Steve Millen

New Zealand racing driver (born 1953)

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Steve Millen

Millen's Nissan IMSA car

Nationality|  New Zealander
Born|  (1953-02-17) 17 February 1953 (age 71)
Related to| Rod Millen (brother)
Rhys Millen (nephew)
Ryan Millen (nephew)
Previous series
1995
1986–1987| International Race of Champions
American Racing Series
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years| 1990, 1994
Best finish| 5th (1994)
Class wins| 0

Steve Millen (born 17 February 1953) is a retired New Zealand IMSA race car driver. In the 1970s and 1980s, Millen raced in hillclimbing and Formula Ford before doing stadium off-road racing in the United States in the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG). He then began sports car racing, winning numerous championships in IMSA Camel GT. Millen won 20 races in the series, including the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring.

## Racing career

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Millen began his racing career in hillclimbing in 1969. He then moved to the Formula Ford series. He started competing in rally cars in the mid 1970s. He switched to off-road racing in the Mickey Thompson Entertainment Group (MTEG) stadium series in the early 1980s. He won the 1986, 1988, and 1989 Mickey Thompson Off-Road Grand Prix Grand National Sports Truck Championships. He also won two Indy Lights races in the series' inaugural 1986 season, that same year, he also participates in the last round of the World Rally Championship in the 21st Olympus Rally driving for Toyota Team Europe, accompanying the Swedish drivers Björn Waldegård and Lars-Erik Torph.

Millen switched to the IMSA Camel GT series in 1990. He was the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans Rookie of the Year. He won three races and took five pole positions in 1990. He had seven poles and five wins in 1991. He also drove for Allan Moffat Racing in the 1991 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst, partnering Gary Brabham in a Ford Sierra RS500 but the car did not finish the race. Millen expressed interest in returning by no offer was forthcoming with the Moffat team seeing the return of the cars builder Ruedi Eggenberger in 1992 along with his ace driver Klaus Niedzwiedz.

Millen won the 1992 IMSA GTS championship in a Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo car. He won the 12 Hours of Sebring and had top five finishes in the first four events before his 1993 season ended with injuries at Watkins Glen International.

Millen returned in 1994, and won the IMSA GTS championship. He won the 1994 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and was first in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 1995, Millen won the 12 Hours of Sebring. He was invited to the International Race of Champions (IROC). He was leading the IMSA GTS championship, when he had a professional career-ending crash at Road Atlanta. He had competed in three of four IROC races.

Millen has the most all-time wins in IMSA GTS history with 20 victories. His 23 pole positions are also a series record. [1]

He has had several wins in occasional appearances in various series since his retirement.

Millen also worked as a driver for commercials sometimes with Rod and has appeared in a commercial for Honda, despite being under contract at the time to rival Nissan. He is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild as a stunt driver, which provided the healthcare he needed when he had his career ending crash.

## Business career

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He started Stillen, an aftermarket performance parts company specializing in Nissan and other performance vehicles in 1986. During the 1990s, Millen offered a line of customized high performance Chevrolet Suburban SUVs, and several modified Nissan special edition vehicles. Millen has also been active in designing and engineering race cars for hill climbing, notably the Pikes Peak and Race to the Sky hillclimb in Queenstown, New Zealand.

## Racing family

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Steve's brother Rod Millen became a legend at the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. Steve is the uncle of Rhys and Ryan who both compete in motorsport events.

## Motorsports career results

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### International Race of Champions

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(key) (Bold \- Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results

Year  | Make  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | Pos.  | Points  | Ref
1995 | Dodge | DAY
9 | DAR
9 | TAL
10 | MCH | 12th  | 20  | [1]

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year  | Team  | Co-drivers  | Car  | Class  | Laps  | Pos. | Class
pos.

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1990 |  Nissan Performance Technology Inc. |  Bob Earl
Michael Roe | Nissan R90CK | C1  | 311  | 17th  | 17th
1994 |  Cunningham Racing  |  John Morton
Johnny O'Connell | Nissan 300ZX Turbo | IMSA
GTS  | 317  | 5th  | 1st

Sources:[2][3]

### Bathurst 1000 results

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Year  | Team  | Car  | Co-driver  | Class  | Position  | Laps

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1991 | Allan Moffat Enterprises | Ford Sierra RS500 |  Gary Brabham | Div. 1  | DNF  | 128

## See also

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* Stillen
* Rod Millen
* Rhys Millen
* Nissan

## References

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1. ^ "Steve Millen – 1995 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
2. ^ "Steve Millen". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
3. ^ "Steve Millen Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

## External links

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* Stillen website
* Steve Millen driver statistics at Racing-Reference
* Images
* Profile and results of Steve Millen, Rallybase.nl
* rallye-info profile on Steve Millen

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Teo Fabi

|  Winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix
1980 | Succeeded by

David McMillan

* v
* t
* e

Winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona

* run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962–63)
* Daytona 2000 (1964–65)
* 6 Hours of Daytona (1972)
* 24 Hours of Daytona (1966–71 / 1973 / 1975–present)

