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

enduro Enduro is a form of motorcycle sport run on extended cross-country, off-road courses. Enduro consists of many different obstacles and challenges. The main type of enduro event, and the format to which the World Enduro Championship is run, is ...

motorcycling,

mountain bikes A mountain bike (MTB) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which m ...

, fly fishing and

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. He has competed in SCORE,

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Rally-Raid Rally raid, also known as cross-country rallying, is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. The length of the event can be as short as 2–3 days for a cross-country baja to as long as 15 days with marathon ra ...

and other classes and competitions. In April 2008 he competed in the

2008 Central Europe Rally The Central Europe Rally was a rally raid endurance race held in Romania and Hungary, and served as the relocated 2008 edition of the Dakar Rally, the 30th running of the event.Central Europe Rally 2008: 2008 Edition > The Route The Amaury Spor ...

, the first in the new series of events created by the promoters of the

Dakar Rally The Dakar Rally (or simply "The Dakar"; formerly known as the "Paris–Dakar Rally") is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Most events since the inception in 1978 were staged from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal ...

. 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 Rally dos Sertões (

) 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