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BROWN MEETS INDY 500 POLE SITTER ED CARPENTER AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
INDIANAPOLIS (May 22, 2013) – Reigning NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown was the special guest of IZOD IndyCar Series driver Ed Carpenter on Wednesday. Carpenter is the pole sitter for Sunday’s 97th running of the Indianapolis 500 at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Brown, driver of the Matco Tools dragster for Don Schumacher Racing and [...]
Fan-favorite Brown eyes first win at Heartland Park, will start from No. 6 spot in NHRA Kansas Nationals
TOPEKA, Kan. (May 18, 2013) – No driver spends more time with the fans at a Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event than current NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown. Win or lose, qualify No. 1 or DNQ, Brown is most often found near the crowd at the edge of his Matco Tools pit area [...]
Brown’s tough luck at Topeka continues with early exit, looks to rebound in two weeks at New Jersey home track
TOPEKA, Kan. (May 19, 2013) — Antron Brown knows that you lose a lot of NHRA Mello Yello Series races in a long season, but that doesn’t mean the defending NHRA world champion accepts that. Brown and his Matco Tools Top Fuel team struggled this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka and fortunately they found the [...]
Brown, Matco Tools Team post second Mello Yello Title of 2013
COMMERCE, Ga. (May 11, 2013) – Antron Brown and Don Schumacher Racing’s Matco Tools team were not daunted by barely losing the No. 1 qualifying position and settling for the second seed to start Saturday’s NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. The team merely went out during the rain-delayed Southern Nationals and dominated the four [...]
A ROLLER-COASTER SEASON
Hello again all my NHRA.com Nitroholics. The 2013 season has been like a Cedar Point roller coaster ride and we’re only three races in. I can’t wait to see what the other 21 races have in store and we’ll find out in a few weeks when we head back out West to Las Vegas for [...]
CHAMPIONSHIP CELEBRATIONS PROVIDE EXTRA MOTIVATION TO BROWN HEADING TO NHRA SOUTHERN NATIONALS AFTER DISAPPOINTING EVENTS
BROWNSBURG, Ind. – Antron Brown could use a break from a racetrack, and he’ll get that this week before the NHRA Southern Nationals open Friday near Atlanta. He’ll also get some reminders of how rewarding the life of a driver is even when you are in a little slump. Brown and Don Schumacher Racing’s Matco [...]
BROWN AND MATCO TOOLS TEAM LOOK TO RETURN TO CHAMPIONSHIP FORM NEXT WEEKEND AT ATLANTA AFTER TEAM OWNER IS INDUCTED INTO HALL OF FAME
BAYTOWN, Texas – After an impressive spring storm moved through the Houston-area on Saturday, 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Series champion Antron Brown is looking to storm through the Top Fuel competition next weekend at Atlanta Dragway. Losing two qualifying sessions to rain showers at the last two races, including yesterday at Royal Purple Raceway, Brown’s [...]
DEFENDING SERIES CHAMPION BROWN QUALIFIES 4TH AT HOUSTON AFTER MOTHER NATURE RULES THE DAY SATURDAY AT SPRING NATIONALS
BAYTOWN, Texas – April showers may bring May flowers next week in the Lone Star State, but persistent rain showers in the Houston-area all day Saturday forced NHRA officials to cancel the final day of qualifying at the 26th annual Spring Nationals. Defending series champion Antron Brown, who claimed his first career Top Fuel win [...]
Brown, Matco Tools team advance to Phoenix semifinals to complete rebound from season-opening Pomona crash
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Getting within two round wins of an NHRA national event title normally makes for a good but not great Mello Yello Drag Racing Series weekend. But considering where reigning Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown and his Matco Tools team were a week ago at Pomona, Calif., advancing to Sunday’s semifinal round [...]
Crew chief Corradi’s faith strengthened from Pomona crash as Matco team, Brown rebound to qualify No. 2 at Phoenix
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Antron Brown and crew chief Brian Corradi never sweat about the little things in life. Their faith in God enables them to put racing into its proper perspective. Losing the No. 1 qualifying position in the last session on Saturday in the NHRA Arizona Nationals to a record-setting run by Doug Kalitta [...]
