Corky McMillin

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Macey L. "Corky" McMillin Jr. (January 14, 1929 – September 22, 2005) was a well-known off-road desert racer and land developer. Corky moved from Missouri to Chula Vista when he was 14 and started a small construction company in Bonita, California in 1960, with his wife, Vonnie, looking after the accounting duties. While McMillin was busy building houses, he loved taking his family to the Imperial Sand Dunes on the weekends. As sons Mark and Scott got older, McMillin decided that they would try their hand at off-road racing. His first venture into a competitive event came at the 1976 Baja 1000 with his son, Mark. Although the father-son team did not finish that first race, Corky kept after it and his first win came in the 1979 Baja 1000. McMillin went on to win many more races including the Baja 500, Baja 1000, Parker 400, San Felipe 250, and Fireworks 250, most of them multiple times. Over the years McMillin won three SCORE Points Championships and on two occasions won overall titles at both the San Felipe 250 and the Baja 500. As the McMillin Companies continued to prosper, Corky expanded into different markets, eventually becoming one of the largest private developers in the country. Corky McMillin passed away at the age of 76 less than two weeks after racing in his final desert race, the SCORE Las Vegas Primm 300.