Jeremy turns practice laps in his GETT Industries/Schaus Vorhies Contracting/Rod Miller Construction #18 at the popular IRP

The car felt good right off the trailer and Jeremy made only minor changes throughout the afternoon.  The car felt very comfortable to him.  It was now just a matter of running laps to get faster.  During practice Jeremy had his fastest time of 24.077 seconds which put him 35th on the list of 46 cars.  He knew that it was going to take much more to get a solid starting spot in the 36 car field for the Lucas Oil 200.  It was turning out that the most important race of the weekend would be against time as ten cars would not make the race.

With the pressure on, Jeremy's chance finally came as he was the 40th car in line to qualify for the evening.  He knew what he had to do to make it in the race.  Jeremy laid down a comfortable lap on his first attempt at just over 24 seconds flat, but it wasn't going to make the race.  The next lap he got the job done by improving his time over three tenths of a second laying down a 23.698 time.  This guaranteed him a spot in the field as he ended up in the 27th position.  "We knew we were on the bubble for qualifying into the race," Jeremy said.  The entire crew was very proud of his qualifying effort.

Jeremy signs autographs before the start of the Lucas Oil 200

The team arrived back at the track on Sunday morning ready for race day.  There was plenty of work ahead for the team and everyone got busy quickly.  Unfortunately, Jeremy got himself too busy and missed the mandatory driver's meeting.  This would relegate him to the rear of the field for the start of the race.  The team didn't skip a beat and started figuring out how to use that to their advantage.

During the pace laps, Jeremy pulled to the pits to have the crew remove tape from the front duct work that had been put on for qualifying.  This made for a free pit stop before the race to make sure everything was ready for the 200 lap event.  Jeremy rejoined at the end of the field and took the green flag.

Jeremy's #18 heads down the front stretch

Jeremy ran well all day during the Lucas Oil 200.  He did his job avoiding accidents on multiple occasions throughout the day.  His closest call was when Jimmy Spencer, Jr. smacked the wall coming out of turn 4 just ahead of Jeremy at lap 29.  He got by Spencer unscathed.  He used cautions throughout the day to adjust on the car and make it as good as possible.  With just over 50 laps to go, the crew put on new right side tires for Jeremy to finish the race.  He ran strong to the end and held off a late race charge from Leslie Law taking the checkered flag for a 20th place finish.  It was a great finish for only his fifth asphalt race in a series with such high competition.

"Overall it was a good weekend," Jeremy said.  "I really have to thank GETT Industries and Schaus Vorhies Contracting.  Their sponsorship is a tremendous help."

Jeremy and his team will soon be planning on their next race.  Announcements will be made later here on Jeremy-Miller.com.  The next USAR Hooters Pro Cup Northern Division race is on Saturday, May 28th at Jennerstown Speedway in Jennerstown, PA.