Blown Tire, Nitro, New Look, Hurricane Rain and Some Questions Answered
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- We blew a tire. I give you some Nitro mixing history. St Louis is getting some of the hurricane rain and I answer some of your questions. #automobile #car #racing
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Good luck this weekend Clay! Stomp on that loud peddle!
Let's go CLAY! Always fun times!
She looks great!
Ramble away, buddy. we'll listen
Hi Clay! In the motorcycle world, driving where you look is called Target Fixation. A couple questions for you is, what are the peak pressures for the intake manifold and fuel system??
Cheers from British Columbia!
And airplane driving too😏
And truckin' too.
Could you some time explain the dash board readings. The tach in the center is obvious , but the others?
See you today clay!!!!
Great video! Love your stuff Clay! God bless!
Clay,,,...Luv your candid , honest Q and A ...that's what defines you...Stomp that loud pedal!
Change the valve spring keepers don't want a POP GOES HEMI!!!😂😂
Great stuff Clay! Love the old nitro hydrometer from the Bo-Weevel! The best thing about the rain out is Q&A with Clay. I hope everyone checks out the Q&A on Leigh's channel. th-cam.com/video/Fr9G3uOtGeM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for bringing us along. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
So 57,000 gal of Nitro….at an estimated average cost of say $12.00 per gallon that’s near $700,000…..and that’s the minimum cost to run a fuel car……
In the 80’s we sometimes put a “bullet hole” in the body of the F/C when a plug would shoot out.
Instead if potholeism we referred to it as “steer to target”
Hope it dries out down there but in bigger light, may those that passed away during Helene may they RIP.
Nitro today cost $42.00 a gallon these days. I actually don’t ever remember it being $12.00 a gallons. It adds up quick to a big number for sure.
@@claymillican25 Ya I was looking at it over time and thought I'd go with a conservative #. My first experience was as a senior in HS in 1969 with the first nitro car I started to work with, on the west coast. If you bought a full drum you could get it for 10.00 a gallon. We would use about 10 to 12 gallons a pass....burnout, (longer then_ dry hops, a dry leave from the line (all allowed then) and of course we were running full 1320 then.
Also back in the 60's 70;s and I believe early 80's it was made here in US...(refinery in Louisiana as I remember) Now Arco imports it I believe from India,.
Hope all goes well and you can move up another spot.
Clay and RWR for the win!
HELLL YEAHHH BROTHER, really good vid Clay!!! Thanks!! Now stomp on that old loud peddle! Good luck!!
Love the vids clay all the way from Australia 💪
I have to admit, those were some really good questions. Some I've never really thought of before. Good luck buddy.
You're not old Clay, you are just approaching your PRIME. You have a lomg way to go.
Hey Clay, did you say that you burn 20 gallons of fuel per run? That is astounding to me!!
Look where you want to go is HUGE in motocross! Love ya Clay
I agree with the "driving where you look" thing. You should always look ahead, but target fixation is something to fight against through practice. It becomes somewhat easier if you just blur your focus to not see the fine details, also enhances your awareness - don't need to move your eyes to know what is in your field of vision, just move your attention away from the center!
What happened to the small front wheels T/F cars were running in the 80's and why did they go away?
They take away Elapsed Time because of less roll out. Improved reaction times but slowed elapsed time. So they went away.
Loving loving loving the education. As always, thanks brother, God bless, and stomp on that loud pedal asap.
Clay I see “Ford” on the side of the car. What is “Ford” about your TF car, other than the decal and some money that comes with it. (Not being facetious, just interested in Fords involvement in TF.)
Thank you!
Your awsome brother, keep pushing forward...SOTLP...👍
I have my grandpa’s Enderle fuel beaker. I like cool old stuff
Hey Clay! Love the content! I got the luxury of meeting the team back in 2022 in Gainesville. I was the guy working for LJR with the jumper cables. My question is how does someone go about getting an interview for your team with Rick Ware Racing?
