TMCP #521: Clay Millican at Texas Motorplex LIVE Interview – Competing at the TOP, Earning (and Keeping) Sponsorship, And Side Project Hot Rods!
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Robert Kibbe
4.8 • 701 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Clay Millican at Texas Motorplex LIVE Interview - Competing at the TOP, Earning (and Keeping) Sponsorship, And Side Project Hot Rods!
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| 0:00.0 | The Muscle Car Place online podcast, episode number 521. |
| 0:05.0 | This week, we catch up at the track with NHRA top fuel superstar Clay Milliken. |
| 0:10.7 | He has a new team owner in Rick Ware, and we're going to find out why. |
| 0:14.1 | Why it's working for him? |
| 0:15.3 | He's top ten the points right now, but also a peek under the hood of the business of professional |
| 0:20.2 | motorsports. |
| 0:21.2 | It's tricky, super tricky, and top fuel especially, it all comes down to sponsorship and prize money. |
| 0:27.1 | When it comes to a longtime sponsor like Clay has in Parts Plus or getting a new one, |
| 0:32.7 | this is what Clay says you have got to figure out in particular to sell them and keep them. |
| 0:38.7 | If we can't do something for them to increase their business, then it's not the right fit. |
| 0:44.2 | You've got to figure out what that is. |
| 0:45.8 | And anymore, it is not completely about putting a decal on a race car and making sure it's on TV. |
| 0:56.2 | This is the Muscle Car Place Online podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot. |
| 1:03.0 | This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars. |
| 1:09.3 | If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you. |
| 1:15.5 | Now here's your host, Rob Kibby. |
| 1:19.1 | Yes indeed, I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. |
| 1:23.2 | Well, here we are. |
| 1:24.7 | It's the third show of October, and I think we need some Halloween music. |
| 1:29.2 | Burn, cue up the Song of Songs, the intro please. |
| 1:40.4 | Thriller is unmistakable, isn't it? |
| 1:42.9 | It's an awesome song. |
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