Chicora's Mike Miller raced a Sprint car and Sportsman Stock last Friday night at Lernerville Speedway

BUFFALO TWP — Talk about your strange combo deals.

Racing a Sprint car and Sportsman Stock on the same night at Lernerville Speedway?

“I may be the only one to ever do that,” Chicora’s Mike Miller said, smiling.

Miller, 41, raced the No. 81 Sportsman Stock and No. G1 Sprint car last Friday at the Sarver oval. He finished 10th in the Stock feature and pitted nine laps into the Sprint feature after taking third in his heat race.

“We normally run the Sprint car at Mercer (Raceway Park) and the Stock here,” Miller said. “But there was a special show up at Mercer, so we figured we’d bring the Sprint down here and give it a shot.”

Miller doesn’t own either car. Ron Thompson owns the Stock while Don Garvin owns the Sprint.

“Don originally approached Ron about driving the Sprint car. They know each other from doing business together,” Miller said. “That conversation wound up with me taking a shot at it.”

Miller has been racing in the Sportsman Stick division since 1991 and owns 10 career feature wins at Lernerville. He won the track championship here in 2011.

He’s only in his third year of driving the Sprint, but has collected four feature wins — two each at Mercer and Sportsman’s Speedway in Knox.

Two separate pit crews work on the cars, “but help each other out when needed,” Miller said.

He admitted the cars are radically different to drive as well.

“One car you’re sitting straight up in, the other you’re leaning back a bit,” Miller said. “The Sprint weighs about 1,500 pounds, the Stock about 3,000.

“Believe me, they are totally differnt animals out there. But racing’s racing. It’s fun.”

After driving a 20-year-old Stock car, Miller is behind the wheel of a new No. 81 this season.

“The newer (Stock) cars are lighter and that’s been an adjustment for me,” he said.

“I’m lucky in that I get to race cars in different divisions and don’t own either one. That doesn’t happen very often, either.”

Lernerville Points Standings(top 15 through May 30)

SprintsCarl Bowser 179, Jack Sodeman Jr. 152, Brandon Matus 149, Mike Lutz 132, Dan Shetler 125, Brent Matus 123, Eric Williams 106, Jared Zimbardi 93, Cory Good 89, Scott Priester 87, AJ Flick 80, Brandon Spithaler 77, Danny Holtgraver 75, Francis Sesco 68, Billy Dietrich 63

Late ModelsAlex Ferree 186, Russ King 183, Mike Pegher Jr. 148, John Garvin Jr. 141, Brian Swartzlander 122, Jared Miley 120, Chuck Sarver 118, Ken Schaltenbrand 112, Garrett Krummert 109, Gary Lyle 94, Doug Eck 91, Michael Norris 91, Tommy Beck 83, Bo Lockwood 81, Dave Murdick 80

ModifiedsRex King Jr. 170, Rex King Sr. 166, Dave Murdick 157, Brad Rapp 155, Jeremiah Shingldecker 138, Mat Williamson 130, Tom Winkle 126, Brian Swartzlander 126, Mike Turner 113, Steve Feder 100, Rodney Beltz 96, Rick Regalski 92, Bob Warren 92, Carl Murdick 80, Tom Glenn 69

Sportsman StocksJim Fosnaught 176, Corey McPherson 167, Terry Young 164, Rob Shook 164, Mark Sanders 156, Pat Hanley 124, Brett McDonald 121, Joey Zambotti 117, Aaron Easler 111, Bob Egley 110, Joe Kelley 107, Neil Tristani 87, Jeff Miller 83, Mike Miller 81, Stan Riggle 79