Behind The Scenes With Clay Millican and the Parts Plus Top Fuel Dragster!!

You guys know that we love data at KSR, and how things work!! Well, in today's video, we get the inside information on the hows and whys that it takes to make a Top Fuel Dragster go down the track. This video might be too techy for some, but this is the stuff the Kevin is really into!!
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[@claymillican25]

I love the people who work on the car I drive. They are amazing and very dedicated. Thanks for coming out and hanging out with us Kevin!!! I was proud to give KSR its first 300+ mph ride 😁

[@KSRPerformanceFabrication]

Thanks so much again for the hospitality!!! We are very excited to do it again! Go get em in Vegas!!

[@chrisobrien9334]

Your an amazing driver clay. Plus your personality brings out the best in your team. And why is it that crew chiefs have perfect hair? Lol 😂 😂 luv Top Fuel ⛽️

[@mdavidson101]

It really is incredible how much Clay is willing to show and teach people. He's a legend in the sport.

[@dmeemd7787]

Yes he is!!!

[@dicknijenhuis9894]

This could have been one of those videos that was over 2 hours and I would still have been watching. To all of us to whom Top Fuel is black magic, it's cool to see and hear all the insider tips and tricks that makes it all come together. Thanks for bringing us all this content.

[@copper4441]

Me to

[@tripprogers4814]

You didn’t lose any of us.. best video to date Kevin!

[@Clay_kn4nil]

Omg, Kevin this is exactly the stuff I want to watch. The technical details yank my crank. You and Clay seem like two peas in a pod. I can't get enough of this content!

[@danmyers9372]

He and Mike probably more so. Kevin has the mind and personality to be a really good crew chief. Extremely detail oriented (borderline OC), LOVES the tech, a mind able to handle massive amounts of data, very patient, calm in the storm and lastly is a leader who engenders trust and therefore gets the most out of his people. That is totally Kevin.

[@JWP1990]

Love the content too!!

[@chadalac1977]

Watch clays channel he does show quite a bit behind the scenes about the clutch wich blos my mind they show it !

[@drivewaymarvels311]

Alright calm down there bud..

[@textrophyman]

Bro......... Clay's team fricken ROCKS! In my eyes if Clay's team doesn't win a race all year they are still the biggest winners in NHRA Top Fuel.

[@douglasabbott2448]

In my eyes, they're the peoples heroes. The team is building interest in the sport by being as open as they are and sharing with the world what they do and how its done.

[@silkyjohnson5976]

Clutch lady knows her shit, I love hearing the science behind top fuel tech, absolutely incredible

[@BBossman1]

Thank you for interviewing Kaylynn, the clutch "guy" is the unsung hero of top fuel racing. They can make horsepower to the moon, but the clutch "guy" harnesses and applies it...

[@fearlessshadow5856]

"guy" as in girl or 2022 "girl"

[@RustyWells2]

Not anymore I can assure you every team in the pits knows about Kaylynn and how she's become a top gun and that's what worries me!

[@garyhost354]

I’m surprised a girl can do this type of work. In my country they only stay home. It’s not desirable for your mate to be like this.

[@mikescherrer4923]

🤦‍♂️

[@mikescherrer4923]

@@garyhost354 By "mate" do you mean "property"? Maybe try moving to the first world...

[@wideslammer]

It was great for Clay and the crew to let you take us for a through behind the scenes tour of what goes into preparing to run a top fuel car. Clay is a wonderful ambassador for the sport. Even when he lost in the final round to Mike Salinas in the final round at Phoenix, he's still at the finish line (with a big smile on his face) filming Mike and his crew celebrating the win.

[@2005StangMan]

I'm glad Glay mentioned it, I can't believe they allowed you to show all that on KZbin. All that stuff are usually closely guarded secrets. That's incredible behind-the-scenes footage, thanks to you and to Clay and team!

[@motoweenies4431]

I think they're confident enough that the designs are universal enough, the real secret is their experience/talent coming into play to make decisions for adjustments on race day

[@FiglioBastardo]

"From the moment I step on the loud pedal...." 🤣 I love this guy. Clay seems like a guy anyone could hang out with and gain a wealth of information from. Thanks for this killer behind-the-scenes interview with Clay. Have a blessed day Kevin and until next time, ciao ciao x adesso.

