{{Infobox person | name = Sammy Miller | birth_name = Samuel Anthony Miller | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|04|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|10|29|1945|04|15}} | death_place = Texas, U.S. | resting_place = Gate of Heaven Cemetery and Mausoleum, East Hanover, Morris, New Jersey }} '''Sammy Miller''' (nicknamed "Slam'n Sammy") (born '''Samuel Anthony Miller'''; April 15, 1945{{spaced ndash}}October 29, 2002) was a dragster and funny car builder in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>Taylor, Thom. ''Slam'n Sammy Miller Wedge'', in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.38.</ref><ref>"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CK32-MW3Z : 24 August 2022), Slam'n Sammy Miller, ; Burial, East Hanover, Morris, New Jersey, United States of America, Gate of Heaven Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 207308472, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.</ref>
Miller was responsible for the "Miller Wedge" digger in 1974 and the rocket-powered ''Vanishing Point'' Vega FC in the 1980s.<ref>Taylor, p.38.</ref>
The Wedge was allegedly a product of Miller's dislike of repeated funny car fires. It featured bicycle front wheels, a low-mounted, front-sloping rear wing, and a mid-mounted engine (placed further ahead of the rear axle than most similar dragsters).<ref>Taylor, p.38 photo.</ref>
Miller was killed in an accident on Tuesday 29th October 2002 whilst working in the Texas oilfields for his company Applied Force.
==Notes== {{reflist}} Fastest quarter mile run ever. 3.58 sec 386mp Sammy Miller in Vanishing Point Rocket Car Santa Pod.
==Sources== *Taylor, Thom. "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone" in ''Hot Rod'', April 2017, pp. 30–43.
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