Checking Out Clay Millican's BRAND NEW Top Fuel Dragster!! (12,000+ HorsePower!!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- We head out to Gainesville Raceway to watch @claymillican25 test his brand new NHRA Top Fuel Dragster!! 12,000+ hp is on tap for some awesome shakedown runs!!
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There's not a friendlier man in all of nhra, than smiling Clay Millican. Best of luck this season !!!!
That's true he let me sit in one of his top fuel dragsters when I was a kid
Clay really is the best
I don't know, that Erica Enders fellow pretty damn nice. And he ran a racers for Trump sticker on his pro stock Camaro. That takes balls bigger than I'll ever have
I met clay 17 years ago as a 13 year old boy. It was Michigan. He was racing IHRA. He let me and my brother come into his hauler to get autographs. he ended up winning the event. He let his fans come on the track with him as he cut his hair. Was an awesome experience all around and I’ll never forget
@@RicknShortysAdventures That's kick ass. Sounds like an excellent day.
Top Fuel is amazing, and Clay is a great guy for sharing so much knowledge.
Clay is a class act. I had a friend tell me how 43 cup cars was the most amazing thing he's ever heard. I took him to a nhra top fuel race. It blew his mind.
Clay Millican is such an upstanding and friendly guy with an amazing team, and I’m glad Kevin and Clay are friends. This is great side content for this channel. It’s good to see Kevin enjoy his personal time outside the shop. 👍
I don't know the man but just from watching this, Clay looks like he LOVES what he does and his enthusiasm is infectious. I mean, who wouldn't be enthusiastic about 12k horsepower? EDIT: The car leaves the line so fast it looks like the footage is sped up! It doesn't even look real. That's incredible.
*Clay's channel is a must-sub* cos he's not just the guy with the most IHRA Top Fuel wins in history but a truly humble car nut who takes his subscribers right inside his team with virtually nothing hidden, it's absolutely extraordinary, his team enjoy talking us through rebuilds, explosions, tuning, the astonishing intricacies of tuning a clutch, his content in the off season is his own car projects etc which if you've watched him for a while you'll already be invested in but otherwise watch some of last season's vids then sub and enjoy the coming season - you'll never ever get to feel this close to Top Fuel otherwise, it's astonishing we aren't paying for this! Awesome video thanks Kevin 🤗
Clay nailed that final start. Best wishes for a great season of Top Fuel racing, Clay.
clay seems like such an awesome guy. I bet this was an amazing experience! thanks for bringing us along
Clay is great, go check his channel 👍
@@iannorton4463 i went backwards - i'm here from clay's channel! :-)
Clay is the most down to earth dude, and at the highest level of the sport with all the money and effort that it takes, he is all smiles.
Clay is from my home state of Tennessee. Love Clay Millican. Oh yea, received my Soccer Mom t shirt in the mail today. It looks awesome.
Clay Millican is the one of the finest ambassadors for the NHRA that the sport has.. A first class guy, who loves what he does for a living, and never forgets the fans. I met him once, a long, long time ago...you don't forget the good guys.
Thanks Kevin. Really enjoyed this.
Clay is such a GREAT ambassador for the sport of Top Fuel.
Clay Millican seems like the coolest chill guy around! What an awesome person, and stands to make sense why you two are friends!
Kevin that was awesome !!! thanks for taking us along for the ride, Clay is such a happy guy always smiling and willing to talk to anyone.
It's so nice to see clay getting a brand new ride. I hope they have a really good season he deserves it so much, I have been a fan of his since the IHRA days
Yeah, I am pulling for a few wins this year. he has the car, he has the parts, and he has THE TEAM!! Go Clay!
I've ALWAYS loved Clay as a racer. Probably the happiest guy in racing.
Kevin in Clay’s car, looking like a kid sitting in a rollercoaster at Disney for the first time. 😁👍🏻
Thanks for including us in the fun, Kev.
Clay’s got a carbon footprint like a 747 and we wouldn’t want it any other way! 😂👍🏻
Clay is a hell of a guy, most down to earth guy out there
Clay is legit the coolest guy. Love how nice and friendly he is. His videos are great too
It has been great to follow Clay Millican and his team. Thanks Kevin! We Finns have our own hero in the Top Fuel class, Anita Mäkelä. He is the first European to win the European Championship in two different classes, in the Top Alcohol class twice and in the Top Fuel class four times. Awesome stuff this is!
