Terry McMillen News and Updates

I thought I would start this blog for 2013 on News and Updates on Terry McMillen. Some people are not able to read National Dragster stories, so I will keep those posted on what is going on. Terry will be featured in "Straight Talk" in Issue 5 of ND.

We are headed to Vegas this weekend Feb 8, 2013 to test Terry's Top Fuel Dragster. Terry, Cori, and Jim are in the motor home heading to Vegas, and are in Dallas trying to avoid and snow coming their way. Terry Now has 2 Rigs heading to Vegas and Pomona. Yes, McMillen now has 2 Semi Trucks during the 2013 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Series. The extra rig will carry and extra car and more spare parts to assist in running better to compete in the NHRA Countdown. Terry said, "This will make a big difference this year with having 2 rigs on the road."

Since the car was not completed in time to test in West Palm Beach during the Pro Warm Up in January, Terry is stopping in Vegas to test the newly designed Top Fuel dragster with the new aerodynamic cockpit, the fuel system, and 7 stage heads and blower program.

We will see you all in Pomona during the NHRA Winternationals February 14-17, 2013.

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This is the story written by Phil Burgess: "McMillen Heads to Testing with New Weapons"

Just finished a lengthy phone call with Top Fuel ace Terry McMillen, who will be featured in our popular Straight Talk personality profile in Issue 5. T-Mac is on the road to Las Vegas, traveling in a motorhome with girlfriend Cori Wickler and PR man Jim Walczak, for preseason testing this weekend before heading to Pomona for the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals presented by Super Start Batteries.

McMillen and company were pulled over just outside of Dallas plotting a new route to Vegas to bypass snowbound Scottsdale, Ariz. His twin Amalie rigs were on Highway 20 from crew chief Richard Hartman’s South Carolina base. Twin rigs, you say? What’s that all about?

Yep, McMillen will now be toting two tractor-trailers on the road to help carry the equipment — including a spare car — that he hopes will get him into his first Countdown to the Championship playoffs this season after narrow misses the last two years. He’s also looking forward to making a good showing for his longtime backer Amalie Oil at its event, the Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals, in March.

“It’s an extra expense to have two rigs, but with all of the back-to-back racing we’re going to be doing on the NHRA schedule this season, you just can’t carry enough parts in one truck,” he said. “We think this will make a big difference for us this year.”

McMillen wasn’t able to test with the rest of the fuel teams in South Florida last month because he was waiting on the new cockpit cowling he’ll be running this year. The new aero package changes the amount of air being rammed into the injector, which changes the fuel-system setup, so there was no use testing his new Stage 7 heads and blower program before he had it in place.

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