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Sammy Miller (nicknamed "Slam'n Sammy") (born Samuel Anthony Miller; April 15, 1945 – October 29, 2002) was a dragster and funny car builder in the 1970s and 1980s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Miller was responsible for the "Miller Wedge" digger in 1974 and the rocket-powered Vanishing Point Vega FC in the 1980s.
Sammy Miller bought his legendary Vanishing Point rocket car out of retirement in 2002. Previously, Sammy had run the quarter-mile in 3.58 seconds at 386.26 mph at Santa Pod, which I...
Over the next several years, he’d become a Santa Pod staple, running a series of Vanishing Point rocket cars using Keller KD-3500 and KD-5000 hydrogen peroxide rockets before switching to GG Industries rockets.
Due to popular demand, Santa Pod have brought Sammy Miller and the Mustang-bodied Vanishing Point Rocket Car back from the US. The rocket engine is new. The fuel is Hydrogen Peroxide.
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Raul Cabrera and Ronnie Poole built this solid-fuel propelled VW rocket car over the course of three years. At the time, it was the only rocket car using solid fuel. 150 mph top speed. While testing the car at Vandenburg Airport in Brandon, Florida, Poole was killed on March 4, 1981.
Sammy Miller had tweaked the rocket in Vanishing Point to try and beat the 3.7 second rocket car record of Kitty O'Neil. He only managed a 4.73 but succeeded in shattering virtually every...