Best ksr video in a while. Shows how much Clay respects you and how down to Earth he is.
I feel like Kevin could go way faster than Soccer Mom, but chooses reliability and happiness.
Clay.... Love this guy, and I have to say that the enthusiasm y'all share for this sport is very infectious and needed. KEEP IT UP!
Thanks! Will do!
Anytime Clay is around you know it’s gonna be epic👍
Clay is SUCH an awesome person! Always one of, if not THE most approachable people in the NHRA pits. Talking with him once a few years back at Norwalk, I was telling him how my shop was one of the highest volume shops with CPW in my area (his sponsor) so he pulls my family back into his pit, takes all kinds of pictures with the kids, and introduces us to the company president. Dude is such an amazing guy, and so genuine. Never seen him not smiling.
Two of the nicest guys in the sport. Smiling Clay Millican and KSR Kevin!! What a video!
It's never a bad day when you do a catch up with Clay! Kevin nerding out and Clay just smiling away 😁
I absolutely love this channel.
Talking about University of Florida hearing those Cars, think about Bristol, in between them mountains. That was my first NHRA experience. Absolutely incredible.
Thanks for the educational video on Rails.
That feeling you get being at the starting line, is unreal and there's not much else like it. Feeling the power of the engine in your whole body is awesome
When a Top Fuel car lights off and you're in the stands, it's like a bomb going off. You feel it in every bone and it pushes you back. It's something you have to experience. With Wild Horse Pass closing down, we lost the last track where the stands were still up close and personal to these beasts.
omg. I love these monsters. Thank you Kevin for showing us this. Love from Australia!
Glad you enjoyed it
That was awesome!
For Clay's team.. Please protect your hearing. You only get one set of ears! Thanks for sharing everything with KSR and us!
Never been a big drag race fan. (Yeah yeah I know lol). But I have been a fan of Clay for as long as I can remember. For his attitude mostly. When I started watching his channel I seen the struggle they were in with old parts and a low independent budget in that monster class. Now with all the funding and resources brought in I can't wait for this season. I think he is gonna set them on fire!
Thanks for taking us along!! So cool!! Great close ups. That last run about knocked you over!! 💯💯 Clay is a class act!!
🔥right on ksr, u really are living the best life man. So happy for u. Clay is one my favourite race car drivers out there, just a killer happy person🔥👊🔥🔨🏍👊
I've been to one NHRA event. There is nothing like top fuel. Those memories will stay with me forever. Clay is an awesome guy !
The sound of those cars is so intense it's insane u feel the pressure from the motor in every part of ur body
Kevin, you're description of Top Fuel is spot on and the exact one I tell people. You HAVE to experience a Top Fuel car in person, it will change your life! We got so lucky in the frozen North when NHRA started the New England Nationals at Epping, New Hampshire. Probably saw Clay back in his IHRA days!
I always say everyone should experience it at least one time before they die.
DAMN Kev, you are one lucky guy! Nothing short of "Bad Ass" Clay is my favorite Top Fuel driver, this year it's gonna be a game changer for him and the entire Rick Ware team.
LET GO !!!!!
Thanks for sharing, I love top fuelers !!
Sweet! Top Fuel is awesome. Thanks for taking us behind the scenes with Clay.
I met clay 17 years ago as a 13 year old boy. It was in Michigan. He was racing IHRA. He let me and my brother come into his hauler to get autographs. he ended up winning the event. He let his fans come on the track with him as he cut his hair. Was an awesome experience all around and I’ll never forget.
The assault on your senses is incredible watching top fuel cars. 😍👍
Clay has got to be one of the coolest guys in the NHRA . it's awesome to see you geek out being able to hang out with him,, kind of like when we get to hang out with you guys. I have to get to to an NHRA event one day
Couldn't agree more!
Finding Clay on youtube got me back into NHRA, I use to watch regularly in the 90s, Kenny Bernstein was my driver.
I can't believe you are hanging out with Clay! He's one of my favorite top-fuel Dudes! Thats Awesome!
Clay is so down to earth and friendly
love seeing you nerd out on top fuel, it is my fav . And like you say if you haven't seen them in person you won't understand fully the power and sensation of top fuel
Clay is such a kid…and Kevin sitting in the’office’ you could see the gears spinning.
