Rhys Millen
| Rhys Millen | |
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Millen at NJMP, 2010
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| Nationality |
 New Zealander
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| Born |
6 September 1972 New Zealand |
| Related to |
Rod Millen (father) Steve Millen (uncle) Ryan Millen (brother) |
| Global Rallycross career | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Rhys Millen Racing |
| Car no. | 67 |
| Starts | 31 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2011 |
| Finished last season | 10th (2014) |
| Previous series | |
| Formula D | |
Rhys Millen (born 6 September 1972), nephew of IMSA GTS driver Steve Millen, son of Rod and older brother of Ryan, is one of the America's top competitors in drifting. Prior to that he was a top rally driver in the US, and became the first works backed driver from a car manufacturer with GM in 2004 after narrowly losing to Ken Nomura in the US D1 Grand Prix exhibition event in 2003. In 2011 Millen raced a 500 bhp AWD Hyundai Veloster in the US Rallycross championship. In the following years he competed in the Global Rallycross series.
Millen became just the second champion in the short history of the United States' top drifting series, Formula D, just a year after his good friend, Samuel Hubinette, became the maiden series champ. Millen has two wins in his Formula D career: the 2004 season finale at the Irwindale Speedway, and the 2005 season opener at the Wall Speedway in Wall Township, New Jersey. He became the highest placed non-Japanese driver in the US round of the D1GP event in 2005, making it to the last 8 after beating Masato Kawabata, only to lose to Yasuyuki Kazama through a "One More Time" rerun. Millen's father, Rod, also competes in drifting on occasion. In fact, Rod made his Formula D debut at the 2005 season finale at Irwindale, the same event where his son was crowned the champion.
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