You are right Clay. You ARE the only guy out there giving us all this info, and we all appreciate it ! Even for an old racer like myself, I have learned more about modern Top Fuel over the past year or so, from your videos, than in the previous decade! Keep doing what you're doin!
Clay, yes were awesome but so are you! Been watching drag racing for 36 years and I learned some new things tonight. GOOD LUCK tomorrow. No rain.......
Clay I love your channel. When Kevin (CSR) came to visit a few years back is how I was introduced to your channel. Nitro is very interesting, I love all things fast & loud. I'm a aircraft mechanic and work on cars too, so I love the mechanical aspect as well. I always wonder what it would be like driving a nitro car 300+. Your channel is awesome. You're always answering questions, you're always so happy, kind and positive. It's really awesome watching someone who has been part of nitro so long! You share so much knowledge and experiences. I am really hoping to catch one of your races, maybe next season!!
Clay God Bless your, family and team.
Hey brother, will you be at the “Chritsmas Tree race” aka Cleetus end of the year drag race..with Dentley?
Clay I’ve followed you since 2003/04 in Grand Bend Ontario Mopar Nationals. You haven’t changed a bit. Alway ready to talk to the fans,(remember that two hour oil down). You are the best!
Good luck this weekend Clay!!!! SHAKE AND BAKE BABYYYYY
Clay, My wife and I came to St Louis to see our very first NHRA race. We came by your pits to see your hot rod and you walked right over to us and shook our hands giving us an awesome welcome. You’re a stand up guy!! We watched you burn some nitro and it was amazing! Thank you for the experience. Look forward to seeing you again. Thanks
Wow that's a lot of nitro if I did my math right it's like.... 1 Thousand & Forty.... 55 gal drums 🤔 that's a lot of loud pedal stomping lol . Love the old skool storage box passed down .. I'm usually at the Motorplex when you swing through anyway hopefully you get another WALLY in Dallas thank for content Bro.
I was driving down I55 through that m?ess pulling a 53ft dry van. Queston for Jim O. Are both magnetos timed the same?
Hi Clay, appreciate your efforts to video all the action in your camp and to answer questions like this now and then. I've learned a lot over the years watching your channel, as you never get that kind of insight from anybody else! So keep up the good work. I have one question for you. On the warmups when done they disconnect the fuel line at the hat and fuel is spilling around from the supply line. Why not have a three way ball valve installed so they can just flip a handle and cut the fuel off from the supply and open up the injector side to let the fuel clear from the engine side.? Less mess, easier... To me anyhow. Cheers AC
Are they still making die cast collectables of your car and where can I find them? Would be great to add to my collection! Good Luck Clay, Jim O and the team!
Great video. Glad you are ok from blowout. Expensive day. Im going to predict you will run 2nd best ET in Q1. CAKE POINTS..lol Really loved your live video with Leigh too. Watched the whole thing, and wanted more. Great team effort in Q1 today....I can't believe that TF is like Pro Stock. You guys are so close in times it is ridiculous. Anyone who makes it into the show with a full field earned it this year. Let's do a slow roll and win that Championship one week at a time
Awesome video Clay! Question: What is Jesse doing at the end of the warmups when he pushes down some sort of plunger for a few seconds then pulls it back up right before shutoff? Thanks. 👍🏻
No Mr Clay you are awesome you have so much enthusiasm you can feel it in every word you speak I so enjoy listening to what you have to offer because I know it means so much to you thank you
By far you are the most informative driver since Kenny B, he would take the time to explain to the fans, when he had free time. I love the fact you'll take time and make us fans a priority and that will take you a long way, just as it did Dale Sr. LOVE THE CONTENT!!!!!!
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When I was a kid in the late 60s,early 70s Saturday morning Hot Rod TV had Top fuel high lites ....remember STP stickers on Kids bicycle ?
Awesome video 👍👍 Thanks For The Info 👍🙏 Good Luck and God Bless You 🙏🙏 Stay Safe 👍😁 Yeah it Came all the way to Eastern Ky But we needed the rain bad .. Thank God For The Rain!!