[@gr4eme1975]

The point Mike explains pulling the timing at a point your likely to see tire shack and Kevin has a twinkle in his eye as he’s just thought of how to transfer that to what he’s doing lol

[@grafixbyjorj]

You're right with that closing comment, KSR subscribers could probably only have taken another 3 or 4 hours of people who know and love their subject nerding out :)

[@robertchristy9883]

Kevin, I watch some videos and wish they were over at 12 minutes. When I started watching this one I thought 45 minutes oh no.... 45 minutes later and I could have watched more. You do an amazing job and Clay and his team are awesome! Thanks to all of you.

[@warrenmichael918]

Kevin and Mike were nerding out over the data and it was awesome to listen to it as they were going over it. The whole video was sweet to watch.

[@shadowred1980]

Thanks to Clay and the team for showing Kevin all that. All the best for the rest of the season.

[@wbr7869]

You damn sure didn’t loose me!! I love all the data geeky stuff! I find it so amazing that a win or a lost can come down to a half a thousand of an inch!! Just blows my mind!

[@tripprogers4814]

It really seems like Kaylynn and Izzy have the most complex job although every station seems complicated. I always thought the Angry Hornet had the hardest job trying to tell good parts from damaged parts, that is now Lance’s job. As you can tell, it takes a very special person to sit in front of these super power plants that didn’t exist 60 year ago. I am a HUGE FAN of Doug Stringer, Mike Kloeber and especially Clay “THE MAN” Millican! And of course you Kevin, I have never learned more from any other channel than yours. THE MILLIFANS ARE HERE!

[@chadalac1977]

When I first read your comment I was like kaylynn ?? Then I seen izzy and I said yup he's talkin about ol Bruce as clays team calls her i guess.

[@tripprogers4814]

@@chadalac1977 I didn’t think anyone would catch that reference.. you sir, are a TRUE MILLIFAN

[@NovaRedHead]

Clay and his crew are seriously top notch. 👏🏻 I've seen them on 1320Video and PFI Speed already and they're GOLDEN!

[@jeffatkinson3288]

So cool you and Clay are friends. And that was the best, most comprehensive dragster tutorial I've ever seen.

[@B_M_A]

Everytime I see that chick talk about what she does in everyones Clay videos she truly knows her shit! Straight passion for the sport. Super crazy how much goes into just a few second pass isn't it?

[@borgonianevolution]

I watched Clay for more then a year now religiously and ALWAYS jones'd for a peek at that screen with all the data. I noticed in Clays video you were glued to that screen and I could see the numbers crunchin in your eyes 😆. Thanks for gettin us such an in-depth look at all of it.

[@ronland1821]

Thanks for the video Kevin. Also big thanks to Clay and his team for allowing us into their trailer.

[@russellharper3027]

You can never have too much tech in a video! It’s great to see someone that knows what they’re doing get deep into tech stuff.

[@philwalls72]

Parts Plus.....what an amazing team of awesome people! thanks to them for letting you in and thanks Kevin for bringing us along.............just WOW!!!!

[@scottburrow8717]

Kaylynn is oooozing with knowledge. That takes a lot to know what she is doing for sure. They all gave you great coverage of what they do on a regular day at their job. This was a GREAT video Kevin.

[@matthewprather7386]

Great video! Seems like the team is all nice people with good chemistry, which can't be said for other teams. Thanks to Clay for granting the access and to Kevin for presenting it so well!

[@moe61806]

It's amazing, how much I'm impressed by Kevin, and how much Kevin is out his depth by the team! The vast knowledge of the team, is unbelievable!

[@Headsup9550]

I don't think so. It's different knowledge, it's not that they know more. People that don't work on a Top Fuel team aren't supposed to know this stuff, you can't apply it anywhere but where they're at and not a lot of people end up there..

[@moe61806]

@@Headsup9550 Exactly my point. Kevin has a wealth of information about getting a car into the low 7's high 6's. But it is a whole subset of knowledge to know Top Fuel.

