Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller (born May 27, 1963) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing, also a crew chief, He is most famous for his ownership of Ranier Racing with MDM.

Biography
To position themselves as the preeminent development organization in NASCAR for up-and-coming drivers, MDM-Hillman Racing has partnered with Lorin Ranier to form a new entity, Ranier Racing with MDM.

The team will field multiple entries in select NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and ARCA Racing Series events throughout the 2016 season.

“We are excited to be joining forces with Lorin in this venture to strengthen our team,” said Miller. “The experience, knowledge and driver development expertise that he brings to our organization is unparalleled in the industry.”

“This is a great opportunity to bring the Ranier Racing legacy into the modern era,” said Ranier, “Over the last several months, we’ve worked hard to assemble some of the freshest driving talent and accomplished competition personnel in stock car racing. It’s exciting to see it all come together and we’re eager to get the season started.”

Mark McFarland, who joined the organization during the off-season as a partner in MDM-Hillman, will lead the team’s Competition Department. McFarland spent the past two years at HScott Motorsports, where he guided 16-year-old Ben Rhodes to the 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Championship.

Championship crew chief Mardy Lindley has also joined the team. Lindley led driver Dylan Kwasniewski to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Championship in 2013.

Veteran NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East crew chief Doug Howe rounds out the team’s key personnel hires.

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Miller as competition director for the Sprint Cup team and crew chief Mark Hillman, who spent 2015 as the crew chief for Landon Cassill. Cassill ran in all 36 races and but was only racing for points in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

Premium Motorsports competed in 17 Sprint Cup races in 2015, a majority of them with Brendan Gaughan behind the wheel of the No. 62.

“We had to upgrade our team moving forward and that included Mike Hillman, select key personnel and the purchase of additional cars and equipment,” Robinson said in a team release “The racing bar is being raised even higher and this effort will enable us to commit more resources and become more competitive for 2016.”