NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals
Event 16 of 20
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
Sept. 19 – 21, 2025

ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster

Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 9th

NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Highlights:

  • Five-time event champion (2011, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2024)
  • 2008 runner-up

zMAX Dragway Overall Highlights:

  • Seven-time winner
  • Two-time runner-up

2024 NHRA Carolina Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified 10th; Event champion (defeated Steve Torrence in E1, Billy Torrence in E2, Doug Kalitta in E3, Doug Foley in E4)

Last Event (Reading):
Qualified 14th; First round exit (defeated by Doug Kalitta in E1)

2025 Statistics:
15 races; one win, two runner-up finishes, one No. 1 qualifier

Career Statistics:
539 races; 81 wins, 51 No. 1 qualifiers

Noteworthy:

  • The 2025 Charlotte 2 race marks the first four-wide style event to be contested during the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Brown’s four-wide stats are unmatched:
    • Earlier this season, Brown advanced to the final quad at both the Las Vegas and Charlotte four-wide races; he was the event runner-up in Las Vegas
    • Brown has the most final quad appearances among the pro categories in the ‘four-wide era,’ with 13 appearances between the Las Vegas and Charlotte events
    • Brown has visited the final elimination quad at seven of the last 10 four-wide events contested between Las Vegas and Charlotte
  • 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
  • In 2024, Brown scored his second consecutive Countdown win at the Charlotte 2 race to move into the Top Fuel points lead en route to a fourth series championship
  • Became the 10th driver among both active and inactive Mission Foods competitors to enter 500 professional events during the 2023 Carolina Nationals
  • Clocked his career best E.T. (3.655) during the 2023 Charlotte 2 event

Quotable:
“Looking forward to getting to zMAX for some redemption. This track has always been good to the Matco squad and we’re hoping for more of that this weekend so we can get back up into the top five in points where we need to be. Obviously, our 2025 Countdown did not get off the way we had planned. We got behind in qualifying (in Reading, Pa.) and ended up in the bottom half of the field, setting us up with a really tough opponent on race day. Luckily, we have a good track record in Charlotte and with four-wide races. Our team knows how to maneuver the four-wide format. But whether it’s two-wide or four, the plan remains the same; make a good run in Q1 to establish a baseline, work to get ourselves qualified in the top three, and take it one round at a time on race day.”

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