[@hreed7742]

Clay is a fantastic dude. I did some web work for him back in the day and it never really felt like work. Was always a pleasure when I could go to the races and tag along with him and the crew.

[@kailuagarage]

I would hope that content like this helps young people find a passion they did not even know they had ... excellent!

[@GeoffInfield]

Clay is the best thing to happen to Top Fuel in recent years, I've been watching you and Cleetus and a bunch of other channels based around drag racing forever and somehow Top Fuel just dropped off my radar until the day Clay's team welcomed 1320 video's cameras in and blew my mind with their openness and down to earthness friendliness and positivity. I've been a huge fan of Clay and his team since, this is brilliant, suddenly I'm seeing KSR and PFI and Boosted Boiz stickers on a Top Fuel car that gets into the FINALS? There is NOTHING about any of this that I don't love 🤍The dude taking the time to explain how they make fine adjustments to the AFR *by the gallon* is priceless!! And Clay's mechanical knowledge is a pleasure to behold too. Fantastic, so glad you did this!

[@jahmackey1283]

AWESOME VIDEO!!! Glad Clay is KZbin Friendly...Learned alot, throughly impressed! thank you!

[@chrisobrien9334]

Thanks everyone for allowing Kev to show us all that beautiful stuff. Good luck with the racing

[@kennyrichard2971]

Incredible how a V-8 engine can make such horsepower that was cool to see the behind scenes of a top fuel dragster‘s thanks Kevin

[@oldfart43311]

I have seen interviews with that team before and I have to say that was the best and most informative to date! They are great and they like and smile more when people know what they are talking about with the right questions! WAY to go Kevin, Mike, Clay, THE clutch lady (sorry, forgot your name but you have lost weight since I saw you last) and the rest of the team!!

[@helipilotuh1]

The amount of power those clutches have to manage is amazing.

[@igobyscooter]

WOW! I was so GEEK'n out w/ you Keven lol! Great video, thank you for the in-depth look inside of Top Fuel Racing. Clay is the MAN!

[@mkgarage510]

That is the best behind the scenes I ever saw. Good stuff Kevin 👏 👍

[@Brandon-ol7uj]

Wow. Thank you. This was incredible. Thank you to Millicans team as well!!

[@scottburrow8717]

Hated to see Clay go red. He had that round one for sure. Thanks for the coverage of the race.

[@Calvin-xp4qp]

Amazing vid! Huge props to the Parts Plus crew for allowing it. Great job Kevin, keep it up!

[@gcrauwels941]

I've learned more about top fuel engines in this video than from decades of watching it. Thanks to Kevin, Clay, and Lance. Just wow.👍💯

[@lazylizard6532]

Does the GoPro have a frames per second setting? Might play with that to fix the inside lighting issue 🤪👍

[@twisted2291]

In Top Fuel. The clutch and the supercharger is closely guarded secret sauce stuff. It surprised me the first time Clay allowed this stuff to be filmed.

[@doomcrewoutdoors1613]

Such an awesome video! Been a Top Fuel fan forever but this video definitely filled in some some gaps in what I knew! And Clay is the MAN!! Such an awesome face for the sport!

[@isapongo980]

I think its so funny how we go back in technology to go faster. Those fuel lines are literally how duplex fuel nossles work on a jet engine designed in the 60s

[@charlesdoe4572]

You and Clay make the most informative and yet fun videos the insight is priceless thanks to all involved..

[@adamwilson7590]

SUPER COOL! Thank-you Kevin for posting and thank-you to the Clay Millican Team for taking the time to share that information with us!

[@brvfd822]

I could watch this video 100 times and learn something every single time. The info they make known here is just amazing, and to think they haven’t even scratched the real surface is mind boggling to me.

[@jassonhoskins367]

Clay Millican is a LEGEND! him allowing so much access to the inner workings of his team is special! People like you Kevin and Clay and Cleeter are reinvigorating peoples interest in motorsports! genuinely enjoy watching your content. Thanks Kevin and love to see your continued success!

