Texas NHRA FallNationals
Event 18 of 20
Countdown Event 4 of 6
Texas Motorplex
Ennis, Texas
Oct. 11 – 13, 2024

ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco’s ‘Tools for the Cause’ Toyota Top Fuel Dragster

Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 1st

Texas NHRA FallNationals Event Highlights:

  • Two-time event champion (2012, 2016)
  • 2016 No. 1 qualifier

Note: With his 1999 Spring race victory (now discontinued) while competing in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category, Brown is a three-time overall winner at the Motorplex

2023 Texas NHRA FallNationals Event Recap:
Qualified fourth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Austin Prock in E1; defeated by Steve Torrence in E2)

Last Event (St. Louis):
Qualified 10th; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Jasmine Salinas in E1; defeated by Tony Schumacher in E2)

2024 Statistics:
17 races; five national event wins, three specialty race wins

Career Statistics:
521 races; 79 wins, 50 No. 1 qualifiers

Noteworthy:

  • Brown, a three-time Top Fuel world champ, is battling for his first series championship since 2016
  • Brown starts the weekend as the Top Fuel points leader after having powered to victory at the Reading and Charlotte events before falling in the second round near St. Louis
  • Brown was named a Texas Motorplex Legend in 2023, and was recognized and presented with one-of-a-kind ‘Legend spurs’ during the race weekend
    • Brown is one of five drivers to have won at the Motorplex in two different pro categories but is the only one of the five to have done so in Pro Stock Motorcycle and Top Fuel
  • Brown claimed his first NHRA national event win in 1999 at the Texas Motorplex while competing in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category. He defeated Sampey in the final round
    • The event win occurred at the discontinued 1999 Dallas I event
  • Dallas marks the second of three events where Brown will banner the pink Matco ‘Tools for the Cause’ livery to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Each year, the Matco Tools team campaigns a pink ‘Tools for the Cause’ scheme throughout the month of October
    • Throughout October, 15% of the sales from select TFC items sold will be donated directly to BCRF
    • Since ‘Tools for the Cause’ began in 2012, Matco has donated over two million dollars to breast cancer research
    • The Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer. They provide critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis, and survivorship
  • Three-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Angelle Sampey made her Top Alcohol Dragster debut at the 2023 Texas NHRA Fall Nationals as part of Brown’s AB Motorsports Accelerate Program
    • Sampey qualified 16th and went on to defeat Mike Coughlin and Tony Stewart before bowing out in the semifinals
    • Sampey returns to Dallas after having recently picked up her first Top Alcohol Dragster win last month aboard the Michalek Brothers-prepared Hangsterfer’s Metalworking Lubricants machine

Fan Events:

  • Thursday, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., Stampede of Speed Pre-Stage Fanfest, Waxahachie Railyards
  • Saturday, 10:30 – 11:00 a.m., Team Toyota autograph session, Toyota Racing Experience midway display

Quotable:
“We’ve got some good momentum we’re bringing into Dallas after racing to back-to-back wins to start the Countdown. It’s going to be hot, so we’ve got to bring the heat. This track has a lot of great memories for me. It’s where I got my first race win ever in NHRA in 1999, and last year was a monumental year getting inducted into the Legends Hall of Fame and being presented with the Texas Motorplex boot spurs.

“We’re still rocking and supporting Matco’s Breast Cancer Research Foundation initiative with our Tools for the Cause dragster, so we’re going to be powerful in pink again this weekend. The game plan remains the same – focus on qualifying well and stepping into that saddle on Friday night, and then making it a long day of going rounds on Sunday. That’s the name of the game.”

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