In the American Sprint Car Series’ (ASCS) final matchup of the season with the ASCS Frontier Region, the nation’s best 360 Sprint Car racers will go head-to-head with the best from the north.
Leading the pack is the two-time and defending champion of the Frontier Region, Kelly Miller.
The 34-year-old from Lethbridge, AB, Canada, is the current points leader, chasing his third-straight regional championship. The north regional regulars don’t often get the opportunity to compete against the national Series stars, but Miller has been looking forward to this Friday and Saturday’s races at Electric City Speedway all summer.
The Sprint Car fans in Montana know his name. They know his car and colors. They know his history at the track. Six career victories at the 3/8-mile oval since 2018, including four with the Frontier Region, and the locals expect him to be a contender for his first national ASCS win as one of the region’s best drivers.
“It adds a lot of pressure, but at the same time, it’s nice to be recognized as a potential threat when the good guys do come to town,” Miller said. “It always keeps you grinding for more.”
Kelly is a second-generation racer who’s driven for the team owned by his father and uncle, Larry and Don Miller, who are celebrating 40 years of operation in 2025. Starting as a youngster in an Outlaw Kart, Kelly debuted in a 305 Sprint Car at the age of 15 before moving into the 360 division two seasons later.
Going on almost two decades of 360 racing in 2025, he has never been prouder to carry on the family tradition into the future.
“Getting the opportunity that my family gave me to drive a race car was, obviously, the key component,” Miller said. “I think this year is my 18th or maybe even 19th year driving a 360 Sprint Car, so I don’t really know anything else. I’m just very grateful for my family for giving me the opportunity.”
In his near 20 seasons at the controls of the No. 2JR, Miller has amassed a wealth of knowledge that has made him one of Western Canada’s best Sprint Car exports, compiling 22 Frontier Region Feature wins since his debut in 2013.
“It’s taken a long time to get the speed that we have now; for sure, a lot of learning,” Miller said. “At the same time as being a driver, I was getting developed as a crew chief as well.
“These cars not only need to be driven, they also need to be set up correctly. So, I’m kind of a one-man-band when it comes to a lot of things, but I’m very grateful for a lot of help I have around me crew-wise — friends and family.”
Coming from 55 miles north of the US–Canada border, Miller and the team get their fair share of windshield time. To get to the nearest Frontier Region races at Electric City, it’s a three-hour trip minimum. To Big Sky Speedway in Billings, MT, it’s nearly six-and-a-half hours.
“Obviously, it’s the time, because time is a valuable asset,” Miller said. “Just for example, the last three weeks, when I went on to speed week on the West Coast and drove out to Knoxville, there was a two-and-a-half-week period there where I spent 96 hours behind the truck steering wheel.
“Everyone around me has to make those sacrifices as well, just in the time aspect. It takes out of family, it takes out of work, it takes out of sometimes even your maintenance program with the amount of time you have to turn around the operation during the week and trying to work a full-time job at the same time. It’s definitely grueling.”
At the beginning of August, Miller and the team hauled over 1,800 miles from the final Sprint Car Challenge Tour Speedweek event at Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, WA, to compete in their fifth Xtream Powered by Mediacom 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank at Knoxville Raceway. Miller finished 16th in his preliminary Feature on Friday night, and nearly qualified for his first 360 Nationals main event, finishing 11th in the Smith Titanium Last Chance Showdown in a field of over 90 entrants.
“Coming off the 360 Nationals in Knoxville, I felt like we had a very fast, competitive race car,” Miller said. “I think, at the end of the day, if I could’ve just mustered up a little more talent, we could’ve maybe put it in the show. I hope we just keep building off of what we’ve already got.”
This weekend, his attention is all on Electric City. Miller has long been a fan of the track, where he placed seventh and eighth against the national Series one year ago.
“It seems like it’s the perfect size track,” Miller said. “It’s the right amount of banking, and it honestly creates good racing. Multiple grooves. It’s good for the fans, good for the drivers. The owners of the track — they put the effort in that it takes to make a nice race surface.”
In three of his four starts at the track in 2025, Miller has either won or finished second. He’s aiming for more performances like that this weekend and put the Frontier Region’s talents on display.
“I’m very grateful that I’ve managed to get to where I’m at with the people around me,” Miller said. “It’s pretty crazy with our little team pretty much in the middle of nowhere and the amount of effort we put in. It’s nice to see results.”
Don’t miss Miller take on the stars of the American Sprint Car Series this Friday–Saturday, Aug. 29–30 at Electric City Speedway. Tickets are on sale now at the link below and will also be available at the track on race day.
If you can’t be there, stream every lap live on DIRTVision.
