Chet Miller

{{Short description|American racing driver (1902–1953)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Chet Miller

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Chester Joseph Miller

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|07|19}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|05|15|1902|07|19}}

| death_place = Speedway, Indiana, U.S.

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 29

| Years_In_Champ = 20

| Best_Champ_Pos = 3rd (1938)

| First_Champ_Race = 1930 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1952 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)

| Champ_Wins = 0

| Champ_Podiums = 2

| Champ_Poles = 0

| module2 =

{{Infobox F1 driver|embed=yes

| Years = {{F1|1950}}–{{F1|1953}}

| Team(s) = Kurtis Kraft

| Races = 4 (2 starts)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Points = 0

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = 1950 Indianapolis 500

| Last race = 1953 Indianapolis 500

}}}}}}

Chester Joseph Miller (July 19, 1902 – May 15, 1953){{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Chet Miller |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=534|access-date=21 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}} was an American racing driver. He was killed in a crash in the south turn of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Allen |title=Chet Miller |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Chet_Miller |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=OldRacingCars.com |language=en}}Yates, Brock W. "The Indianapolis 500: The Story of the Motor Speedway." Harper and Brothers: New York. 1956. Page 67. During his long Indianapolis racing career, Miller earned the nickname "Dean of the Speedway."

Miller died at age 50 while driving a Novi-engined Special. He is interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.{{cite news|url=http://www.crownhillhf.org/docs/IndianapolisAutoGreatsHandout.pdf |title=Indianapolis Auto greats |publisher=Crown Hill Cemetery |work=Celebrating Automotive Heritage at Crown Hill Cemetery |date=2011 |accessdate=2012-09-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913203018/http://crownhillhf.org/docs/IndianapolisAutoGreatsHandout.pdf |archivedate=2012-09-13 }}