Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com
Event 1 of 22
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
Pomona, Calif.
February 18-20, 2022
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools/Lucas Oil/Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Pomona 1 (Winternationals) Event Highlights:
- Two-time No. 1 qualifier (2008, 2009)
- Earned his career-first No. 1 qualifier in the Top Fuel category at the 2008 event
- Three-time runner-up (2009, 2012, 2015)
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Highlights:
- Three-time champion (1999, 2009, 2010)
- 1999’s victory was in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category
- Three-time No. 1 qualifier
- Seven-time runner-up
2021 Pomona 1 Recap:
Qualified 11th; Semifinal finish (defeated Steve Torrence in E1, Shawn Langdon in E2; defeated by Justin Ashley in E3)
Career Statistics:
461 races; 68 wins (16 Pro Stock Motorcycle); 49 No. 1 Qualifiers (11 PSM)
Noteworthy:
- Brown’s team, AB Motorsports, will make its competition debut at the Winternationals
- In 2022, Brown is seeking his fourth Top Fuel title, and first as a team owner
- Earned his first No. 1 qualifier in the Top Fuel category during the 2008 Pomona 1 event
- While Brown has been triumphant at Pomona, all three of his wins have come from the NHRA Finals event contested at Pomona at the end of the season
Quotable:
“I’m looking forward to getting to Pomona, the first race of the year. The team is in high spirits coming off of a really good test session where we learned a lot. We’re amped up, we’re motivated and we feel like we can compete with anyone out there. We’re ready to kick off our season on a high note. We’re so grateful to all of our partners who have helped us reach this point. Matco Tools, Toyota, SiriusXM, and the addition of Lucas Oil and now Summit Racing coming aboard to give us the right equipment when we need it out there on the race track, Darton Sleeves, and of course our longtime supporters at Hangsterfer’s.”