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Mel Miller
Listed with Miller Racing, for big bore and stroker motors, in Sea-Doo's 1998 racing handbook; Group K's notes of 1997 discuss a magazine article on a Miller 1045cc Sea-Doo XP and two shops representing his products
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Business
Sea-Doo's Racing Handbook, a Bombardier publication the Internet Archive dates to 1998, prints MILLER RACING (Big Bore and Stroker Motors) with the name Mel Miller in its list of aftermarket manufacturers.
Sources: Sea-Doo Racing Handbook 1998
1997 · Likely
Group K, an engine shop, in its notes on Personal Watercraft Illustrated's September 1997 issue kept on its own site, discusses the magazine's article on a Miller 1045cc Sea-Doo XP and remarks that the article gives two shops representing Mel Miller's products. The archive reads this Mel Miller as the handbook's from the name and the engine work, an inference.
Sources: Group K Between the Lines 1997
2005 · Likely
The International Jet Sports Boating Association's (IJSBA) directory of corporate associate members, as captured on 9 March 2005, lists Miller Racing with the contact line Attn: Mel Miller, and prints no title beside it. That this is the Miller Racing of the 1998 handbook rests on the firm's name and the contact's name, an inference the archive draws.
Sources: IJSBA associate directory 2005
Recognition
The IJSBA's hall of fame roster lists, among its Lifetime Achievers of 2009, one group printed as Franco Detori/MelMiller/Dan Lamey. The archive reads MelMiller as Mel Miller and as this person from the name alone.
Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page
Elsewhere in the archive
- Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
- Era: The makers and their machines
What the archive has not read (3)
- No document read says who founded or owned Miller Racing; the handbook and the 2005 directory print his name beside the firm without a title (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).
- The September 1997 magazine article that Group K discusses is not held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).
- World Finals result sheets of 2004 and later print Miller Racing in riders' sponsor columns; nothing on them ties that name to him (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).
Documents cited on this page
- Sea-Doo Racing Handbook 1998 (archive.org): Sea-Doo Racing Handbook, 1998 edition (Bombardier Inc.; Internet Archive item manualzilla-id-6025632, OCR excerpts), Bombardier Inc., held by the Internet Archive, 1998; manufacturer primary, medium. The craft maker's racing handbook for Sea-Doo racers, dated 1998 by the Internet Archive's item title (its text lists 1996 IJSBA champions and paint codes to 1997). Read from the OCR text on 2026-10-16. Its Aftermarket Manufacturers section lists makers the craft maker says it recommends, each with a line of goods in brackets: Factory Pipe (Exhaust Systems), Hot Products (Racing Parts), Ocean Pro Engineering (Race Parts and Flame Arresters), Westcoast Performance Products (Racing Parts and Carbon Fiber Hulls) and others; its 787 engine section names a Factory Pipe exhaust; a page quotes the Westcoast Performance Products racing team manager. Medium: an independent maker's document, read as OCR, and the list is its recommendation, not a test. Held as excerpts with addresses and telephone numbers removed.
- Group K Between the Lines 1997 (groupk.com): Between The Lines - January 97 to December 97 (Group K, groupk.com), Group K, 1997; enthusiast media, medium. The same shop's comments on the technical items in the PWC magazines of 1997, issue by issue, kept on its site under the heading January 97 to December 97. Read on 2026-10-05 and held as text; the page is current and no earlier capture is held, so the dating rests on the heading and the issue-by-issue layout. Medium as a trade participant's period commentary, cited only for which products it names as existing.
- IJSBA associate directory 2005 (web.archive.org): IJSBA associate members, corporate member directory (Wayback capture of 9 March 2005), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2005-03-09; sanctioning body, high. The association's own list of companies holding associate membership, as its site showed it on 9 March 2005, each with an address and most with a named contact. High for which companies the association listed and whom it named for each; it gives no title or office for a contact. The held text is an excerpt of the page.
- IJSBA hall of fame page (ijsba.com): The Jacobsen-Stjernstrom IJSBA Hall of Fame (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association; sanctioning body, high. The association's own roster, read on 22 September 2026, giving the hall's name, its creation and dedication in 2006, and inductees by year to 2014, names only. It publishes no selection criteria and no citation for anyone.
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“Mel Miller”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/mel-miller/
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