AutomationDirect, based in Cumming, Georgia, has been Miller Racing's major sponsor since they began racing in the Trans-Am series in 1996. AutomationDirect.com is the industrial control products online superstore, marketing the products used by business to control the machines that operate factories, commercial buildings, amusement parks and even car washes.

Cutler-Hammer , a part of Eaton Corporation, with sales of approximately $2 billion is one of the world's leading suppliers of electrical control products and power distribution equipment.

With 1999 sales of $8.4 billion, Eaton is a global diversified industrial manufacturer of highly engineered products that serve industrial, vehicle, construction, commercial, aerospace and semiconductor markets. Principal products include hydraulic products and fluid connectors, electrical power distribution and control equipment, truck drivetrain systems, engine components, ion implanters and a wide variety of controls. The company has 64,000 employees and 200 manufacturing sites in 24 countries.

Racing School

In addition, several other fine companies are pitching in as associate sponsors this year, including Unishippers, Turn One Motorsports racing school, AVG, Facts Engineering, and Quantum Automation.