Worst Crash of My Career 

Clay I was at Milan that day. I remember praying please God no fire! Once you stopped with no fire, I knew you were ok. The fact that you kept it together and were able to shut it down while taking flight shows your true professionalism. As John Force once said "bitchin huh?"😂

"You can't park there sir!"

As someone who has been vertical in a car before, you saying that it was the quietest moment in your life hit home. Perfect description

Love the Jimmy Dale cameo

The most gentle top fuel flip over ever. All 4 wheels off the ground and settles on the wing . Y.O.T.L.P. Making Drag Racing Great Again

That is still one of the most iconic top fuel crashes ever…. I still remember getting home from school and watching idolizing you on speed channel…. Love the content man

Don't fib to us, I know you had the Sheriff who did the worlds wildest polices in your ear saying, "it wad at this moment, he knew he fucked up", I know that's what would have been going through my mind. Cracking job Clay. 🇬🇧

That's our home track, look how packed it was back then. Wish it could be that way again

Jimmy Dale ... Let go

I remember that race. Yeah, there was a lot of silence. You've certainly had a wild ride Clay. Glad you are still around to... STOMPONTHATLOUDPEDAL!🤙

Scary then, but Awesome now. Clay WOW!!! As always thanks for taking us along

As a new sub from the UK not having the pleasure to hear about you up until recently, thanks for sharing this video otherwise I'd probably have never seen it! Being an 80's kid I love the Dukes of Hazzard along with the A-Team and Knight rider. I wonder if you'd be screaming HELL YEAH BROTHER instead of YEE HAA lol. Whish you all the best for the future.

You guys killed it with the editing on this one. Wow. Clay you did a fantastic job telling this story.

Iv never been a top fuel guy. Just completely 100% outta my realm of positivitys. But iv seen you on pfi and quickly respected your personality, I actually have seen this crash before and didn't realize it was you. Glad you got out ok, id love to know about your days before top fuel and how you got to where your at. Be safe out there champion

Glad you're still around to post this video!! Thanks Clay and best of luck to you and the team!!

How can you NOT just love this guy? Always smiling as he narrates his brush with death.

I was at Milan as thats my home track that day as a 12 year old kid with my dad. I talked to you for about 15 minutes about how I wanted to be a top fuel mechanic in the pits just before this happened. I said a prayer for you and Ill never forget that time I got to talk you because you such a down to earth real cool cerasmatic person

Great video nice to see new additions to videos and the increasing subscribers. Your content was deserving of this since you started. Keep it up thank you

I remember you driving for Werner and saw highlights of the flip. Funny thing is, back then, Werner trucks were governed to 62 mph.

I like that your videos aren’t filled with profanity and they explain in detail what’s going on. Props to you.

If there ever was a scenario for a perfect blow over, this is it. As you said Clay, stepping off the loud pedal when you did made all the difference. What amazes me though, people speak of F1 drivers having lightning fast reaction times, I think the drivers of these things are up there as well. Who else can react to a situation that spans only milliseconds. The way Clay was describing the wheels lifting, this wasn't over several seconds, this is mere 10ths of a second. Mind blowing. Glad you're safe n sound.

The casual play by play of the 3/4 of a second it took to blow over shows Clay's brain works a little different than the average person. It would all be a blur to me..... I'm winning!!!! .... to instantly wondering how I ended up upside down. Good stuff!

Wow Clay. I remember this when it happened. Time flies. Glad to meet u and see ur still giving er.

damn Clay we're getting old. I remember this like it was yesterday. Thanks for the inside the crash play by play. Let's get that NHRA championship trophy this year boys.

Thanks Clay for all you do for the sport we love! Tom/ Jimmy was an awesome touch at the end, Glad he's doing better! Kick a$$ at the Gator Nationals, You driving and the team at RWR everyone should take notice!

This is my new favorite clay video. Thank you for just being you. It’s just right.

That had to be one heck of a ride!