[@BabyJake426]

Clay Millican = TOP SHELF!!! 👍🏼 Thank you for the FANTASTIC content, Kevin! 👍🏼😁

[@micheltremblay4774]

Thanks Kevin for all the DATA that you have collected during the weekend and passed along. Take care. Been checking the Lawn Dart, that thing is fast and I watch every video he post.

[@jeffperrault8340]

You definitely didn't lose this guy before the end of the video..I love top fuel..and people if you ever get a chance to say hello to Clay do it!! One of the nicest people you will ever meet.

[@demacmaster]

Thank you Kevin. This is what @NHRA is missing in their coverage. Thank you @claymillican for allowing your KZbin friends this kind of access.

[@stannelson2582]

Clay just makes people smile!

[@revredbeard3289]

I LOVE the access that Clay and his team give us. Great video.

[@dmeemd7787]

"Best video game on the planet. I have a real race car" that is such an amazing quote and is just amazing to hear, haha, LOVE IT!!

[@tony66au]

Man that was a blast, virtually unobtainium access to a Top Fuel setup!

[@claytonandrews251]

Loving this collaboration hopefully clay picks up some new viewers . He’s a awesome guy like you and deserves more views on you tube.

[@misterkrispy8010]

Thank you Clay and Co. for sharing this insider info with KSR (and us)! Most interesting! Wanting to see this stuff since I was a kid, especially the clutch setup.

[@That_Corvette_Guy]

I could watch this stuff all day long 😎🤘. Thanks to Clay and his team for sharing!

[@hyperglobalmegadude]

Super cool to see all this big show knowledge put together in a couple videos!!

[@bartpang]

I loved this video! It's probably the most comprehensive video of what how a Top Fuel car runs.

[@MichaelAverycarhauler1969]

So awesome that Clay & his team are so open to give us mere mortals a glimpse inside a Top Fuel dragster & what it takes to run one.

[@hyabussa5747]

I nominate Clay and the whole Parts Plus team for NHRA Ambassador Emeritus!

[@SlippingTime]

One of the best videos I have seen on going through the reality of top fuel components and assembly. You did a great job of representing us, the audience, in exactly how we can understand and try to relate. Thanks so much in bringing this experience to us.

[@zzach6146]

The KSR Sticker on the side of Clay Millicans top fuel dragster is just too cool!!!!! Kevin should be proud to have friends like Clay!! And all the info in the video is just unheard of in this caliber of racing!

[@GrahamDallas]

Really interesting Kevin, thanks. I know next to nothing about Top Fuel, but I know how cars and components work, I learned a lot.

[@tylersterling9578]

Another awesome video Kevin!!! So cool to see a deeper insight on a fuel team!! All the data!!!! This was by far the best video that has been on KZbin!! I don’t think any other crew chiefs would let a KZbinr come in and let you show the world what’s inside the trailers!! I can’t wait too see what your doing in the next video!!!

[@davidcarberry3547]

awesome interesting stuff, your killing it , and kudos to the whole teem for letting the normal joe , or dave, to see this interesting stuff

[@Mi-ck]

Seen the exact same tour on PFI speed and 1320 with Clay and the team. Almost word for word. Have to give the guys credit for bringing us into their world and sharing the ins and outs of it all. The big guys keep it all secret so seeing a team be so transparent is heartening. Clay is a legend of a Bloke.

[@zacharybeedle9704]

One of the best videos you've done! Thanks to Clay and his crew for the BTS!

[@alexpocs8649]

Best video ever. Clutch lady impressed me with her skills.

[@ajfeltr]

Way to go Kevin. Thanks to Clay, the crew and yourself for putting that out. Awesome!

[@mattkisker6535]

That is awesome to see some of the hidden secrets that teams have . Very interesting and informative. Awesome job Kevin and thank you Clay

[@turtle-Alchemist]

Fascinating insights, utterly loved this. Clay and his team are super cool and laid back. Fantastic energy in the team.

[@woofersd2383]

Thank You Kevin. How these cars can go down the track, is amazing.

