Clay Millican will attempt to write a successful finish Sunday to a three-race streak that lifted
him into 10th place in NHRA's Full Throttle Drag Racing Series standings. Awaiting is an important
first-round pairing with Doug Kalitta, who is ninth in points, when the United Association
SuperNationals begins at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.
Millican's Hope4Sudan/Motorvation Top Fuel dragster starts from the No. 8 slot, one ahead of
Kalitta, and it's likely they will be the first pair down the track. Kalitta leads Millican by 75
points.
"That's certainly going to be an important race for us," said Millican, who had a qualifying best
of 3.885 seconds at 311.05 mph. Kalitta's numbers were 3.959 at 305.10.
"We were hoping to get one more qualifying run Saturday, but rain began falling and didn't let up,
so NHRA officials ended qualifying early," Millican said. "We were trying to run another 3.88
(seconds) in our first attempt, but we didn't. Lance (Larsen, team crew chief) tuned it up but it
wasn't long before the tires lost their grip and began smoking. We will definitely be ready to go
against Kalitta."
Millican began this three-race string with a runner-up at Topeka and followed last Sunday with a
semifinal finish that enabled him to squeeze past Joe Hartley into 10th by just one point, 397-396.
