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55th Mac Tools U.S. Nationals
O’Reilly Raceway Park
Indianapolis, Sept. 4-7, 2009
by Joe Sherk,
Securing playoff berth is Millican’s foremost goal at 55th U.S. NationalsOne race and three points separate Clay Millican from joining a select group of NHRA Top Fuel drivers in the final six races that will determine the 2009 Full Throttle Series championship.
Oh yeah, and then there’s Joe Hartley, the driver who has the same aspiration as Millican and is 11th, those three points behind the popular driver from Drummonds, Tenn.
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On weekends when I’m
not at NHRA events,
I’ll be working on
the
"Pinks All Out
show."
said Millican
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Press Release -
August 7, 2009
Crash will keep
Dalton Millican,
son of Clay
Millican Out of
Final Race.
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Hope4Sudan
Millican and MPE
Motorsports give
back to this
cause. You may
also contribute
to the people of
this country.
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how you can help
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July24, 2009
Clay in Sonoma, Calif.
Sonoma
Photo's by
Gary
Nastase
Gary Nastase Photography
909-437-5040 gnastasephotos@msn.com
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Press Release July 24, 2009
22nd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA
Nationals
Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
July 24, 2009
Clay Millican
Drummonds, Tenn.
LifeLockracing.com Top Fuel
Dragster
Contact: Joe Sherk, jlsherk@aol.com/360.981.4806
Cool weather helps
lower Top Fuel elapsed times
As soon as Clay Millican heard
his 1,000-foot elapsed time
Friday night, he knew it wasn't
good enough. Ten more Top Fuel
cars were queued up, preparing
for their second qualifying runs
on a cold, windy night at
Infineon Raceway.
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Check the latest Press Releases and Calendar of Events
Final Weekend Race Results linked from the 2009 Schedule
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July24, 2009
Clay looking for victory in
Sonoma this weekend!
Sonoma Photo's
by
Gary
Nastase
Gary Nastase Photography
909-437-5040 gnastasephotos@msn.com |
Mopar
Mile-High
Results
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Q2 - 4.985
seconds at
154.46 mph -
"we just did
a big wheel
stand
...Hurt the
car not sure
how bad yet"
- Clay
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Q1 -
Millican ran
4.12 @ 292
mph ...Check
out
lifelockracing.com
- "First lap
not too bad
for this
Mile High
Air" - Clay
Press
Release -
July 10,
2009
Mopar
Mile-High
NHRA
Nationals
Bandimere
Speedway
by Joe Sherk
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jlsherk@aol.com
Millican
10th
following
Friday's
rain-delayed
qualifying
in Denver
A stubborn
rain
disrupted
Friday's
Mile-High
Nationals
qualifying,
but it
didn't
prevent Clay
Millican
from putting
the new
LifeLockracing.com
Top Fuel
dragster
into the
provisional
No. 10
starting
position for
Sunday's
race at
Bandimere
Speedway.
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Press
Release -
July 9, 2009
Clay
Millican, Mark
Pickens partner
with LifeLock,
Starting Friday,
July 10,2009
with Mile-High
Nationals
Clay Millican
and MPE
Motorsports
owner Mark
Pickens have
entered into a
four-race
sponsor
relationship
with
LifeLock, NHRA
and RBA Sports
Marketing
that puts
Millican at the
controls of the
LifeLockRacing.com
Top Fuel
dragster in time
for Friday’s
start of the
30th annual
Mopar Mile-High
Nationals in
Denver.
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Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Results
- Norwalk, Ohio
Sunday - June 28,2009
- E2 Millican
smokes the tires and looses to Dixon
- E1 Millican wins
first round - 4.05 beat Kalitta's 4.33
Saturday - June 27th,
2009
- Q4 3.957 302.69 -
#9 position
- Q3 4.00 @ 288mph
driver 2 stepped the throttle
Friday - June 26,2009
- Q2 Ohio results
3.95 @ 302mph now 9th
- Q1 4.09 @ 276 Hot
slick - new asphalt was put down on Mon.
Clay #6
Press Release - June
28, 2009
Clay Millican
beats Kalitta; now 38 points out of ninth
place
by Joe Sherk
Clay Millican wasn’t able to claim another
Top Fuel victory in Norwalk Sunday, but he
did win his important first-round race
against Doug Kalitta in the Summit Racing
Equipment Nationals.
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Press Release - June
27, 2009
Clay
Millican hopes to cut into Kalitta's Full
Throttle point lead
by Joe Sherk
Clay Millican and the Hope4Sudan/Motorvation
Top Fuel team are again in control of their
climb up NHRA's Full Throttle point
standings. Millican squares off against Doug
Kalitta in Sunday's opening round of the
Summit Racing Equipment Nationals after
qualifying ninth, right behind Kalitta.
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Press
Release -
June 24,
2009
Summit Racing
Equipment NHRA
Nationals
Summit
Motorsports Park
Norwalk, Ohio,
June 26-28
By Joe Sherk,
jlsherk@aol.com/360.981.4806
Clay
Millican goes
for another win
at Norwalk;
Lance Larsen
pleased with
car’s recent
performances
The thought of
racing again at
Bill Bader’s
Norwalk,
Ohio-based
Summit
Motorsports Park
speed emporium
evokes many good
memories for
NHRA Top Fuel
driver Clay
Millican.
