Sun, 27 Sep 2009, 10:00 PM Motor Problems Slow Millican at Fall Nationals

Courtesy of Joe Sherk

ENNIS, Tex. -- Determined to get a first-round win Sunday, Clay Millican responded with a very impressive .010-second reaction time, but the motor in the Hope4Sudan/Motorvation Top Fuel dragster didn't cooperate, and Shawn Langdon got the win light in the O'Reilly Super Start Batteries Fall Nationals at Texas Motorplex.

"We continue to learn new ways to lose," said a disappointed Millican. "We broke one of those $20 parts that never breaks. It was an exhaust adjuster in the motor and it broke on the burnout. And it was a new one.

"We did have a bit of a lead off the starting line, but it was just one of those things . . ."

Langdon, who had a .066 reaction, had no problems, completing the 1,000-foot race in 3.911 seconds at 309.13 mph to Millican's 4.051.

Millican remains in 10th place with 2,062 points in the six-race NHRA Countdown to 1 championship playoffs.

The Munford, Tenn.-based team won't be traveling far for the third race. The O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals unfolds at Memphis Motorsports Park, Friday through Sunday.

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