NMARHoF member spotlight 

Mitch Miller

Robert Mitchell “Mitch” Miller saw his first midget race at age 10 and it seemed inevitable that he would become a renowned midget racing promoter. Mitch’s career began in 1965 when he assumed the public relations and advertising roles for the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association (RMMRA).  One night in Casper Wyoming he filled in for Hall of Famer Bill Hill as the announcer which soon led to Mitch becoming the announcer at Lakeside Speedway in Denver as well as for the RMMRA races.

 In 1970, Miller took the reins as President of the RMMRA an office he held until 1978. While he was the RMMA President Mitch helped to promote a “challenge race” between the RMMRA and St. Louis Auto Racing Association (SLARA) held on the famed Belleville High Banks in Belleville Kansas. In 1978, with the cooperation of North Central Kansas Free Fair Board, Miller presented the first Belleville Midget Nationals in 1978 and he promoted the Nationals through 1995.

From that first event won by RMMRA’s Eddie Jackson, the race on the Belleville High Banks quickly grew and became one of midget auto racing’s crown jewels. After seven terms as RMMRA President, Mitch Miller founded the Southwest Independent Midget Series (SWIMS) Tour in 1981 with five-year run of races throughout the Texas and Arkansas area. In 1983, Miller founded the American Independent Midget Series (AIMS) that promoted races for many years throughout the Midwest and Southwest United States.


In 1987, Miller helped Emmett Hahn and Lanny Edwards organize the first Chili Bowl Nationals midget race and served as the race’s first announcer. Mitch Miller has been honored many times for his lifetime of achievements. He was the second recipient of the Les Ward Memorial plaque which recognized his good sportsmanship in the sport of midget auto racing. 


In 1999 Miller was inducted into the Belleville High Banks Motorsports Hall of Fame and in 2010 the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame. We are proud to have Robert “Mitch” Miller as a member of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.