Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
June 12-14
Bristol Dragway
Bristol, Tenn.
BY THE NUMBERS:
• Two-time event runner-up (2011, 2023)
• 2010 No. 1 qualifier
Last Event (NHRA New England Nationals):
Qualified 12th; Quarterfinal finish (def. Shawn Reed in E1; def. by Doug Kalitta in E2)
2025 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Recap:
Qualified 11th; First round exit (defeated by Justin Ashley in E1)
TAKE NOTE:
• Brown claimed his 800th round win during the 2023 Bristol event, becoming only the sixth driver in NHRA history to hit that milestone
CAREER STATS:
553 races
81 wins
51 No. 1 qualifier
WATCH:
STREAM LIVE ON NHRA.TV
Friday, June 12
• 6 p.m. EDT – Top Fuel Qualifying Session 1
• 8:30 p.m. EDT – Top Fuel Qualifying Session 2
Saturday, June 13
• 12:30 p.m. EDT – Top Fuel Qualifying Session 3
• 3 p.m. EDT – Top Fuel Qualifying Session 4
Sunday, June 14
• 12 p.m. EDT – Round 1
• 2:15 p.m. EDT – Round 2
• 3:50 p.m. EDT – Semifinals
• 5:15 p.m. EDT – Finals
TV COVERAGE ON FS1
Friday, June 12
• 8 p.m. EDT – Qualifying Show
Sunday, June 14
• 2 p.m. EDT – Qualifying show
• 3 p.m EDT – Finals Show
FROM ANTRON BROWN:
Driver of the Matco Tools Eagle Experience Top Fuel Dragster
“We definitely made some strides in the right direction [in Epping], so we’re looking forward to getting to Bristol. Bristol’s got a brand new track surface, all concrete, so I’m just hoping for some really good weather out there and that we can continue on this path and this journey.
“Our main goal is definitely qualify in the top half of the field at this race and try to bring a Wally home, but we’re going to take it one round at a time. What’s really unique about Bristol is that we have a couple of runs at nighttime, literally Friday night, and then on Saturday, we run one run in the afternoon and one run right before the evening. Then we race during the day on Sunday, so it makes that track really, really tricky because you can run some really good sessions, but then you’re going to run in the middle of the day for race day, so you really have to have all your stuff together because you’re going to go through three different zones of temperature, track conditions, and it makes it really tricky. The crew chiefs and the team really have their hands full, but we’re always up for that challenge. We got close to [winning] several times before with this race, and we’re looking to get back to where we need to be.”