By: Kevin Ramsell
OREGON, WI (Sunday, May 04, 2008) – Jeremy Miller and Michael Bilderback got the large crowd on hand at Madison International Speedway on their feet as the two put on a classic short track battle in the Big 8 Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet feature event. At the checkers, it was the defending champion holding off the young pilot.

Bilderback led most of the 38-lap event, while Miller made a hard charge at the end. “I kinda used Mikey up there. He was pinching me on the bottom and I got a better run than him and he was slowing up, so I gave him a little nudge just to move him back where he belonged. It was a racing thing,” Miller described his last lap move as the two came out of turn two.

Bilderback wasn’t to upset with the move, “We started burning off our right rear, we were getting real loose off of the corner,” Bilderback stated. “He got into me a little bit, but you know its racing.”

Bilderback wasn’t mad at Miller either, “No, that’s a racing move, everybody got to do it once in a while, so it’s just friends.”

Bilderback took the lead on lap 19 when early leader Tyler Sauter got loose coming off of turn four, allowing Bilderback to get by him on the inside. At that time Miller worked his way to fourth after starting 12th.

With 12 laps to go, Miller got on the inside of Sauter for second and, a lap later, he would set his sites on Bilderback. Miller was on his bumper with five laps to go and the race was on to the finish.

Defending MIS track champion, Bobby Wilberg would come third with second generation driver, Skylar Holzhausen finishing fourth.

Ross Kenseth finished fifth in his MIS debut under the watchful eye of his father, Matt.

A total of 43 Big 8 Series cars were on hand for a great early evening of racing.

The Big 8 Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet will return to MIS on Tuesday, June 24th as part of The Swiss Colony All-Star Challenge event.

For more information on the Big 8 Series, please visit their website at www.big8series.com.