Clint Miller
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Clint Miller (b. April 29, 1962 from Covina, California USA) is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1976-1984. A popular nickname given to him was "Miller Time", particular after a win. "Miller Time" was a play on his name that happened to invoke a popular 1970's advertising campaign slogan by the makers of Miller Beer, the Miller Brewing Company to indicate to the consumer that after a hard task at work or play that it was "Miller Time", a "..time to relax.."
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[edit] Racing career
Note: Professional first are at the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: 1975 at 12 years old at the Covina Vally BMX track in Covina, California.[1]
Sanctioning Body: Unsanctioned.
First race result: Did not make main in 12 boys class.
First win (local):
First national win:
Turned Professional: 1977 at 15 years of age.
First Professional race result: First Place at Covina Valley in 1977. He won US$17.[2] It was a local race.
First Professional* win: See above.
First sponsor: Jim Melton Cyclery Mid December 1976.
Retired from Senior pro racing: 1986 age 24.
Height & weight at height of his career (1983): Ht: 5'6.25" Wt:~ 155lbs.
*At the start of his pro career, there wasn't a two tier system of Junior and Senior Pros, therefore his first pro race and/or win was his first in Senior pro.
[edit] Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors.
[edit] Amateur
- JMC (Jim Melton Cyclery): Mid December 1976- Clint Miller would turn professional with this sponsor.
[edit] Professional
- JMC (Jim Melton Cyclery): Mid December 1976-
- D.G. Performance Specialties (The initials stood for Dan Hangsleben, Gary Harlow[3]): -December 1978
- GJS So. Cal (The initials stood for Greg Jeff and Scott Utterback[4]): December 1978-December 1979. The initials were for the first name of the Jeff Utterback's father, Jeff Utterback the famous racer himself, and his younger brother.
- Torker BMX Racing Products: Late December 1979-December 1982
- Kuwahara: January 1983-September 1984. Clint left Kuwahara* after it disbanded its BMX team effort due to financial difficulties.
*Kuwahara is Japanese for Mulberry Meadows.[5]
- Cycle Pro/GHP (Greg Hill Products): September 1984-December 1984. With CyclePro discountinuing its relationship with GHP (during its first incarnation) Clint Miller was dropped from the team for financial reasons and Clint retired from BMX competiotion in early 1985. He briefly retired after that but came back after receiving an offer from CW Racing.
- CW (Custom Works) Racing: October 1985- After leaving GHP he had actually quietly retired, never intending to race again. Then he got the call from CW Racing. They were looking for a pro to replace the departing Pete Loncarevich who was leaving CW for Haro Designs in April of 1986.[6] He was retired for six months after being dropped by GHP and by the time CW called.[7]
[edit] Amateur
- DirtWerx: 1995. He had himself reclassified an amateur after a 10 year absance from BMX.[8]
[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles
[edit] Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
- None
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
- None
[edit] Professional
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
- None
National Bicycle League (NBL)
- None
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
- None
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
- 1983 Pro World Champion
Pro Series Championships and Invitationals
- 1981 Anglo-American Challenge Invitational Champion (United Kingdom BMX (UKBMX) sanctioned) This was basically an exhibition race held in Redditch, England to celebrate the one year anniversary of the founding of BMX in England. There was no pro class. Miller won the 16 and over amateur trophy dash to gain the title.[9]
- 1984 Quantas BMX Titles Australian Champion
[edit] Notable accolades
- Clint Miller is a 2005 ABA BMX Hall of Fame Inductee
[edit] Significant injuries
[edit] Peccadilloes
[edit] Post BMX career
He still races both BMX and MX occasionally but can be found mostly racing MX as a past time.[10]
[edit] BMX magazine covers
Bicycle Motocross News:
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
Bicycle Motocross Action:
- January/February 1979 Vol.4 No.1
- August 1983 Vol.8 No.8 with Harry Leary leading.
BMX Plus!:
- May 1982 Vol.5 No.5
- March 1984 Vol.7 No.3 with Brian Patterson.
- August 1984 Vol.7 No.8 with Woody Itson, Mike Miranda and Toby Henderson.
Bicycles and Dirt:
[edit] BMX press magazine interviews and articles
- "Clint Miller" Bicycle Motocross Action September 1981 Vol.6 No.9 pg.39 Short sidebar article concerning his Cruiser.
- "Clint Miller BMX Plus! June 1982 Vol.5 No.5 pg.29
- "BMXer On The Go" Super BMX June 1984 Vol.11 No.6 pg.24
- "Five Minutes with Clint" BMX Action September 1984 Vol.9 No.9 pg.31
- "Interview: The Businessmen" BMX Action April 1985 Vol.10 No.4 pg.53 Joint interview with Greg Hill.
- "Clint's Back!"Super BMX & Freestyle January 1986 Vol.13 No.1 pg.49
[edit] End Notes
- ^ Super BMX June 1984 Vol.11 No.6 pg.27
- ^ BMX Plus! June 1982 Vol.5 No.5 pg.29
- ^ BMX Plus! July 1988 Vol.11 No.7 pg.26
- ^ BMX Plus! June 1986 Vol.9 No.6 pg.9 (4th answer to the BMX Trivia contest answer side bar)
- ^ BMX Plus! April 1982 Vol.5 No.4 pg.23
- ^ Super BMX & Freestyle December 1985 Vol.12 No.12 pg.5 Note: Super BMX & Freestyle mistakenly printed that Kuwahara was Clint Miller's last sponsor before briefly retiring and being picked up by CW; it wasn't; it was GHP.
- ^ Super BMX & Freestyle January 1986 Vol.13 No.1 pg.49
- ^ Fatbmx article
- ^ BMX Plus! December 1981 Vol.4 No.12 pg.42
- ^ Fatbmx article
