Racing Rookie Dalton Millican Captures First Win in Third ATVA Race

#25 Dalton Millican

Decatur, MI (5/30/2007) – Dalton Millican didn't take long to visit the ATVA winner's podium. In fact, it only took the rookie rider three races to collect his first championship trophy.

The son of Top Fuel driver and six-time IHRA champion Clay Millican and his wife Donna took a page from his dad's IHRA success. He merely took the lead early on both his motos and never surrendered the lead to win Sunday's Blue Grass Nationals ATVA (All-Terrain Vehicle Association) event at Bowling Green, Ky.

Dalton did it in countdown fashion. He finished third and second in his first two races before going all the way.
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"I was absolutely tickled about him winning his first national event in just his third race,' said Clay. He ran real well. He got a hole-shot and ledthe race from wire to wire in his first moto on Saturday. That put him in a good position for Sunday's race. He got another hole-shot start and led from the rest of the way. His last lap was faster than the first three, so I guess all the exercise he's doing is paying off.'

The race weekend, however, did not get off to a promising start. Dalton crashed on Friday, seriously damaging his bike. "We didn't see it because Donna and I didn't get there until Saturday,' said Millican. "It bent the grab bar at the back of the bike, broke off the controls, clutch lever and brake lever.

"He flipped it pretty good,' Millican continued. "The bike went end over end a couple of times. The people at Lonestar should be proud of how tough everything is. We were nervous about him becoming a little timid when it came time to go out again, but Dalton went right back out there and ran really well. He seems to be getting comfortable on the new Lonestar Racing bike.

Dalton Millican
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Keith Parker, Dalton's teammate on Evan Knoll's Knoll-Gas Motorsports/Lonestar Racing team, obviously did an excellent repair job on the vehicle. But Parker couldn't avoid tumbling, too. He crashed on his first oto in the
30-plus BC Class but rebounded to second place in his final moto, putting him fourth overall.

"Evan and Dalton seem to have a pretty darn good race bike,' said Millican. "Now daddy's just sitting back being the nervous father and having a blast.'

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