Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
Event 10 of 20
Summit Motorsports Park
Norwalk, Ohio
June 28 – 30, 2024
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Event Highlights:
- 2014 event champion
- Two-time runner-up (2010, 2015)
2023 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified ninth; First round exit (defeated by Mike Salinas in E1)
Last Event (Richmond):
Qualified fifth; Semifinal finish (defeated Billy Torrence in E1, Tony Schumacher in E2; defeated by Shawn Langdon in E3)
2024 Statistics:
Nine races; one national event win, two specialty race wins
Career Statistics:
513 races; 75 wins, 50 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Norwalk is considered a homecoming race for Brown and the Matco Tools Top Fuel team:
- Matco’s corporate headquarters are located approximately 75 miles east of the track in Stow, Ohio, and Summit Racing Equipment’s headquarters is located in Tallmadge, Ohio
- Crew chief Brian Corradi is an Ohio native and is the owner of the popular Master’s Pizza restaurant with multiple locations in the Cleveland area, and asst. crew chief Mark Oswald originally hails from Cincinnati
- By advancing to the semifinals at the PlayNHRA Virginia Nationals last weekend, Brown secured a spot in the Norwalk running of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Top Fuel Challenge
- Brown already has one #2Fast2Tasty win this year from the Las Vegas Four Wide Nationals in addition to the Pep Boys All-Star Callout victory he secured at the season-opener in Gainesville, Fla.
Fan Events:
- Wednesday, 4 – 7 p.m., Summit Racing driver meet-and-greet and car show at Summit Racing’s Ohio retail store (1200 Southeast Ave., Tallmadge)
- Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – noon, #2Fast2Tasty autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display
- Saturday, noon – 12:30 p.m., Team Toyota autograph session at the Toyota Racing Experience midway display
Quotable:
“We always look forward to going to Norwalk, especially with it being the home and the headquarters of Matco Tools right there in Stow, so really excited to get out there and get to their hometown race. We have all of the people from Matco’s corporate office coming out, a lot of Matco distributor participation. And, it’s also the home track for Summit Racing, and we always look forward to going out and visiting all of the people from Race Winning Brands. We’re energized, ready to go. Coming off of the weekend we had in Richmond, Virginia has us feeling motivated. Our car is running well, our team is really jelling, we can run in the hot conditions, and we can run good when the track gets better too. Super happy about that, and really focused on the prize. Ready to have some fun out there this weekend with my crew chief Brian Corradi and Master’s Pizza, and Corradi’s Scoops. We’re going to have a lot of pizza and ice cream to celebrate with, and we’re looking forward to a great weekend.”