Clay Millican - Official Web Site

About Clay Millican

From the Beginning...
Clay Millican, from Drummonds, Tenn., has loved drag racing his entire life. He got his first racecar at the age of 16, and fueled his passion for racing in the Sportsman ranks for many years. Clay had raced as a hobby for all his adult life until Peter Lehman came along. His path to Top Fuel carries a fairy tale style story.

He was working as a forklift driver for Kroger Supermarkets while campaigning simultaneously an IHRA Modified eliminator entry when Lehman selected Millican to drive his Chicago White Sox-sponsored Top Fuel Dragster entry. Peter provided the opportunity for Clay to fulfill a lifelong dream of driving professionally.

The goal was to learn the game and to establish themselves as the Top Fuel team of the future. What Peter saw in Clay was not only a potentially great driver, but a Southern gentleman with an unwavering passion for the sport and genuine appreciation of the fans of drag racing. Lehman and Millican later acquired sponsorship backing from trucking giant Werner Enterprises and formed one of the most well-known driver-sponsor alliances in IHRA Top Fuel history.

Personal...

Residence: Drummonds, TN
Height: 5’ 7”
Weight: 140
Family: Married, wife Donna; sons Cale and Dalton

Clay In Front of The Camera

In 2005 Clay and the team worked with Warner Bros. Studios to promote the movie release of “The Dukes of Hazzard”. In 2004 during the middle of “Elvis Week,” in the middle of the day, in the middle of one of Memphis’ busiest streets, everything came to a screeching halt - and a smokin’ start – in front of Graceland when then three-time IHRA Top Fuel champion Clay Millican stepped on the gas and launched his Elvis Presley “He Dared To Rock” dragster down the middle of Elvis Presley Boulevard.

Clay’s “never short on words” personality and unprecedented success at the race track with ESPN and professional Drag Racing has landed him some unique opportunities away from the track. SpeedTV and TV producer Rich Christensen recognized his appeal to Drag Racing fans and selected Clay as host for the SpeedTV Drag Race High series and co-host for the popular spin-off Pinks All Out series.

" The line to be part of PINKS is long. When the Network suggested we bring on a racing expert, I gave them one name - Clay Millican. Everyone will tell you what a great racer he is. What a great driver he is. I don't care about any of that. I care about the unbelievably great person he is. On every level, Clay exemplifies the kind of person we should all strive to be”

-Rich Christensen, Creator and Host of Pinks All Out, on Clay Millican

“He is colorful, energetic and genuine in his love for the sport, his team, and his sponsors, and that passion comes through ineverything he does. In short, he is an asset to the race team and his sponsors both on and off the track.”

-Bob Frey, NHRA Announcer & ESPN Reporter, on Clay Millican

Pinks All Out Season 2

– Pinks All Out, the popular spin-off series of hit SPEED lifestyle show PINKS, is host, creator and executive producer Rich Christensen’s answer to sandbagging –he doesn’t like it. The Pinks All Out format was created to give PINKS fans an opportunity to compete for or witness the awarding of a $10,000 grand prize; it’s a no holds barred, no sandbagging, heads up competition.

#2 rated original program on SPEED among men 18-49!
Pinks All Out airs monthly on Thursday’s between 9pm and 10pm est.
With repeats Pinks All Out is averaging over 30 hours of programming per month

Drag Race High

– High school rivalries kick into overdrive as auto shop students turn a regular car into a drag race champion. This ain’t your daddy’s shop class! Students from rival high schools strip their new rides down and turn them into contenders. Talking smack only gets you so far when your school’s reputation is on the line. Who’s got what it takes and who’s left behind?

BURNOUT

An action packed MTV2 series with eight 30 minute shows hosted by 6 time top fuel champion Clay Millican. THE CONCEPT: Two Universal Technical Institute (UTI) Teams…9 weeks to build a drag car... Students do all the work... student drives the car...Winning team gets scholarships… the losing car gets crushed.

THE FINAL EXAM: Each team brings their newly crafted ride to where it all started the drag strip. It all comes down to a best three out of five drag race with the winning class claiming bragging rights and scholarships