Jimmy Dale cracks me up! I know that must have been a helluva ride. I've been upside down before but I wasn't okay after my truck came to a rest. The cop said I went end over end twice and barrel rolled three times before I came to rest on the other side of the highway. I remember kicking my door open because I thought I was on fire but it was the air bags. I broke my collar bone and got bruised up pretty good but I made it lol.

Ahhh that moment when all goes silent.... Been a while but glad you came out ok and have continued doing what you love.

Going airborne in a General Lee themed top fuel car is just so perfect. I have never seen a top fuel drag in person but after seeing you on Cleetus' channel, I immediately booked a friday off before the weekend of the first event I found near me. I can't wait.

I was there it was my first top fuel event. It rained right before this and got so hot and humid. I was at the starting line and the fumes just hung in the air but I loved every minute of it 😂

You and your team put on a great show recently in Florida 💯

Such a good story teller, could listen to them all day!

You are the best! I love how you bring the fans into your world! We see these wrecks on TV or live at the track, but rarely do we get a full explanation of what happened. Keep it up you do an amazing job!

I was at Memphis years ago sitting in VIP Kenny B. Blew out a rear tire going thru the traps at 286. And sparks and fire was everywhere. Within 20 sec he told the crowd he was ok. But that was crazy he was out so quick

Great story Clay. Blow over is another world. Love ya. See you in Ennis Tx.

Jimmy Dale! Or burnt toast as I like to call him now.

Clay I have to say that I have been following you for years and years you have been that guy I always rooted for I watched you the first time you went over 300 mph and I just wanted more I street race with 426 hemi in my 70 cuda here in Canada and I always wanted to meet you and shake your hand you have stones my friend I have gone as fast as 247 mph and there’s no feeling like once you hit over 200 in the quarter mile i just need to know how it feels to go over 300 I’m in my 60s now and will never know what it is like to go as fast as you ! Thank you for doing things that few others dream to do in there lives

Hilarious overdubs, nicely done. Yeah, I grew up with that show, and it’s likely partially responsible for my love of racing. I grew up in the country, Main Street was paved and was the favourite spot to rip. As a matter of fact, so did my dad and his buds in the 50s. My dad used to talk about his quick push-button automatic with a grin.

I watch one blow over in person in Gainesville at the 96or 97 gatornationals. Insane and driver was ok. Great story clay and so glad you had no injuries at all

that has to be the worst, "gentlest" crash I've ever seen! You had a lot of things go right on that one Clay

Loved this video! Great story teller! Crazy story! Crazy crash sliding upside down and backwards for what must have seemed like an eternity!! 😮 Thanks for the detail and backstory 👍🏼

Clay Millican is a Jimmy Daler too!!! Lol Clay i bet the movie stars loved the General Lee top fuel car taking flight!!!!

This, and just about every other Clay tells, is why I truly enjoy watching Clay and his team race. He is truly a gentleman and a great driver.

Thanks for sharing that clay I think I even remember watching that on TV way back when So glad it turned out the way it did and you were safe😊

Milan is 20ish miles from my house that said its my home track,I met you and the crew at Milan drag ways motor city nationals 2004 you and the crew were absolutely the nicest and coolest crew out there ... I still have a autographed picture you signed that very day .😊

Awesome story Clay! Jimmy Dale nailed it

I use to drive for Werner Enterprises too, but thankfully I never had a blow over like that. Then again, that would be a heck of a trick to do in a semi. Lol. Glad you were ok and loving your videos.

Was there Clay and it sent fear down my spine. Sooooo glad you came out unscathed. Just for your info. You have put the spark back in my heart for NHRA drag racing after being gone for a while at the dirt tracks watching sprint cars. I have a short window dancing around my profession in Pro Hockey to enjoy my favorite sport of motor sports. You got me back 100%

If that's the worst accident of your top fuel career, you've done very well. That was the most delicate blow over I think I've ever seen, and I've been watching drag racing for better than 30 years, and involved in it for over 10 years as a track official. Here's to many more safe passes, not just for you, but everyone involved in the sport we love so much. Cheers, Ben @ Sydney Dragway.

