Lance Larsen has tuned for some of the top teams in nitro racing. Some of his more memorable years were in working with Clay Millican and the Werner Enterprises Top Fuel team. Next year he’ll be reunited with Millican as a tuner for the second dragster on Evan Knoll’s expanding Top Fuel operation.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” Larsen said. “Clay and I are good personal friends and I get along well with the guys that work there and live in the area.  It’s really just a no-brainer and working on an Evan Knoll-owned car is another exciting thing too.  He’s quite the philanthropist and is really great guy.”

Whether he will be the crew chief or an assistant crew chief remains to be seen. Millican’s entry will be tuned by Johnny West and assisted by Wes Cerney. Rumor has it that another well-known tuner could be joining Larsen.

“I’m really not into the labels or whatever,” said Larsen. “Jon Stewart and I worked together as partners in different aspects of the Vietnam Veterans/POW-MIA car.  I’m going to be the boss but we’re going to find some people and we’re going to be a team.  It’s not going to be a two-car race team. It’s going to be a team with two cars.”