Few figures in American racing history have had as much impact as Harry Miller, builder of an incredible range of successful and groundbreaking racing cars over the early decades of the 20th century. Given this month’s Profile of a car from Miller’s primary era, we thought it would be good to take another look at his legacy.
From the home page, if you click on the link “Miller History” in the left hand column, you will go to a page with a central block of text just below which is found a link saying: “Go to Miller History.” Clicking there opens a page entitled (what else?) “Miller History,” where you’ll find an abridged biography of one Harry Arminius Miller, described as, “quite simply, the greatest creative figure in the history of the American racing car.”
In the interest of full disclosure, please note that the site duly credits and excerpts the two biographies that provide the foundation upon which its content is constructed, Griff Borgeson’s Miller, and Mark Dees’ The Miller Dynasty.
The site breaks Miller’s life down into segments, with the first covering from his birth in 1875 to 1916, and then continuing in four-year intervals through to 1932, before adding an 11-year segment for 1933-1943 that’s followed by a list of “Racing Highlights” that should keep you busy for a while.
