Over the weekend at Virginia International Raceway, site of the doublerace season finale of the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda, Joel Miller clinched the championship by finishing 10th in Saturday’s race one, won by Jeff Oleen.

As if to make up for the less than stellar manner in which he won the title, on Sunday Miller put together a sterling effort in race two, coming from the sixth row to win with a last-lap, last corner run on Fabio Orsolon, nipping the young Brazilian by .029 of a second at the line.

Miller, 19, from Hesperia, Calif., earned the title bonus of a paid seat in the 2008 Star Mazda championship, conservatively valued at $350,000, courtesy of Mazda and Skip Barber Racing.

With 404 points, Miller’s victory in the last of the year’s 14 races gives him five wins and a 36- point margin over championship runner-up Ricky Taylor (368), a two-time winner. Third was A.J. Riley, who also won twice and notched up 357 points.