Rodney Kenneth Millen (born 22 March 1951) is a New Zealand racing driver, vehicle designer, and business owner.

[1][2][3] He has competed in numerous genres of motorsports, including rallying, off-road racing, hillclimbing, drifting, and super touring.

He is married to Shelly Campbell, the Event Director for the Leadfoot Festival held each February in Hahei, New Zealand.

He began competing in major hillclimbing events, and in 1989 he won the Class C division at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

His success earned him a spot on the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association (AARWBA) All-American First Team in 1992 and 1994.

[8] Millen captured the record for the fastest ascent of the 156 turn, 12.42 mile (19.99 kilometer) Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

[8] His record was broken on 21 July 2007 by Nobuhiro Tajima driving the Suzuki XL7 Hill Climb Special to a time of 10:01.408.

Millen returned to his native country New Zealand to compete in the first annual Race to the Sky hillclimb in 1998 near Queenstown.

[8] He finished second in the season points standings in 2000 after winning at Luxemburg, Wisconsin, Fort Dodge, Iowa, Bark River, Michigan, and Topeka, Kansas.

Millen has competed in numerous Baja 1000 off-road racing events, most recently finishing second in class in 2006.

With co-driver Richard Kelsey, they competed the 7,100 kilometers from Moscow, Russia to Ulan Bator, Mongolia the fastest of the 26 teams, driving one of 26 Porsche Cayenne S Transsyberia rally cars.

The company now develops vehicles, high performance parts, and technology for racing, concept cars, and the military.