With over 14 years racing experience Rhys Millen has carved out a solid career and reputation becoming one of the most sought after performance drivers in the gigantic US automotive scene.

Rhys Millen, born in New Zealand in 1972 is the son of famed rally and offroad racer Rod Millen. Rhys joined Rod in the US as a teenager and founded Rhys Millen Racing at the age of 21. RMR ( Rhys Millen Racing) is an automotive tuning and parts shop these days concentrating on rally, drift and movie car preparation.

Rhys developed his legendary car control skills through various outlets including drifting a modified Toyota Supra to a new class world record up the Worlds toughest hillclimb, the famous Pikes Peak International Hillclimb way back in 1998. This was noted by several manufacturers and Mitsubishi USA developed a relationship which resulted in RMR preparing and running there factory team programme in the US Pro Rally Championship. Rhys went on to set class records three years in a row at Pikes Peak with the potent Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5TME.

In 2003 the new sport of drifting hit US soil. A sport breed in Japan some fifteen years ago, based on “Judged " car control with high speed ( 100+ mph ) precision slides nose to tail with your competitor. This was a natural transition for Rhys, taking home top honors in 2003 drift showoff.

2004 marked the first year a fully sanctioned drift series was to be run in the US. Rhys had the foresight to pitch a program to the World’s biggest automotive manufacturer, General Motors and quickly signed up to become the Worlds first factory paid drift driver choosing the Pontiac GTO (Holden Monaro) from the GM stable. During the GTO’s development season Rhys quickly established himself as a top player winning round four of the series.  Not to be over looked was Rhys’s results at the 2004 Japan vs. USA drift event held at California Speedway. Marking the first time a non Japanese competitor had stood on the podium - with a third place finish.

In 2005 Rhys Millen continued development of the GTO experimenting with subtle speedway style aerodynamic aids assisting with the cars handling at high speed. The mix of experience, talent and creativity culminated in Rhys dominating his way to the 2005 Formula Drift championship crown.

Aside from the busy weekend schedule of events Rhys spends most of his 9 to 5 time again behind the wheel precision/stunt driving for countless automotive car commercials. Of late Rhys has made the transition into Hollywood being awarded the role of lead stunt driver of the General Lee in the recently released “Dukes of Hazard” movie. His performance lead to the roles of lead stunt driver and stunt team drift coordinator in the June 06/16 release of “Fast and Furious 3, Tokyo Drift” movie.

2006 for Rhys Millen looks to be a busy year with several pending commercial and movie projects, a busy business to run at RMR, a Formula Drift championship to defend and a new drive behind the wheel of a $500K 700+hp Trophy Truck in the SCORE Off Road Championship.