By the way,did this qualify as’ best day ever’? At least until tomorrow!!!!!
That was impressive! Thanks for taking us with you. 👍🏁
It's amazing it makes your ears ring and you can almost feel the pressure in your chest just watching the video. Being that close to a top fuel launch really is unlike anything else in the world. It takes a minute to get over it. It will literally take your breath away. Awesome. I worked at Memphis Motorsports Park years ago and had the other of setting clay run a number of times and meet him a couple. Really nice guy. My sister also used to work at pro-decal, was a local company that did wraps and such and they used to do his car, way back in the blue Werner transport livery. Racecar shit is the best.
Much love from California Kevin! As always, we appreciate you taking us along for the ride and for getting to know clay a little better with every pass.
I totally agree with you Kevin that Top Fuel is some of the most magnificent form of drag racing....the sheer power, the components that go into into the drivetrain like the massive clutch stacks and rear gear...the amount of tech behind the scenes...
You also made a great showing on how loud and rumbling they are when you were 200 ft past the 1320.....that loud at idle 1500ft+ away is just mind blowing.
I've been to many NHRA events at Sonoma here in Cali.
Kevin so cool to see you sitting in a Top Fuel dragster.
It must have been a Bucket List item checked.
Match race, well that would light up TH-cam.
Thank you for taking us with you.
I am a HUGE MILLIFAN and your video gives great insight to everybodys new jobs and roles
(PS Clay is a 29 inch waist lol)
Salt of the earth right there, humans don't come much better than these fellas. 💚👍👍
Spot on Kevin if you have never been around a Top Fuel in person. My first experience was John Force at Norwalk, Holy Sheet. 🤣Next up was Top Fuel and soon realized we were too close to the Starting line in Club seating if I wanted to live. From Indy Cars to Pulling tractors I thought I had seen it all. Tip of the Day for Newbies: Wear hearing protection and stay upwind when they fire the engine in the pits. 😁
Clay is just one of the coolest guys you'll ever meet at the track. I hope he does well this year.
The world needs more Clay Millican's.
Two of best guys in the same video, doesn't get better then that
Kevin is such a lucky guy to have a friend like Clay 🙌🏻
Thanks Kevin & Clay - that was awesome!!!
Totally awesome post, Kevin. Top Fuel is the best and Clay is a really nice guy. Thank you for sharing what had to be a fun day.
I got to stand on the line at top fuel races in Virginia one year. Coolest experience ever. Words don’t explain it.
Great video Kevin, Clay Millican has to be the nicest guy in the world. Been a fan of him for a long long time, Stomp on that Loud Pedal!!!!
Another awesome video, it's so cool that you get up close, lets us see just how much work it is to maintain a fuel car.
I’ve been a fan of NHRA since my dad brought me to the Southern Nationals in Atlanta to watch John Force in the late 90’s. Clay is a new favorite of mine. Such a cool, chill dude! Thank you for covering Top Fuel dragsters! Love seeing the inner workings and up close. Keep up the cool builds and the cool coverage!
What an awesome video. Clay seems like a genuine guy. I remember seeing the Top Fuel cars in Indianapolis in the 90’s. Nothing like seeing those monsters in person. Thanks for the great videos, Kevin.
I was fortunate enough to meet Clay at the Virginia Nationals in Richmond last year, and he's as nice in person as he seems on camera. Stomp on that loud pedal!
Clay is the man, been a fan of his since his IHRA days as well.
That was really awesome Kevin - thanks for bringing us along.
I lived just off NW 34th ST and W. University for almost 20 years and if the breeze was drifting west we heard the cars run. Same way we smelt the pulp mill in Palatka.
Clay seems like a fun guy to be around! Thank you for letting us hang out with you. That was fun!
Thank you Kevin for this part....@2:45 never heard a top fuel at the end of the run....Sick!
Clay is such a class act. Best driver in top fuel
Even if you’re not a car fan, watching a Top Fueler make a run is awe inspiring. Violent is a perfect word.
Very entertaining , Kevin. Enjoyed it alot. Looking forward to Clay & team pulling into Bristol this season. Good luck doing the trans am.✌🏻♥️🙏🏻
I live in Pomona ca. like a mile away from the track and have been going every year twice a year since I was 5!!!! No better experience in the world, it has always been a dream of mine to drive one!! Love Clay and his team and wishing and praying for an amazing year for him his team and Rick Ware racing!!!
