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Millican Can't Hold off Schumacher at Indy |
Sunday, Clay Millican was able to hold off all non-qualified Top Fuel
dragsters to keep his No. 16 starting berth for Monday’s Mac Tools U.S. Nationals,
but he was unable to hold off the charge of Tony Schumacher and the Army
dragster in the first round.
Millican left the starting line first – .036-seconds to .078 – but
Schumacher ran him down with a winning elapsed time of 4.546 seconds at 324.59 mph to
the RATT – Back for More Tour’s 4.643 at 325.77.
“We had a great race car all weekend – even with all the changes we made,”
said Millican. “Usually you want to take baby steps when you make the kind
of changes we did, but Johnny (West, team crew chief) took giant leaps. Now we
can begin taking small steps again.
“We ran well and our slowest mile an hour in five laps was 324.67 mph, even
in the heat of the day.”
The other speeds were 327.74, 326.95, 326.56 and 325.77 mph.
“We’re happy and look forward to going home – and racing at home,” added
Millican, who resides in Drummonds, Tenn., not far from Memphis Motorsports
Park, site of the O’Reilly Mid-South Nationals, Sept. 12-14. |