Obviously OBVIOUSLY you TopFuel racers are very different people, you Clay Sir can look around all you like, blinkers or not.
Love to see you do something down here in Australia, give Steve a ring, when you move into winter we move to summer.😉
Yo Clay I meet you back in Bristol. I just wanna say you are my biggest inspiration. Everyone one of your videos hits me in my soft spot. Thanks Clay 😁😁
Love the new dress of the car !. We all love watching you answer those questions. Every answer makes me knowledgeable about the Top Fuel racing ! 😊
I met Clay in Huntsville at a outlaw topfuel race many years ago. I ask him if he was going to run it out the back because of the short shutdown and he said he would run it in the corn field behind the track if he had to...LOL.. I have been a fan ever since.
I used some Badday road race radial slicks and they were very poor for balance. About 40-50 grams per side. Dunlops were no more than 15 on the same rims. Plus they had about 3 heat cycles and were useless.
Man I hope you don’t get bad comments! I’ve followed you for 20 years, you’ve always been the same, and that’s just plain awesome! Love ya brother
You’re not old !!! I am old 76 😢 and I’m not a race car driver! But I think I could be if I was younger because I have learned so much from you!!! You and your team do an awesome job love to watch all your videos keep them coming.😎
Well Clay, it was just a day of cold rain back home in Memphis. No big deal. It's sunny now, but cool. Bring us home a dub!
Yeah, you’re not just a “driver”, but you understand the mechanics of the car. We LOVE IT!!
What numbers are you letting us see on your car’s dashboard?
Still would like to know what the strings tied to the rear wing mounts are for.
Yeah, it's not just the hurricane folks have to worry about. On July 8th 2024, during hurricane Beryl. We took a direct hit from an EF2 tornado (winds were around 110 MPH) here at the house. It did tens of thousands of dollars of damage to our home and totaled both my truck and the wife's Jeep. All in about 60 to 90 seconds. There's news footage of some the damage. Not of our house, but just down the road. Just Google Jasper Tx EF2 tornado on July 8th 2024. Oh and y'all know how folks say it sounds like a freight train? Nope, Just heard really heavy rain and then it was like a bomb went off followed by trees landing on the house, debris hitting the house, parts of the roof being torn off, and the ceilings in two rooms and a closet collapsing (one being the room I was in). Definitely not an experience I would recommend.
My thoughts and prayers for all the folks that have lost loved ones during all this and those who have had their lives turned upside-down, we know how you feel that's for sure.
I wish you would quit saying you're OLD. I'm right there with ya buddy, 53 and counting. Unfortunately my Grandpa paassed at 62 and my dad at 59 so I'm scared shitless I don't have much time left. Just live life and have the most fun you can have, it'll all work out however God plans it.
Good luck with weekend,,,,bro to me your the best driver,,,,,and I mean it,,,,,just like Mike Tyson,,,too me he was the best. boxer ever,,,, but go tear them up,,,,,,and be careful,,,one more thing love your videos keep them coming
Oops , good afternoon Clay it’s 12:16 pm Saturday just into noon time , thanks for the old question’s and answers , hope you have a wonderful day , from East Texas .
Hey Clay! Your helmet camera video is the best I’ve seen in 25 years watching drag racing. The sound and view makes it feel like we’re driving the top fuel car!! Especially when the visor goes down! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! Good luck this weekend!!
Another great video Clay, speaking of the off season maybe a little trip down under for Donna and yourself with Jim O (that’s assuming Jim O is coming down this year to race with Bruce)
Anyways 4 win lights this Sunday is on the cards
Thanx for the Q&A. If team allows, how bout posting pics & names in a future vid. Let 'em know we understand teamwork.
Was gonna comment about "target fixation", lol. Most all the motorcycle classes teach about it, but also race training! (Kinda like us driving & not looking 100 yards down the road, lol).
Hope Yall are OK Clay. it missed us down here in South Alabama but it looks like Tennessee got hit hard. Stay safe Buddy!!
