Mark Miller (born October 24, 1962) is an American professional

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racer, competing in both cars and on

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. Miller was born in

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, lives both in

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and

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, and has two sons, Nick and Sam. His non-racing profession was investing, and his hobbies include

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motorcycling,

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and

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. He has competed in

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and other classes and competitions. In April 2008 he competed in the 2008 Central Europe Rally, the first in the new series of events created by the promoters of the

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. Miller was competing for the

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factory team in a

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(#206) but crashed out of the competition on the first day. Before the 2010 Dakar Rally Sports Illustrated published this article After Stage 5 of the 2010 Dakar Rally AutoSport wrote this article about Mark Miller winning the stage In 2011 he published a book about his life, ''Dash-The Dakar Rally, Life and Happiness''.

Sporting career highlights

*1999 – AMA 4-stroke National Enduro Champion, Silver Medal Portugal ISDE *2000 – 1st Trophy Tuck Nevada 2000, 3rd Trophy Truck Baja 2000 *2002 – 1st Trophy Tuck Baja 500 *2003 – 1st place Trophy Truck Baja 1000, Baja 500, Parker 400 *2004 – 1st place Trophy Truck Baja 1000 *2006 – 5th place Dakar Rally (

) Race

*2007 – 4th place Dakar Rally (

) Race

*2008 – 2nd Place

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) Race

*2009 – 2nd place

Silk Way Rally Russia 2nd Place *2010 – 3rd place

*2011 – 6th place 2011 Dakar Rally

References

*''Volkswagen Motorsport Information: Central Europe Rally 2008'' press book published by Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH Communications 2008 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona American motorcycle racers Enduro riders Off-road racing drivers Off-road motorcycle racers Racing drivers from Phoenix, Arizona {{Motorcycle-racing-bio-stub Volkswagen Motorsport drivers Dakar Rally drivers Racing drivers from Colorado