Mazda Factory Driver: Joel Miller

A theme you will find among the factory drivers for Mazda Motorsports: Versatile, hardworking, personable, marketable, and talented behind the wheel. American race car driver Joel Miller embodies these. What makes him unique is how he leverages these attributes + his engineering background.A recent Mechanical Engineer graduate from the University of California Riverside, Miller has been winning championships and races since 1998. Miller's career has taken him from karting to representing the Team USA Scholarship in Europe, to the Firestone Indy Lights Championship, and most recently a factory driver for Mazda Motorsports in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship Prototype class.

Joel started his racing career in Southern California, winning many local, regional, and national karting championships. People took notice, but more importantly, factory teams out of Europe took notice - namely TonyKart. Joel became a factory driver for Tony Kart and captured the North American championship in the ICA division for 2006.