Cool stuff! I have wondered about the tire balancing myself. Pretty soon we will all be experts on Top Fuel cars! LOL!
What a great way to end the video with Iggy highlights. Hopefully Milli's okay as it's unusual not seeing both of them in a video, Clay. The car's graphics are on point and remind us of the Arby's colors which everybody knows resulted in an amazing weekend with winning the nationals. Here's to bringing another Wally back home to Tennessee! Cheers!
That nitro mix tube sounds very much like Trigger in the British sitcom, "Only Fools and Horses" when he claimed his broom had lasted for 30 years, only had 3 brush heads and 2 broomhandles! 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for sharing the update, perfect timing. There's car 🚗 going down the track right now! Loved all the Q&A yesterday on Leigh's channel. ❤ You guys are so cool 😎
Clay, Thank You, Donna, Your Sisters and Rick. The Work Horses, your team is so rewarding for us
Dear Mr Millican, I will be sporting my *new* Iggy Millican Top Fuel Dogster shirt today here Pacific Raceways in Seattle! (Yes, there is a motocross track at the end of the run-off area, I get to announce Theair about twice a year.)Tthank you for helping our pups across our great nation! I feel privileged to be wearing this shirt.
It's also called Target fixation when you're looking at something you might want to avoid. Motorcycle guys are particularly bad about doing this
You learn something every day. It's so logical that there is no need for tire balancing, but I didn't know it. I have seen a professional tire shop putting g tires on rimms for DTM car in Germany. Rimm and tires(slicks) were so perfect that when they came on the rims, it required 0 weights on all four rims. This happened to me only once when I had Breyton Magic II rims, and I bought some premium tires for it. Never ever I have had it again despite stock M rims on BMW and good tires.
Hey Clay, I'm a hometown guy with you here in Millington, know some of your family and done work for them. Anyways I have always been curious about this and maybe you've addressed it at some point, but has anyone ever made a pass with a Top Fuel car on plain gasoline only and no Nitro. I know it wouldn't be near as awesome but I've always wondered if these engines would run good without Nitro. I'd assume gasoline only wouldn't keep it cool enough to run long but could you elaborate on this? Thanks Clay!
Petrol (gas) is actually used for initial fire up of the engine, so it would be possible for sure, but like you said, due to the lack of cooling it wouldn't be able to run for very long. What I love is watching a start-up and listening for the change in engine note that indicates it is running on the good stuff. 😋 My dad told me a saying he has heard in his many years as a fan. Petrol (gas) is for cleaning parts. Ethanol (alcohol) is for drinking. Nitro is for racing. 🎉 Sadly, here in the UK we only have ONE active and open dragstrip, but hey, at least we have it and get to burn some nitro! 😃
@@captainnutnut6077 yes I was aware they start on gas and you are right the distinctive sound upon switch to Nitro is incredible. When I was in high school me and my buddies would make the noises of startup and switch over while shaking our desks.😂😂. The teacher of course couldn't appreciate the spitting, sputtering and shaking our desk made on the switch over! #truenitrofans 😂
They would be horrible unless you changed the fuel system to run gas. The current amount of fuel going in engine is way higher than what you could run with gas. I doubt anyone has ever tried it.
@@claymillican25 Gotcha, I forgot about all the fuel delivery on these engines, unlike one on gasoline, so it makes sense it would be horrible on gas. Thanks for the answer.
No tire smoke and no nitro fumes didn't matter at all, excellent video just FULL of great info! Thanks for rambling on man, we love it. Good luck when the rain stops!
Clay, many years ago you had one of your cars displayed on Beale Street in Memphis. I talked to you and found out both of us started going to drag races at Lakeland Drag Strip. That was super cool. 😎
Much appreciated and as usual an informative entertaining chat with a knowledgeable driver/crew member.
Hope the weather cooperates.
Take care and play safe.
