THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen

THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
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Title: THE CUTTING EDGE: The story of Kiwi motorsport legend Rod Millen
Author(s): MILLEN, Rod
MCCRYSTAL, John
ISBN: 9781775536208
Category: New Zealand - Biographies
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Paperback
Published: 2014
Published By: Random House
Pages: 254

Condition

Immaculate original condition, light wear, pages clean. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

One of New Zealand's greatest rally drivers and a hill-climbing superstar tells his inspiring story for the very first time. Rod Millen was a hero of New Zealand rallying in the 1970s. Having won several championships he quickly established himself as New Zealand's number one driver. But thereafter Millen went on to do what very few Kiwis have achieved, finding podium success in American motorsport. He won the North American Race and Rally Championship in 1979, 1980 and 1981, then in 1989 Millen achieved perhaps his greatest feat, winning the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, America's second oldest motor-racing event. Writing his name into history, he went on to win the race more times than any driver. The hill-climb is often referred to as 'Millen's Mountain'. Rod Millen is also a highly successful businessman. As a continuation of his off-road driving interests, he founded Millenworks in California in 1980, specialising in cutting-edge light tactical vehicles, armored and off-road vehicles and subsystems for the US military and theme parks. Millen has recently returned to New Zealand, building a 140-acre, ocean-front estate at Hahei with a racetrack as a driveway, modeled on his favourite hill-climb corners around the world. He's also established Leadfoot Festival, a unique weekend held every two years at the estate, bringing together a mix of classic cars, vintage motorcycles and motorsport legends, inspired by the famous British Goodwood Festival of Speed. Aside from rallying, Rod is well known for other forms racing such as super touring, drifting and extreme off-road races like the Baja 1000 (often considered the most dangerous race in the world) and Transsyberia rally (which he won in 2007). Rod also won the Race to the Sky hill-climb in New Zealand in 2002 and posted the fastest time at the 2002 Goodwood Festival of Speed in England - and he still has the record up his own front driveway.

The Cutting Edge is Rod's story, in his own words, of a life lived pushing the boundaries, of record-breaking off-road driving, working at the forefront of motorsport technology, and of creating the ultimate petrol-head heaven, right in his own backyard.

Illustrated throughout with monochrokme and colour images.

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