[miss scatterbrains]

I remember Sammy I may only be 26 but I remember him, he was the sort of person that once you meet him you'll never forget him!! He was a friend of my dad (who worked on the liquidator, stripteaser, sweet sixteen, and red arrow) I used to call him uncle Sammy, and he alwys used to talk to me donld duck voice and always had sweet's in his pockets even if he had just done a run! Always came and spoke to me to let me know he was alright aftre a run, I must have been 2 when i first saw him go.
Sammy Miller will always be my hero!!!!

[jaytee]

That’s an excellent find JayTee. Although I can’t read the small print, Sammy ran a ‘72 Ford Mustang Funny car built by John Buttera before that, but the Miller Duster you have uncovered gave Sammy his first and only NHRA Wally at the inaugural NHRA ‘71 Grandnationals in Canada.

Apparently, the car ran again in season ‘72 but it caught fire at the NHRA Nationals burning Sammy quite badly. Two years later, Sammy returned again with another Mustang but later sold it a few months in to finance his rocket car project after a chance drive with the ‘Pollution Packer’ rocker dragster.

[MotorPsycho]

found a couple of really good articles on Sammy at drag racing online
http://www.dragracingonline.com/features/miller_1.html
http://www.dragracingonline.com/features/miller_b1.html

[jaytee]

This great shot is from Steve Reyes excellent new book FUNNY CAR FEVER which also features photos of Dennis Priddle racing Blue Max and Lee Anders Hasslestrom

[timetravel]

"That weekend he ran in the fours at 300 mph"

-- No he didn't. Fours, yes. 300 mph, no.

Best run that weekend was a 4.41/290.6m.p.h.

[jaytee]

A few shots of the 72 Mustang from Rodder and Superstock magazine

[spencer tidswell]

I remember Sammy I may only be 26 but I remember him, he was the sort of person that once you meet him you'll never forget him!! He was a friend of my dad (who worked on the liquidator, stripteaser, sweet sixteen, and red arrow) I used to call him uncle Sammy, and he alwys used to talk to me donld duck voice and always had sweet's in his pockets even if he had just done a run! Always came and spoke to me to let me know he was alright aftre a run, I must have been 2 when i first saw him go.
Sammy Miller will always be my hero!!!!

On reading this i must totaly agree he was one of the nicest people id ever met also!!! with my mum racing gean,s t (jean tidswell) she was always talking to people and i remember sammy miller being one of them and he came to the pub one night in bedford i think?? there was a dragster arcade game there and the best chicken and chips you could imagine.
sammy was talking in donald duck and singin don mclean - amarican pie he was rally happy and i dont think he ever sore himself as any differant to any body else there..... he will be missed by every body and he is the focus on many topics still to this day..... (r.i.p)sammy ...... spencer

[Badger]

Don't know if anybody picked up a copy of Hot Rod last month. There was the first part of a 'barn finds' feature, one of the cars shown in as found condition was the Mustang 2 JFC of Sammy Miller. Roller only if I remember .. I should of bought a copy.

[dragnut]

I picked up a copy of it in newark airport. If i ever work out how to use the scanner, ill post it on here!

[laurieshaw]

I just found this pic of the interior of Vanishing Point from around 1980 of there abouts. Not much to see really, but then again you didn't go to see the 'engine' I suppose.