A former forklift driver has joined the ranks of the hottest dragster drivers in International Hot Rod Association history.
Clay Millican, 37, has few fond memories of his time driving a forklift before joining the dragster series.
"Even when I'm having a bad day with the car, I only have to remind myself that five years ago I was doing something I wasn't happy with," he told the Toronto Star.
But how could hurtling down a drag strip at 300 miles an hour possibly beat the joys of driving a forklift?
"Now I'm doing something I've always wanted to do with my life and that makes me happy," he said.