-1981.

Miller also won a Thompson 300, and finished 3rd in the Pocono Race of Champions. Ray also drove the Billy Simons #9 to a NASCAR Modified Tour win at Waterford Speedbowl in 1985, the first season under a touring series format for NASCAR’s oldest division.

The last of Ray’s 14 career wins at Stafford Speedway came in August of 1986. He retired at season’s end.