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Antron Brown Out Early at Charlotte Four-Wides
Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
Event 6 of 22
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
April 29 – May 1, 2022
Event 6 of 22
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
April 29 – May 1, 2022
CONCORD, N.C. (May 1, 2022) – Antron Brown qualified his Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster ninth at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, an event where he has earned two previous wins. The new team owner has visited the final elimination quad at the last three four-wide events (Las Vegas 2022, Charlotte 2021, Las Vegas 2021), and was looking to keep his streak alive on Sunday at zMAX Dragway. Brown drew friend and technical alliance teammate Justin Ashley, Austin Prock, and Cameron Ferre in his first-round quad. He was quick on the throttle but his machine started to lose traction before the 330-marker and he slowed to a 5.263 E.T. while Ashley and Ferre made full pulls to advance to round two.
“That was just a tough first round here at Charlotte for the Four-Wide Nationals,” said Brown a three-time Top Fuel world champion. “Certainly not the result we expected from a really tough quad with Justin Ashley and Austin Prock and Cam Ferre. They’re all tough though. We ran decent in qualifying but would have liked to have started higher than ninth. The car was just a little fast today and we lost traction. We’re disappointed and need to figure it out. We’re only a quarter of the way through this season, so there’s a long way to go. It is a marathon and we have some catching up to do. We’re going to dig deep, work hard, test here at zMax Dragway tomorrow and come out swinging at Richmond (Va.) in two weeks.”
Brown and the AB Motorsports team will start the Virginia NHRA Nationals ranked 10th in the NHRA Camping World Series Top Fuel standings.
Qualified: No. 9 (3.729 E.T. at 329.10 MPH)
Elimination Round Results:
E1: 5.623 E.T. at 125.63 MPH defeated by Justin Ashley (No Time, timing issue), Cameron Ferre 3.841 E.T. at 320.66 MPH
| 1 | Brittany Force | 478 | |
| 2 | Mike Salinas | 461 | |
| 3 | Justin Ashley | 432 | |
| 4 | Steve Torrence | 427 | |
| 5 | Clay Millican | 328 | |
| 6 | Josh Hart | 294 | |
| 7 | Austin Prock | 288 | |
| 8 | Doug Kalitta | 263 | |
| 9 | Tony Schumacher | 243 | |
| 10 | Antron Brown | 230 |
About AB Motorsports
Established in 2019 and making its on-track debut in 2022, AB Motorsports is a single-car NHRA Top Fuel team owned and operated by three-time world champion Antron Brown. Headquartered in Brownsburg, Ind., the team competes on the 22-race NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series circuit thanks to the support of Matco Tools, Lucas Oil, Toyota, SiriusXM, Hangsterfer’s Metal Working Lubricants, and Summit Racing Equipment.Brown, who serves as both the owner and driver of the AB Motorsports Top Fuel dragster, is the only competitor in NHRA history to have won races in both the Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle categories. Brown is a 68-time NHRA national event winner and became the first Black driver to win a major U.S. auto racing championship when he captured the 2012 NHRA Top Fuel series title.