This was such a cool video! What a story! You rock clay!

That was an awesome flashback, I remeber watching the "General Lee" literally take flight! I think my thought would be "just don't let any fuel come in contact with those zoomies", then you might have a problem.😂 Glad you were ok.😎👍

Wild ride, remember seeing it on TV. Didn't know it didn't total that Hot Rod, lol! Thanx !

"YOUUU HAVE MADE A BOO BOO HERE"😂😂😂😂 i love you clay.

im not your age, and i LOVED (still do) dukes of hazzard. that show made me love the charger more than i already did. that show was too cool. im gonna be 29 soon. that show could make any young man happy.

Hi 👋, Clay , I am in my younger 70s 😂, I have been watching 👀 your channel for quite awhile now, always been interested, I have met big Daddy, Don, back in the late 60-70s at Santa pod Raceway, And I think it was the Hounddog team I think pulled an amazing wheelie, luckily he came back down, of course them days they are only touching or approaching 200 miles an hour, and as they say when something goes wrong, you are in for the ride, the main thing is the cars can be rebuilt, i’m oh what memories, luckily, you walked away and still remember what occurred, and the amazing thing is it all seems to be in very very slow motion, I have had two crashes, neither of them worse my fault, I was a co-driver in a rally car, Spinning down the road, hitting brick walls, lamp, posts, et cetera, and could not do anything about it, And the other time I was sitting on my Harley Davidson, softail Deuce, in Barcelona in 2003, sitting at a set of traffic lights, remember a guy on the other side of the road on a VR 750 Honda, I believe, pulled the wheelie showing off, hit two pedestrians, the bike ended up going towards a coach that was in front of me, next thing, I knew it dug into the ground and heading towards me, it was too late I could not do anything, my bike was taken out from underneath me, lucky the bloke was fully insured, that put his premium up. I bet you, around £4000 worth of damaged onto my bike, and so we live on to tell the tail, Stay safe, don’t let them buttocks, tweak too much, 😂. Look forward to seeing your next run , 🏃 from the moulin rouge 😂,

Incredible Clay wasn't hurt! "YEHAWWW Jimmy Dale!!!" 🙂

I grew up in Milan and forgot about this wreck. Glad you were not injured during that ride. Seems like it was a common occurrence back in the 80’s and up. I like the story time format, Thanks for sharing your experience with us, Clay.

I'm an Artist and painted Dixon's Georgia Airborne Severance SHOW, a few years back. Folks that see it, cannot believe it ... I tell em it happens to many Top Fuel Rodeo Professionals! I wish the NHRA would hand out broken wing badges for you guys to wear with honor!! YeeHaw or a Big Old Rodeo Belt Buckel.

Still to this day, when I see a Werner truck driving down the highway, I smile because of the great runs you had with them! Talk about great value for advertising! Also, good on Jimmy for singing the tune. Made the video better than if the original would have not been blocked. STOMP ON THAT LOUD PEDAL!!!!

That is just wild how it gently folded the wing down and landed softer than most commercial jet landings!! I was at Pomona in 92 when Jimmy Nix went over in the lights at 285mph and it looked like he drove into an F5 tornado. Wheels and parts went into orbit.

That was awesome! (Jimmy Dale too) thanks for sharing!

What a wild ride that was! It's almost race season let's go clay!!🏁

Now that's 1 hell of a ride brother 😮

Brand new top fuel fan but i do race atv’s and i actually live in michigan and race at the milan track. Incredibly cool to see this. Keep up the great work clay❤️

I got caught off guard with the Jimmy Dale cameo. Nice!!

LOL!! You got jimmy Dale singing old Waylon's Good old boy tune LOL!

Clay you have a new fan here! your a class act brother, thanks for sharing the memory i will have to check out the 2024 schedule and tune in best of luck to you and your team

I was there and will never forget it! Very Glad you made it out safe!