Subscribed to Both , Mr Millican is the man , Down to earth ! Love the Raw power of those machines
Some of the best top fuel nerd content I ever got to experience is in Brainerd in Doug Kaletta's pit. My brother is pretty high up the corporate ladder with MAC tools and got me an all access pass and I got to watch the insanity of top fuel during competition. The amount of money that goes down the drain every pass is crazy! But it is every motor heads dream to watch it up close and personal.
I will echo what Kevin said. If you've never been to an NHRA top fuel event, you owe it to yourself to go. The pure display of horsepower is not something that can be put into works. You just have to experience it for yourself.
I was very fortunate growing up. My dad loves drag racing. Been going to tracks since I was 2! In my teens dad started taking me to Bristol and we even made it to Indy once. Was an AWESOME experience!! Got to meet big daddy Don Garlits, John Force, Warren Johnson, Scotty Cannon to name a few. Wouldn’t trade my childhood or anything! Have taken my own kids to local track in Bowling Green a few times. Watching them enjoy the same thing as I did as a kid sure made me understand why dad took me like he did!!
Watched my first NHRA top fuel 8yrs ago, it will change your life. Hooked for life!
This was awesome Kev. Watching you thrash through Sick Week and finishing off with this is epic. Two friends hanging out enjoying what they love doing--together! We've been following Clay for a long time and as other folks have mentioned, Clay is the face of NHRA Top Fuel. Such a down to earth great guy that's always smiling and engaging with the fans, especially the kids! Cheers!
What a Cool video . Glad to see that you got to go hang out with Clay and the team . Yea I Top Fuel experience is Crazy . Soccer Mom was looking good . Awesome Channel Kevin . 🇺🇸
Clay is here a cool guy. I really enjoy his attitude about life. His demeanor is similar to yours. Keep up the great work guys.
Back in the late 70's early 80's I went to SIR very racing season. I felt the power waves of the top fuel dragsters. The power they have today is unreal
Hope Clay has a great season this year!
Love nhra clay Millican is an awesome guy most top fuel guys are Kevin you are spot on its a must-do to go to a drag race!!
Two of my faves. Kev/Clay. I met Clay at Bristol last year. He’s an awesome guy. Hope to make it back again this year.
Nothing more violent than a top fuel . You don't just here it you feel it in your chest. He'll yeah. Good luck on the new season.
Awesome video Kevin, loved every minute of it.
Nothing better than watching you and Clay having a blast.😀👍
I am with you all the way, everyone should go watch NHRA race at least once, it is absolutely incredible
Great video Kevin, Clay is absolutely my favorite tf river and you are definitely my favorite fabricator and builder. So great to see you two together.
Honestly, the timing in top fuel is insane. A sixty of about 0.7s, eighth in under 3s?! Cleetus runs sixes and he's happy with an eighth at 4.90! It's difficult to judge exactly how fast those things move without seeing it for yourself. 🤯
I'm glad Kevin gets to do awesome things with the most Awesomest top fuel driver on TH-cam and my all time favorite top fuel driver so keep all the great content coming Kevin and I'm always excited for the next video
This is a terrific video.
I can hardly wait to see the new KSR Top Fuel drag and drive car.
Awesome camera angles Kevin and it's OMG awesome that you got to be within a few feet of the "seismic events" 👍
I've told many people that haven't ever seen Top Fuel cars in person, it isn't a matter of how LOUD they are, it's that you actually FEEL the sound waves hitting you (and feels like their going through your chest) 😱
If you watch 24:08 at .25 speed you can see the front cylinder went dead almost instantly (nothing but fuel coming out of that pipe). That hole decided to leave the party before the tire rotated a 1/2 turn 😒
For several years, I lived 2 miles from Bandimere, and it would rattle my windows and shake my chest when the big boys made a run. Loved it!
Lovely to see you two, always a treat, thanks :)
26 minute mark+: Family via video. Makes a whole lotta sense. This video was top notch. Great insight to top fuel and Clay's folks. Yep, the trans brake comment was all Clay. Love it!
So amazing what they do!! Thanx Kevin!!!
It's not only to see a Top Fuel make a run, you gonna feel them.. 💖