American Rebel Light NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Event 5 of 20
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
April 25 – 27, 2025
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Event Highlights:
- Two-time event champion (2014, 2015)
- 2016 runner-up
zMAX Dragway Overall Highlights:
- Seven-time winner
- Two-time runner-up
2024 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Recap:
Qualified second; Semifinal finish (defeated Steve Torrence, Shawn Langdon in E1, Brittany Force, Tony Stewart in E2; defeated by Justin Ashley, Clay Millican in E3)
Last Event (Las Vegas 1):
Qualified third; Event runner-up (defeated Scott Palmer, Shawn Langdon in E1, Shawn Reed, Josh Hart in E2, Justin Ashley, Jasmine Salinas in E3; defeated by Tony Stewart in E3)
2025 Statistics:
Four races; one win, one runner-up finish, one No. 1 qualifier
Career Statistics:
528 races; 81 wins, 51 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Enters the race weekend having powered to a runner-up finish in Las Vegas, the first of three scheduled four-wide style events this year, less than two weeks prior
- As the Las Vegas NHRA Four-Wide Nationals event runner-up, Brown secured a spot in the Charlotte edition of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Top Fuel Challenge
- Brown has the most final quad appearances among the pro categories in the ‘four-wide era,’ with 12 appearances between the Las Vegas and Charlotte events
- Brown has visited the final elimination quad at six of the last nine four-wide events contested between Las Vegas and Charlotte, including his recent runner-up finish in Las Vegas
- With seven zMAX Dragway victories, including the Fall 2024 race, Brown leads the Top Fuel category for most wins at the Concord, N.C. facility
- The NHRA celebrates 1,000 Top Fuel races during this year’s Charlotte 1 event; Brown was the winner of the 800th NHRA Top Fuel race, also contested in Charlotte during the 2015 Fall event
- Clocked his career best numbers during the 2023 Charlotte 2 event:
- Career best elapsed time: 3.655-seconds (Q3, Charlotte 2, 2023)
- Career best speed: 337.24-mph (E1, Charlotte 2, 2023)
Fan Events:
- Friday, 2:15 – 2:45 p.m., Mission #2Fast2Tasty driver autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display
- Saturday, 9:30 a.m., NHRA 1,000th Top Fuel Race Celebration driver autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display
- Saturday, 10:30 – 11 a.m., Team Toyota driver autograph session at the Toyota midway display
Quotable:
“The Charlotte Four-Wide Nationals is always a big race and adding to that this weekend, it’s the 1,000th running of a Top Fuel race. I remember winning the 800th, which was a really big deal, and winning the 1,000th would mean a lot.
“We’ve been to a lot of quad finals in the history of the four-wides and that’s what we’re looking for this weekend, staying right and true. We’ll go out there with our heads down and make it happen. I’ve had some great races and quite a bit of wins in Charlotte and we’re looking to just keep moving up in the points and doing what we do. We’re going to have a stacked field this weekend. Looking forward to all the competition and can’t wait to get down there. It’s been a great week. We celebrated my grandpa’s 100th birthday, and now we’re off to celebrate the 1,000th Top Fuel race.”