You absolutely do Go where you look. As an old BMX racer (started when I was 57) I tell all the young riders to keep looking ahead because they're always turning their heads to see who's beside them or behind them and invariably they wind up turning the way they turn their head. Even when you're flying a plane you look to the horizon. I did that once too.
I can not believe that you guys do not have drivers for you big rigs and motor homes. Kind of refreshing to see you guys put in all the work. When you come through the small town of Milan on your way to Norwalk next season I will have a stomp on that loud peddle sign in my yard for you. Love the channel. Do it for Dale.
Thanks for the answer about the blinders, Clay.
Hey Clay if you are ever going thru Missouri on I44 stop at the 169 exit and try out SweetWater Bbq
Me used to teach new motorbike riders when you enter a corner, and you think crap I will not make this one. don't look at were you think you are going, because yes, you will end up there. Look where you want to go, and your chances of making the corner is now much more likely, in fact probable.
Thks Clay for the update!! I do hope everyone is safe from this hurricane and hope you run today!! See ya @ the Texas Motorplex!!! Looking forward to saying hi!!
STOMPUS MAXIMUS from the Stacker Studio!
On your Racepac, your digital dash, I know JimO has some of the info blocked out but I do see two of the squares show info, one of them I am guessing is fuel pressure, the other is what I am curious about, I have noticed it usually shows 0 but lately I am seeing upwards of 19, what is that for if you can tell it.
So, if you put all of your races together over your career you’d have driven roughly 3 hours straight (average of 3.75 seconds per run) at over 300 mph
lol, that would be both heaven and hell
Clay I follow your TH-cam channel from Ireland, we don’t do any drag racing in Ireland and I am fascinated with Top Fuel drag racing. Keep up the good work and I always look forward to seeing your videos
Hi Clay, I still remember seeing you at the Mopar Canadian Nationals in Grand Bend, Ontario. On your racepak dash the lower left and right numbers, are they oil pressure on left and boost on the right?
I can't recall if you have done a video on the warmup from the crew's perspective. I would like to know what they are specifically looking at/for.
Clay,you rock! Good luck this weekend. Stomp on that loud pedal! Peace
The Q&A was great. Thank you very much. And sir you are freakin awesome. Like you said you are the only one telling all of us these things.
The potholism is true. Im no racer but i gnowingly trained myself to not to to that. Professionaal truckdrivers in europe mostly train themself that way to.
Lol, I was just wondering last week if they balance the tires... Mostly because I need to go replace mine
I’ll have a question. When are you coming out to Australia 🇦🇺 to race in our top fuel series in our summertime be awesome to see you out here racing
Hey clay, met you at pomona spring race back when you were sponsered by werner. You were super nice to me and my then 10 year old son. We've been fans ever since, great to see one of the good guys win, your personality is awesome
Really awesome stuff here. It's cool the way u answer questions n get fans that may not know as much or be as in tune with the sport to feel closer to and get more into the sport. I think it's far under credited what your doin for the sport with the inside view and the more personal look into the sport I think it's helping more than people will ever know. And call me superstitious but if y'all have any issues pop up since changing the box n tester id be goin right back to the old box haha. After 26 years idk lol. Good luck out there clay!!
Love you Clay! You made my sons entire weekend when you shook his hand at maple grove in the hospitality tent after you were done racing!!! Thank you so much for being a great example to the younger generation and all of us!!!!
Ask a trucker , that blow out could have been 10x worse and I’ve always wondered how much fuel you have burnned
Love these history stories Clay. That's a lot of nitro. Love to know how it's made and what it costs. The old box did make an appearance in the video "Day in the life of a...."
Most keyboard warriors aren't real races, so they don't understand how bobs and weaves going down the track (whether it be in cars or on bikes) usually looks way worse (safety wise) than how it actually feels👍
Stopping at 15 minutes during your thank you. Those were great questions and even better answers. i miss the chats with DougO so these Q&As are a great subtitute.
Clay so you mix your own fuel and add nitro for your car everytime?
Thanks for answering some questions, my son and I be there Sunday.