HICKORY, N.C. — A brand new chapter of Earnhardt household historical past was written Saturday night at North Carolina’s Hickory Motor Speedway.
Wyatt Miller, the 13-year-old grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion Dale Earnhardt, captured his first Restricted Late Mannequin victory on the historic, 0.363-mile oval.
Miller is the son of L.W. Miller and Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, Dale Earnhardt‘s daughter and sister to Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Making simply his second begin in a Restricted Late Mannequin at Hickory, Wyatt Miller began from the pole and led early through the 40-lap function earlier than giving up the race result in exterior polesitter Zach Bruenger.
Bruenger led the race till Lap 32, when the engine in his automobile went up in flames popping out of Flip 4.
Miller inherited the race lead and held off a spirited problem from Aiden King on the ultimate lap. The sequence included contact to the rear of Miller‘s automobile popping out of Flip 4, however Miller held on to gather his first trophy on the observe often called the “Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars.”
“We had a very good automobile,” Miller stated in Victory Lane. “I used to be catching Zach, after which he blew up.
“I believe Aiden tried to rattle my cage, but it surely didn‘t work.”
The Earnhardt household has an extended and in depth historical past at Hickory. Ralph Earnhardt, father of Dale Earnhardt, received 5 observe championships on the facility through the Fifties.
Dale Earnhardt additionally scored wins at Hickory throughout his profession, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. competed on the observe throughout his early life.
