Clay Millican posted another strong 1,000-foot elapsed time Saturday as qualifying concluded for
Sunday's 22nd annual Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. He starts eliminations in the No. 7
position.
"We have a really good race car," Millican said of the recently-repaired LifeLockracing.com Top
Fuel dragster. His quickest run of 3.934 seconds at 302.08 mph came Friday night, but the crew was
equally pleased with Saturday's 3.975, 299.20 mph effort in the hot afternoon sun. While it
equaled Larry Dixon's time, Dixon's 3.891 run from Friday remained No. 1 overall.
"That, unfortunately," said Millican, "puts us against Antron Brown (the series point leader). He
is our consulting partner. One of us will move into the second round, and I hope it's me. He's
built up a pretty good cushion (over the second-place driver)." Brown qualified 10th 3.952 at
305.84.
In the day's first session, tire smoke forced Millican to lift and he coasted to the finish line
in 5.729 seconds.
