Rhys Millen was born in New Zealand into the Millen motorsports family.
As a teenager Rhys moved from New Zealand to the USA to join his
father's successful motorsports and vehicle company, Millenworks. Before
becoming involved in drifting, Rhys was a top rally driver, including
setting a class record in the Pikes Peak hillclimb event. He founded
RMR (Rhys Millen Racing) at the age of 21. RMR is an automotive tuning
and parts shop these days concentrating on rally, drift and movie car
preparation.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bill Keesing
Rhys Millen was born in New Zealand into the Millen motorsports family.
As a teenager Rhys moved from New Zealand to the USA to join his
fathers successful motorsports and vehicle company, Millenworks. Before
becoming involved in drifting, Rhys was a top rally driver, including
setting a class record in the Pikes Peak hillclimb event. He founded
RMR (Rhys Millen Racing) at the age of 21. RMR is an automotive tuning
and parts shop these days concentrating on rally, drift and movie car
preparation.
From 1993 to 1998 he won the High Performance Showroom Stock 2WD class at Pikes Peak. From 1999 to 2001 he won the High Performance Showroom Stock 4WD class. he holds the record for both classes before the classes were retired.