Five-time|

* Hurley Haywood
* Scott Pruett

Four-time|

* Peter Gregg
* Pedro Rodríguez
* Rolf Stommelen
* Bob Wollek

Three-time|

* João Barbosa
* Derek Bell
* Hélio Castroneves
* Scott Dixon
* Christian Fittipaldi
* Butch Leitzinger
* Juan Pablo Montoya
* Brian Redman
* Memo Rojas
* Andy Wallace

Two-time|

* Filipe Albuquerque
* Max Angelelli
* Mauro Baldi
* Tom Blomqvist
* Terry Borcheller
* Elliott Forbes-Robinson
* A. J. Foyt
* Al Holbert
* Kamui Kobayashi
* Jan Lammers
* Ken Miles
* Simon Pagenaud
* John Paul Jr.
* Lloyd Ruby
* Scott Sharp
* Jordan Taylor
* Ricky Taylor
* Wayne Taylor
* Didier Theys
* Al Unser Jr.
* Renger van der Zande

One-time|

* Allmendinger
* Alonso
* Amon
* J. Andretti
* Ma. Andretti
* Ballot-Léna
* Bandini
* Barber
* Beretta
* Bergmeister
* Bernhard
* Boesel
* Bouchut
* Bourdais
* Boutsen
* Braun
* Briscoe
* Brown
* Brundle
* Buckler
* Cameron
* Campbell
* Collard
* Dalziel
* Derani
* Dismore
* D. Donohue
* M. Donohue
* Dupuy
* Durán
* Duxbury
* Dyson
* Elford
* Fellows
* Field
* Fitzpatrick
* Franchitti
* Fréon
* García
* Garretson
* Gentilozzi
* Gordon
* Graves
* Gurney
* Hand
* Hasemi
* Helmick
* Henn
* Herrmann
* Hezemans
* Hill
* Hoshino
* Ickx
* Jarvis
* Jelinski
* Joest
* D. Jones
* P. J. Jones
* Kanaan
* Kimball
* Kinnunen
* Kneifel
* Krages
* Larson
* Lässig
* Lavaggi
* Law
* Lienhard
* Luyendyk
* Martin
* McMurray
* Mears
* Merl
* Millen
* Moran
* Moretti
* Nasr
* Neerpasch
* Negri
* Newgarden
* Nielsen
* O'Connell
* Oliver
* Ongais
* Pace
* Papis
* C. Parsons
* Paul Sr.
* Pescarolo
* Pew
* Pilgrim
* B. Rahal
* G. Rahal
* Rice
* Robinson
* Rockenfeller
* Rossi
* Schneider
* Schrom
* Siffert
* Suzuki
* Unser Sr.
* Van der Merwe
* Van Overbeek
* Weaver
* Wendlinger
* Werner
* Wheldon
* Wilson

* v
* t
* e

Winners of the 12 Hours of Sebring

Six-time|

* Tom Kristensen

Five-time|

* Rinaldo Capello

Four-time|

* Frank Biela
* Pipo Derani
* Allan McNish

Three-time|

* Hans-Joachim Stuck
* Mario Andretti
* Marco Werner

Two-time|

* Bob Akin
* Sébastien Bourdais
* Geoff Brabham
* Derek Daly
* Loïc Duval
* Andy Evans
* Juan Manuel Fangio
* Juan Manuel Fangio II
* Olivier Gendebien
* Hurley Haywood
* Hans Herrmann
* Phil Hill
* Al Holbert
* Jacky Ickx
* Stefan Johansson
* Nicolas Lapierre
* JJ Lehto
* Alex Lynn
* Emanuele Pirro
* Brian Redman
* Jordan Taylor
* Eric van de Poele
* Johannes van Overbeek
* Fermín Vélez
* Andy Wallace
* Phil Walters

One-time|

* Aïello
* Aitken
* Alboreto
* Baker
* Baldi
* Bamber
* Barbosa
* Barbour
* Behra
* Bernhard
* Bianchi
* Bomarito
* Bonnier
* Gary Brabham
* Brown
* Castellotti
* Collard
* Collins
* Curran
* Daigh
* Dalmas
* Davidson
* de Narváez
* Delétraz
* Dumas
* Dyer
* Earl
* Elford
* Fässler
* Fitch
* Fittipaldi
* Fitzpatrick
* Foyt
* Franchitti
* Frisselle
* Garretson
* Gartner
* Gené
* Giunti
* Gray
* Gregg
* Gurney
* Hall
* Hawthorn
* Helmick
* Herbert
* Herta
* Heyer
* Hunter-Reay
* Jani
* Jarvis
* Kaffer
* Keyser
* Kulok
* Larrousse
* Leven
* Lloyd
* Ludwig
* Luyendyk
* Maglioli
* Mass
* McFarlin
* McLaren
* Mendez
* Miles
* Millen
* Moffat
* Moretti
* Morton
* Moss
* Mullen
* Müller
* Nasr
* Nierop
* O'Connell
* Oliver
* Pace
* Panis
* Parkes
* Paul Jr.
* Paul Sr.
* Pescatori
* Peter
* Pruett
* Rahal
* Robinson
* Rojas
* Ruby
* Scarfiotti
* H. Sharp
* S. Sharp
* Siffert
* Sims
* Surtees
* R. Taylor
* W. Taylor
* Theys
* Tincknell
* Tréluyer
* Vaccarella
* Vautier
* Wollek
* Woods
* Wurz

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