Thu, 09 Feb 2017, 14:14 PM Millican & Stringer Set On Bringing Home First NHRA Win in 2017

Courtesy of Nicole Erickson

McLEANSBORO, Ill. -- Stringer Performance and Clay Millican have teamed up for a third year to race the Great Clips, Parts Plus, University of Northwestern Ohio Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The 2017 season kicks off for this Friday at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Millican completed the 2016 season in the 10th position and was the number one qualifier at two of the biggest races of the year: The U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis and the Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas. This year, Stringer Performance owner, Doug Stringer, wants to put his dragster in the Winner's Circle.

"Our focus from day one is to win. We want to win each time we are at the race; that's what our goal is," said Stringer. "Last year we focused on getting into the top-ten and we did that. This is our third year and now we've got the data, education and crew to make it happen. We want to win races and compete for the NHRA Mello Yello Championship."

Millican is a six-time World Champion in IHRA Drag Racing, but his first NHRA Wally has eluded him. He has made it to the finals eight times in his NHRA career.

"I am eager to win my first NHRA race. I want to get that first win out of the way immediately," Millican said. "I've had eight final round appearances and I'm closing in on the record for the most runner-up finishes without winning. That is a record I do not want."

Millican and the team just finished three days of Nitro Spring Training in Phoenix where crew chief David "Grubby" Grubnic had a long list of ideas to improve performance of the Parts Plus/ Great Clips dragster. The team tried out several new parts and combinations to help propel them to victory in 2017.

"As per normal Grubby came to testing with pages of plans. Each pass we would make a set amount of changes," said Millican. "Nitro Spring Training is for testing and that is exactly what we did. We never intended to try and make the fastest run; that was not our priority. We want to be top qualifier at Pomona."

Circle K NHRA Winternationals Schedule
Friday, February 10
1:00 p.m. Nitro Qualifying Session 1
4:00 p.m. Nitro Qualifying Session 2
Saturday, February 11
1:00 p.m. Nitro Qualifying Session 3
4:00 p.m. Nitro Qualifying Session 4
Sunday, February 12
11:00 a.m. Nitro Eliminations Begins

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