[@markowens5446]

It’s crazy how far electronics have come along, but mechanical still seams to be more prevalent in and tunable in top fuel.

[@flamethrower5794]

Excellent video. As a watcher of Clay's channel it never fails to impress me that Mike and Clay spend 20 minutes or more going over the data for a run that takes less than 4 seconds. It amazes me that Clay can recall every item of the cars performance in such minute detail.

[@WAKmotors]

Hand's down one of your best videos for me. Keep it up!! Amazing job 👌

[@billkolb3510]

What an awesome video! Immediately headed over Clay Millican’s channel and subscribed. Thank you Kevin, Clay and your entire team. Would have never thought any race team at this level would offer this much technical access. Growing up around Northeast short tracks I liked the pit walks as much or more than the racing.

[@joffa666]

A massive thank you to Clay and the team as they were very generous with their time and giving you access to areas that I bet their competition would like to see. Kevin. you have really impressed me with your striving for the perfect solution in your builds and your attention to detail is amazing. I came for the mullet build and stayed because of your incredible fabricating skills and your workshop technical explanations plus there is your penchant for putting cameras in different places on cars to see things not normally seen, clever. Keep up the good work and good luck for the future. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia 🙂

[@robertamaro67]

Wow, one of the coolest behind the scenes I’ve ever watched

[@mysterj1]

Thank you so much Clay and team for allowing us viewers such amazing access to the pieces of what makes a true dragster operate. Much obliged!

[@timjackson6941]

"Probably not be interested?" i think there are alot ALOT more of us that are interested than u think. Love the vids Kevin!!

[@owenspalding971]

The clutch science explained in this video is mind blowing.

[@ammogreece]

This is one of the best KZbin videos on top fuel that I have ever seen. Thank you so much for putting this together!! Awesome video Kevin!!!

[@mitchblackmore5230]

This crew's 'Mad Scientist' game is next level. They should all be wearing white lab coats.

[@benjohnson6248]

That discussion about the clutch and all the data they track was bananas. Amazing content Kevin. Thank you!

[@Ceemysix]

Holy cow! This is such awesome content! What floors me is so many people in white collar careers have a tendency to “look down upon” people in blue collar careers as not as educated, but this is a clear example of how sophisticated the so called “blue collar” end of things has become. These folks truly exemplify professionalism. Kevin is no less a professional than this team. Well done Kevin.

[@parkergopsill2847]

I’m loving the longer videos Kevin! Keep it up!

[@cliffjacobs8011]

One of my favorite videos you have put up! I watch clays channel as well, this view has showed a bunch of other stuff haven't got to see or have missed. His whole team is a bunch of down to earth people I could sit down and have a beer with.

[@garyseaman6105]

The data is fascinating, the level of detail. Thank you the video. I didn't realise how minute and important every details is. Weather, track, what you had for breakfast. Everything. Thanks again.

[@KSRPerformanceFabrication]

Glad you liked it!

[@garyseaman6105]

@@KSRPerformanceFabrication I'm an engine addict. Happy in the workshop. The smell of oil and warm engines. My happy place. :)

[@richardwaters5736]

Would watch this combo of guys every week 👌🏻

[@Ricky-nq7lu]

That was awesome seeing that much information from clays team. Good to see what goes into each run.

[@justbe4481]

Awesome knowledge of how these monsters work thanks 👍 The clutch girl is one smart cookie 🍪

[@davidhendrickson9280]

I hesitated to watch a 45min long video but it flew by. So interesting. Loved it.

[@frankrizzo5057]

That was a great video and I can’t believe they shared. Most times can’t get in a trailer. Thanks Kevin.

[@johnpitschi9417]

Probably one of the best videos/learning sessions I've been privy to and so glad it came from you Kevin and of course through the graciousness and generosity of Clay and the entire Parts Plus team. You had me at "data"!

[@odoylemccrackin877]

Wow❗Just amazing getting to see this. Unbelievable the knowledge and technology that goes into top fuel.....heck all levels of racing. Thank you Kevin and Clay for allowing us to see this. I've always really enjoyed seeing top fuel and all forms of drag racing but now, even more. 🙂