Age, Biography and Wiki
Rod Millen was born on 22 March, 1951 in New Zealand, is a New Zealand rally and racing driver (born 1951). Discover Rod Millen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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Aries |
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22 March, 1951 |
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22 March |
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New Zealand |
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New Zealander
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Rod Millen Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Rhys Millen |
Rod Millen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Rod Millen worth at the age of 72 years old? Rod Millen’s income source is mostly from being a successful driver. He is from New Zealander. We have estimated Rod Millen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Pending |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Rodney Kenneth Millen (born 22 March 1951) is a New Zealand racing driver, vehicle designer, and business owner.
He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rallying, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.
Rod Millen was born in New Zealand.
All have raced in various types of motorsports.
Both of Rod's sons, Ryan and Rhys have raced with him in the Baja 1000.
Early in life Millen was trained as a surveyor, but he decided to race for a living.
He is married to Shelly Campbell, the Event Director for the Leadfoot Festival held each February in Hahei, New Zealand.
Millen began racing in the New Zealand Rally Championship.
He was the season champion in 1975, 1976, and 1977 driving Mazda Rx3s.
Rod Millen competed in several World Rally Championship events from 1977 to 1992.
Millen decided to move to the United States in 1978 to do rally races in the United States, again with a Mazda Rotary powered vehicle, the Rx7.
He won the North American Race and Rally Championship in 1979.
He repeated as the champion of the North American Race and Rally in 1980.
In 1981 he won the SCCA PRO Rally, and he won his second series championship in 1985.
He won back to back SCCA National Rally Championships in 1987 and 1988.
While winning his third straight SCCA National Rally Championship in 1989, he also won the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
In 1989 he raced against his brother Steve in IMSA's 24 Hours of Daytona.
He won the GTU division of the race with codrivers Al Bacon and Bob Reed.
He began competing in major hillclimbing events, and in 1989 he won the Class C division at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
He was most active from 1989 to 1992, driving a Mazda 323 AWD, codriven by Tony Sircombe.
He placed second in the 1989 Rothman's Rally of New Zealand.
In 1990 he won the Rim of the World SCCA PRO Rally event, and finished second at the Rally Malaysia and the Rally Indonesia.
Millen returned to the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, winning in the Open Class in 1991 and Showroom Class in 1992.
Millen began competing in the Mickey Thompson Stadium Series, an indoor stadium off-road racing series in 1991.
He won two events in 1992.
He won the series championship in the Grand National Sport Truck series in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
In the 12-year history of the series, he was the only driver to win the series championship in three consecutive years.
In his career, he had 12 victories in the series before it closed down.
His success earned him a spot on the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) All-American First Team in 1992 and 1994.
Millen captured the record for the fastest ascent of the 156 turn, 12.42 mile (19.99 kilometer) Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
He moved to the open rally division in 1993, finishing second.
He broke the old record time by 40 seconds when he ascended the hill in 10:04:06 in 1994 in his all wheel drive Toyota Celica.
Rod had the fastest overall time at the famous mountain four more times (1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999), but was unable to beat his goal of completing the climb in less than 10 minutes.
Millen and his wife became the first husband-wife team to contest the hill.
He also became the father-son (with Rhys) to win overall titles on the hill.
Millen competed in the South Africa Stadium series in 1997, winning the championship.
Millen returned to his native country New Zealand to compete in the first annual Race to the Sky hillclimb in 1998 near Queenstown.
His record was broken on 21 July 2007 by Nobuhiro Tajima driving the Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special to a time of 10:01.408.
However, Tajima's record was set after the Pikes Peak surface was partially paved whereas Millen's record was on dirt.
