The Canadian Sportsman
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Back To Hollywood ExtraSeptember 18, 2009
What exactly does David Miller (Dave Landry photo) have to do to become a Hall of Famer?
He is the fifth leading money-winning driver in the sport’s history — at $129 million. That’s the highest figure in harness history for any driver not in the Hall.
In addition, his seven $10 million seasons are second only to John Campbell all-time. Miller should have been in a long time ago.
Brian Sears is about $300,000 away from becoming the eighth driver to reach $100 million (in U.S. funds).
It’s interesting to note the first four to hit the nine-figure plateau — John Campbell, Mike Lachance, Ron Pierce and Cat Manzi — all went into the U.S. Hall of Fame with less than $100 million in earnings at the time, but none of the next four drivers on the $100 million list are, yet, in the Hall.
Oh, and Tony Morgan has surpassed $99 million, so sometime soon he’ll be the fifth to hit $100 million and not earn a berth in the Hall of Fame.
Dave Palone, who will be enshrined in 2010, has $76 million to his credit — some $55 million less than David Miller.
No offense to Dave Palone, but it appears they got their Daves in the wrong order.
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