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Englishtown NJ
Results
June 14, 2009
-
Millican beats
Schmaucher out of
the gate, but smokes
tires about 200 ft
out.
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E1 - Clay just
won 1st round went
3.90 @ 309 mph -
beat Kallita 3.93 @
307
June 13, 2009
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Q3 E-Town we
tried to really step
it up and we went to
far smoked the tires
we are now #8
June 12, 2009
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Q2 E-Town
3.85@311 mph good
pass...Looks like
Stella got her
groove back!!! CAR
FEELS GOOD!!!!!!
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Q1 spun the
tires 100'
out...only 15 Top
Fuel Cars competing.
Clay at the
starting line -
Englishtown, NJ.
Press Release
June 14, 2009
by Joe Sherk
Millican
advances to
quarterfinals; Moves
closer to ninth place
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Chicago Race
Results - Sat., June 6,
2009
Q4 3.85 @ 310
mph - Millican's best
run of the year! #4 -
Hot Diggity!!!
Q3 3.90 @ 292 best early
numbers but cylinders
out at the end.
1:36 PM - Clay sitting
on the track right now
watching it rain. He was
the next car to run.
Chicago Race Results
- Friday, June 5, 2009
Q2 3.90 @ 310 mph - #8
Q1 3.953 @ 294 mph hurt
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Press Release June
6, 2009
Chicago 2009
High Definition
Video Available from
the O'Reilly Summer
Nationals
(Formats:
Flash or
WMVHD (1080)...
Notice - WMV
165MB
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Millican's 'fantastic day' brings
runner-up finish at Topeka
Clay Millican parlayed an important first-round
victory into one of his finest days at an NHRA race Sunday by
finishing a close second to Larry Dixon in the Top Fuel title round
of the O'Reilly Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
It was Millican's fourth NHRA final and his first since May 2004.
His three round wins came at an important juncture in his bid to
capture a berth in the six-race Countdown to the Championship that
begins in September. He was 11th in points when the day began, 105
behind Joe Hartley, his first Sunday foe. Now, he is within 38
points (360-322).
'It was an awesome day at the track,' said Millican. 'Our car went
down the track on every run and we were very consistent with times
of 4.050, 4.026, 4.020 and 4.056 seconds. And we got a lot closer to
10th place in points.'
His 4.056-second time (293.41 mph), came against Dixon, who trailed
Millican off the starting line (.028-second to .064), but caught the
Hope4Sudan/Motorvation dragster with a 3.971 (301.74) closing effort
to take home the trophy.
'We decided before the finals that we didn't need to beat ourselves,
that we needed to do what got us there . . . and that's what we
did,' Millican said. 'Lance (Larsen, team crew chief) came up with a
tune-up that really works in the heat. We couldn't get much more
consistent than we were Sunday. The car was smooth as silk to drive.
'I drove the car the way I used to and had fun with it. But it was a
bit disappointing when I saw Larry's front wheels creep past my
windshield a little bit, and I knew he had the win. Our guys have
nothing to be ashamed of. I'm very proud of them. We needed a
performance like this really, really bad.
'We might not have turned on the win light, but it was still a great
day for us.' Millican had an excellent day driving, leaving the
starting line first on every run. He opened with a .064-second
reaction to Hartley's .122 and led all the way, stopping the
1,000-foot timer in 4.050 seconds at 299.93 mph to Hartley's 4.203
at 251.58
The popular driver from Drummonds, Tenn., made it two straight with
a resounding victory over nemesis Brandon Bernstein. Millican
unleashed a near-perfect .005 reaction and never looked back with a
4.026 at 295.46 to a 4.097 at 280.31. In the semifinals, rival Shawn
Langston's car couldn't back up after the burnout and Millican
soloed into the finals with a 4.020 at 299.00 mph.
Millican and the crew continue their quest for series points Friday
when the United Association Route 66 Nationals begins its three-day
run in Joliet. Ill.
Press Release May 30, 2009
Clay Millican qualifies fifth at hot Topeka,
setting up
Important first-round race against Joe Hartley
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by Joe Sherk
Kansas National Guard Press Release May 28, 2009
World Champion Supports Kansas Army National Guard
Six times International Hot Rod Association World Champion Clay
Millican will be displaying Kansas Army National Guard stickers when
he takes to the track this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka.
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Topeka, Kansas
6 Time IHRA World Champion Top Fuel Driver, Clay Millican
- MPE Motorsports will show his support for the Kansas National
Guard during the Heartland Park NHRA Races in Topeka, May 29th, 30th
and 31st by displaying two Kansas National Guard support stickers on
his Top Fuel car and giving away support stickers during the three
day event. "It's a small way of thanking our troops for all they
have done for us."
Press Release May 27, 2009
Clay Millican
Drummonds, Tenn.
Hope4Sudan/Motorvation Top Fuel Dragster
Contact: Joe Sherk, jlsherk@aol.com/360.981.4806
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