Clay Millican is locked in a battle with Joe Hartley for the 10th and final spot in the NHRA Countdown to 1 for Top Fuel dragsters.

Millican couldn't get past Cory McClenathan in the first round, but holds onto a slight three point lead over Hartley after Hartley lost to Antron Brown in the second round of eliminations.

“We gave it our best shot, but the tires just got loose early in the run,” said Millican about his close race with McClenathan. “I pedaled it three times and the tires just wouldn’t hook up again. He was farther down the track and able to get his car hooked up before I did.”

McClenathan got the win light in 4.255 seconds at 236.17 mph and Millican followed in 4.597 at 207.85.

Millican said the LifeLockracing.com team plans to test Wednesday at Indianapolis during the annual pre-Mac Tools U.S. Nationals session at O’Reilly Raceway Park.

“Obviously, we want to get into the Countdown . . . and we have one more chance to make sure we do,” Millican continued. “Lance (Larsen, team crew chief) made a lot of changes going into Reading, but we weren’t able to see what worked because two qualifying runs were rained out. He plans to talk with Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald, Antron’s crew chiefs, during the test session to get their input.”

 

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