Clint Miller

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Clint Miller
Personal information
Full name Clint Miller
Nickname "Miller Time", "Killer"
Date of birth April 29, 1962 (age 44)
Country Flag of United States United States
Height 1.683 m (5'6.25" Imperial)
Weight 70.31 kg (155lbs. Imperial)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1976-1977
1995		 JMC Racing Equipment
DirtWerx
Professional team(s)
1976
1978
1978-1979
1979-1982
1983-1984
1984
1985-1986		 JMC Racing Equipment
D.G. Performance Specialties
GJS So. Cal
Torker BMX Racing Products
Kuwahara Cycles, Ltd.
Cycle Pro/GHP
CW Racing
Infobox last updated on:
March 15, 2007

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: Early 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. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage at the time in question.

[edit] Amateur

  • JMC (Jim Melton Cyclery) Racing Equipment: Mid December 1976- Clint Miller would turn professional with this sponsor.

[edit] Professional

  • JMC (Jim Melton Cyclery) Racing Equipment: 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 Cycles, Ltd.: 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] The company is named after Sentaro Kuwahara who founded the company in 1916 in Osaka, Japan.[6]
  • Cycle Pro/GHP (Greg Hill Products): September 1984-December 1984. With CyclePro discontinuing its relationship with GHP (during its first incarnation) Clint Miller was dropped from the team for financial reasons. Clint quietly retired from BMX competition in early 1985 but came back after receiving an offer from CW Racing.
  • CW (Custom Works) Racing: October 1985-Early 1986 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.[7] He was retired for six months after being dropped by GHP and by the time CW called.[8] However, his comeback did not last long and he retired permanently in early 1986.

[edit] Amateur

  • DirtWerx: 1995. He had himself reclassified an amateur after a 10 year absance from BMX.[9]

[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.[10]
  • 1984 Qantas 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.[11]

[edit] BMX magazine covers

Bicycle Motocross News:

  • None

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

  • January 1986 Vol.13 No.1 In insert Tony Murry.
  • On the cover of the Super BMX 1983 BMX World Championship Special Edition

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

*Due to a change of ownership BMX Plus! did not publish a May 1983 issue.
BMX Biker Monthly & BMX Action Bike: (British publication)

  • Issue No.1 1983 (BMXBM)
  • October 1983 Vol.1 Iss.12 (BMXAB)

Bicycles and Dirt:

  • None

[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
  • "Clint Miller's Training Program" June 1983 Vol.8 No.6 pg.23 Miller discuss his exercise, training and diet program.
  • "Training Your Brain with Hypnosis" BMX Action April 1984 Vol.9 No.4 pg.58 Article about self hypnosis to better focus the mind psycologically for racing Clint Miller contributed to.
  • "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

  1. ^ Super BMX June 1984 Vol.11 No.6 pg.27
  2. ^ BMX Plus! June 1982 Vol.5 No.5 pg.29
  3. ^ BMX Plus! July 1988 Vol.11 No.7 pg.26
  4. ^ BMX Plus! June 1986 Vol.9 No.6 pg.9 (4th answer to the BMX Trivia contest answer side bar)
  5. ^ BMX Plus! April 1982 Vol.5 No.4 pg.23
  6. ^ Super BMX & Freestyle May 1986 Vol.13 No.5 pg.26
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Super BMX & Freestyle January 1986 Vol.13 No.1 pg.49
  9. ^ Fatbmx article
  10. ^ BMX Plus! December 1981 Vol.4 No.12 pg.42
  11. ^ Fatbmx article

[edit] External links

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