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DIEHL UFO Red Miley Rumble Sponsors...join them!

10th annual RED MILEY RUMBLE! August 27,2016
Would you or your company like to sponsor a $53 position(s) in the 2016 Red Miley Rumble? Thank You.

James "Red" Miley, founder of Miley Family Racing in 1969,now Jared Miley Racing and Miley Motor Sports INC in 1989 will be honored as we present the 10th annual Red Miley Rumble.

If you would like to sponsor a position please email us at mmiley99@comcast.net

Red's goal was always to provide a great show for the fans and drivers. We continue to offer $53 racer bonus sponsor opportunities for businesses and/or for individuals who just want to recognize their loved ones. Recognition is given to all the sponsors by our public address announcer at the speedway, on our social media and website, and in our 10th annual collector’s edition of the Red Miley Rumble program.

The significance of the $53 is Red was born 9/11/53, passed 5/3/07 at age 53.

TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, May 6, 2007

"Red" Miley spent most of his adult life juggling the responsibilities of running several businesses, serving in municipal government, raising three adopted children and hosting a stream of exchange students.
"He was involved with so many things that we could not keep track of him," said Miley's brother, Matt Miley.

James. J. "Red" Miley died Thursday at his Ingram home after an 18-month struggle with melanoma. He was 53.

Mr. Miley, a former Ingram councilman, was an owner of the Pennsylvania Motor Speedway near Imperial and owned the Motordrome Speedway in Smithton. Over the years, he owned several gas stations, a truck rental company and was president of Miley Motor Sports, a company he formed with other family members.

"He was a tremendous guy. I've had customers cry on the line all day," Matt Miley said Saturday.
Mr. Miley's relatives and friends said his success in business was based largely on personal friendships.

"He did well because he got along with everyone and because everyone liked him," Matt Miley said.

A large and extroverted man, Mr Miley was the third of five children the family of the late William E. and Bertha M. "Sis" Miley of Ingram.

While still a student at Slippery Rock University, Mr. Miley opened an Amoco station in Robinson. In 1975, the year after he graduated with a degree in education, Mr. Miley opened Miley Auto Service in Carnegie, and in 1989, he started Miley Truck Rental in Carnegie.

Matt Miley said his education was paid for through his brother's business acumen.

"He put me in business my sophomore year. He got me a gas station eight miles from where I went to school in Slippery Rock, and that paid for college and my master's degree" in business, Matt Miley said.

A longtime member of the Carnegie Rotary Club, Mr. Miley was a participant in many of the club's activities.

"He did everything for the Rotary, dressed up as Santa Claus every year, " said Rick Hess of Moon, the owner of an insurance company. "He always played Santa for our Rotary. He loved to sing, even though his voice was not that great."

Mr. Miley met his wife, Ruth Halbedl, at a Pennsylvania Motor Speedway banquet. He proposed to her on Mt. Washington. The Mileys would have celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary this year.

It was through the Rotary that the Mileys became hosts to 12 foreign exchange students over the years.

"He was a very kind person and really liked having the students around," said his brother Ben. "He was also a history buff, and I think he enjoyed learning about their culture while they learned about ours."

At the time of his death, Mr. Miley's family was hosting a foreign exchange student.

Mr. Miley and his wife, Ruth, were the adoptive parents of three girls from China.

"He saved three kids' lives, as far as I'm concerned," his brother Matt said.

Mr. Miley is survived by his wife, Ruth Miley; three children, Jade, Lydia, and Kate; his mother, Bertha Miley, of Ingram; a sister, Twyla Miley, of Kennedy; and three brothers, Ben Miley, of Peters, Matt Miley, of Kennedy, and Jerry Miley, of South Park.

He was preceded in death by his father, William E. Miley.

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