MILLICAN UNVEILS NEW SPONSORSHIP, PARTNERSHIP IN CHARLOTTE
For the second time this season, Top Fuel driver Clay Millican has unveiled a medical industry-related sponsor.
Millican is racing at the DeWalt Tools NHRA Carolina Nationals with sponsorship from Nurtec ODT, a medication for the acute treatment of migraine headaches. However, the connection to the medical industry, is just a coincidence.
The partnership comes as a result of team Doug Stringer combining forces with Rick Ware Racing, a team that not only has four charters in the NASCAR Cup Series, but also fields an entry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, NTT INDY CAR Series and NASCAR Pinty Series,
"This is mixing Doug Stringer’s drag racing world and the NASCAR World, which is where Doug spent many, many years before he came back drag racing, because he originally was a drag racer," Millican explained. "Nurtec is a big part of Rick Ware Racing where he has multiple NASCAR teams and Indy Car teams.
"Doug and Rick actually ran into each other at the Indy car race in Nashville and this all kind of came about."
Millican's dragster will sport a different look, away from its traditional blue hues.
"The car looks really cool," Millican said. "It was kind of neat to see the way this car turned out, because everybody's like, 'Man, this is really cool, the flat black thing”. And I'm like, 'we did this 21 years ago."