Another awesome one Clay!!!!

man i was 8 years old when that happened, crazy to think about how ive watched your career my whole life, loved you from the beginning but it made it a million times better when you gave me a piston rod at the Brainerd nationals in 2013. youre the best Clay

Thanks for sharing Clay and I am so glad that was in your past and you didn't get hurt. That kind of reminded me of Larry Dixons crash several years ago and thankfully he walked away not hurt either.

Well... at least it flew (for a short time) like the General Lee always did! 😂 GLAD you're still here buddy! Blessings!

So glad you were okay would’ve never got too witness your legendary self now

Great Video! Glad that you came through ok. Best of Luck To You, and the Team in 2024! Jimmy Dale... Played A Mean Tune!

Ah yes, the days before the internet where if you didn't watch the race or it wasn't broadcast in your area, you had to read about it in a publication. Because this was in Michigan and I live out west, the NHRA was on TV out here so we never got to watch it live, and the paper that wrote about the crash never did say if you were OK or hurt or anything just you crashed bad. I was a fan of yours and got to meet you the week before at the Budweiser Motorsports track in Edmonton Alberta. I was a bigger fan of IHRA because you came to Canada and you being the winningest driver you had all the fans but you were always humble. Glad you were fine Clay and thanks for all the memories, past, present and future. Some of us will always be watching

Damn that’s one hell if a ride. Clay I enjoy your racing stories 👍

People gush over (and rightfully so) Doug Kalitta's saves, but this one takes the cake. Upside down and backwards through the traps in the other lane. In aviation there's a saying: Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing; if you can reuse the aircraft, it's an excellent landing.

the best thing about this story is that you are still here to tell it

I followed you back in the IHRA days and remember that wreck. A very strange looking blow over for sure!

What a wild run atleast you were ok and could race another day props to putting Jimmy Dale on dudes a character.

Watched you at New England Dragway in the Werner car many times! Glad you were good, you’re a drag racing treasure! jimmy ain’t bad either!

Very well told story. What a ride that was. If Busch Gardens only had a thrill ride like that.

Clay, you rock! Jimmy Dale can do it all, can't he😂. Peace

Love the Jimmy Dale clip at the end. Still has his red face there too from his.....erm.....accident. lol.

Man Clay thats crazy, I witnessed ole Kenny Bernstein do that in his budweiser top fuel dragster when I was kid livin life in the pits. Good times. Great memories 2003 was the last year I got to spend doing that😢.

It was at this moment he knew he muffed up! Lol! In all seriousness though, Clay we're ALL glad you walked away🙏 Love ya Clay!🤙😝🤙

It’s amazing how the car just floated in the air and then gently came back down! You were right about not touching the seatbelts. That probably would have hurt more than the crash! Glad you were ok. Why didn’t anyone respond to you on the radio?

As Clay is introducing the clip, he gets the 1000ft stare going, you know he has one that he wishes he could do again and again. It’s always fun looking up at the road. Take care n play safe.

Clay. You are a crazy SOB. I love the way you were talking about that incident there and how you're narrating it and stuff. Bad ass

Amazing how the milliseconds turn into hours in such a situation and you can clearly recall the multitude of thoughts that were going through your mind. Had it happen a few times back in the day myself and it is some of the clearest and most surreal moments burned into the old memory banks.

Such a crazy, cool story! AND a Jimmy Dale musical outro. Awesome!

Hi Clay I was at Mid Michigan dragway when you were looking at your first car. I was with George Szaski that night. Glad your doing well. Time sure does flyby. Good luck this year!

Great story Clay thank you stay safe

Never seen that crash before. Very wild and somehow elegant.

This is your story and you're sticking to it!!! The Duke boys are proud of you!!! Wild ride but thankfully you were ok.

Killed that song at the end. Sometimes it's best to just do it yourself.

Definitely a wild ride. Amazing that the wing and wing stand basically took the brunt of the damage.

Love ya Clay, such am awesome story and you were in control the whole time 😂

Great video! Always wondered what you went through on that run. Thank you for that one. Take Care :)