Miller Racing Group Late Model Stock Car event winner trophy, 2005
date: label: date made
content: 2005
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Miller Racing Group Late Model Stock Car event winner trophy, 2005. This is one of many winner's trophies won by The Miller Racing Group with Franklin Butler III as their driver. This was the year MRG won the track championship which was the first time an African American owned team won a NASCAR track championship since NASCAR's inception in 1948.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Miller Racing Group was an African American racing team owned by father and son Leonard W. and Leonard T. Miller. MRG was sponsored by Dr. Pepper from 2001-2003 and delivered Dr. Pepper its first corporate win in the brand's history. The team competed in the NASCAR Late Model Stock Weekly Racing Series throughout the southeast. After the 2003 season, the Millers did not have a corporate sponsor for MRG and sustained the team with their personal funds and resources.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: auto racing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.3189.23
label: nonaccession number
content: 2016.3189
label: catalog number
content: 2016.3188.23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: auto racing trophy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: marble (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 11 in x 7 in; 76.2 cm x 27.94 cm x 17.78 cm