Top Fuel Champion Clay Millican Joins SPEED™ Original Series PINKS ALL OUT & Drag Race High
Six-time International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Top Fuel Champion Clay Millican can add another line to his ever-growing resume – television star.
David Harris
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Posted November 13, 2008
Charlotte, North Carolina
Millican, who first appeared on SPEED as the host of the Launch Hour program, Blow It Up, returns to the network in a big way as he hosts the second season of SPEED original series Drag Race High – premiering in February - and joins the on-air cast of PINKS All Out, one of the network’s most popular original series.
“Our experience working with Clay on Blow It Up was terrific, and we’ve been looking for something else to partner on ever since,” said Robert Ecker, SPEED VP of Programming and Executive Producer of both shows. “He’s one of those guys that really connects with other people and he has an easy rapport with the camera making him a natural. As someone of humble beginnings that’s made it to the top tier of professional drag racing, he brings an authenticity and accessibility that is very refreshing and that works extremely well within the context of both these SPEED original series.”
Millican will be very active in both programs – tutoring and inspiring students in Drag Race High as well as providing his technical insights to host Rich Christensen on six episodes of PINKS All Out for Season Three - all a result of Millican’s first full season of Top Fuel competition within the 2009 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. The 43-year-old racer will appear in Season Three episodes from No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, La., Texas (Ennis) Motorplex, zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., Memphis Motorsports Park, Maryland Int’l Raceway in Budds Creek, Md., and historic Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif.
“The chance to be the head judge on Drag Race High is a great opportunity,” Millican said. “I love working with kids. If I can help have any positive influence on these young people that would be a wonderful thing. This is a great chance to help show these kids how they can become involved in a team project and also find out how they perform while under the spotlight of being filmed constantly.
“I cannot tell you how excited I am about being involved with Pinks All Out,” Millican continued. “To be invited to be part of this show is fantastic. This is the biggest show going and to be a part of it will be exciting. I want to thank Rich and Bob and all the great people at SPEED for accommodating my racing commitments to be a part of this show.”
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