Can-Am's Hunter Miller Seventh
at Powerline Park GNCC
Hunter Miller's Powerline
Park GNCC Pro UTV Race Report
Greenville, TX (10/12/2017) –
Hunter Miller ran another strong race in GNCC’s
UTV XC1 Pro Class, finishing seventh at Powerline
Park in St. Clairsville, OH. Miller now sits second
in points, just three behind his brother Cody.
A lengthened 6.1-mile course greeted Miller when
he arrived at the facility. It featured a lot
of high-speed sections, woods, as well as a hill
at the end of the course that stymied Miller on
the last three laps. Despite having difficulties,
Miller rebounded to finish in the top ten and
stay competitive in the points chase with just
one race left in the season.
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Can-Am's
Hunter Miller got off to a rough start,
but he quickly worked his way up into
the 2nd spot physically before hitting
a tree
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“I knew this track would be a good opportunity
for me to pad my points, so I made some moves
early on,” said Miller. “I made my way into second
physically after a rough start, but then I had
trouble with a hill and spun out and hit a tree.
It took me a while to get backed out and I lost
a bunch of time. The next lap, I took the hill
a little easier and got stuck. I just tried to
run a mistake-free race from there, but those
two mishaps pushed me back to seventh. Luckily,
Cody finished fourth, so I didn’t take too much
of a hit in points. Cody has three points on me.”
Miller’s Can-Am was again on point with his Elka
suspension handling the varied terrain with ease
and his Maxxis Tires hooking perfectly. Miller
said the issues were with the driver, not the
car. “The car was flawless; the mistakes were
all on me,” said Miller. “It was perfect and it
was handling amazing.”
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ELKA's Hunter
Miller heads into the GNCC seaosn finale
just 3 points out of the points lead behind
his brother, Cody Miller
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Miller is now just behind his brother in the
title chase. The two will go into the next race
with the GNCC Championship on the line. For Hunter
Miller, it’s like a dream come true.
“It’s going to be close and we’re both going
for it,” said Miller. “It’s pretty crazy and I
can’t believe it. Three years ago we were just
dying to come race GNCC and just hoped to be competitive.
Here we are now going into the final round fighting
for the championship. At the end of the race in
a couple of weeks, I know we’re going to give
it all we have.”
Miller will be battling for his first GNCC title
as the series finishes out the 2017 season at
Ironman Raceway in Crawfordsville, IN October
27-29.
Hunter Miller 2017
sponsors:
Can-Am, DWT, Maxxis, S3 Powersports, SSI Decals,
Louis Powersports, HMF Exhaust, Tireballs, Gates,
Evolution Motorsports, Factory UTV, Sparco, ELKA,
Double E Racing, TiLube, EKS Brand Goggles, DP
Brakes
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