Pomona 1 Pre-Race Report
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com
Event 1 of 22
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
Pomona, Calif.
February 18-20, 2022
Presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com
Event 1 of 22
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona
Pomona, Calif.
February 18-20, 2022
ANTRON BROWN: Driver of the Matco Tools/Lucas Oil/Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
Pomona 1 (Winternationals) Event Highlights:
Two-time No. 1 qualifier (2008, 2009)
Earned his career-first No. 1 qualifier in the Top Fuel category at the 2008 event
Three-time runner-up (2009, 2012, 2015)
Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Highlights:
Three-time champion (1999, 2009, 2010)
1999's victory was in the Pro Stock Motorcycle category
Three-time No. 1 qualifier
Seven-time runner-up
2021 Pomona 1 Recap:
Qualified 11th; Semifinal finish (defeated Steve Torrence in E1, Shawn Langdon in E2; defeated by Justin Ashley in E3)
Career Statistics:
461 races; 68 wins (16 Pro Stock Motorcycle); 49 No. 1 Qualifiers (11 PSM)
Brown’s team, AB Motorsports, will make its competition debut at the Winternationals
In 2022, Brown is seeking his fourth Top Fuel title, and first as a team owner
Earned his first No. 1 qualifier in the Top Fuel category during the 2008 Pomona 1 event
While Brown has been triumphant at Pomona, all three of his wins have come from the NHRA Finals event contested at Pomona at the end of the season
Quotable:
“I’m looking forward to getting to Pomona, the first race of the year. The team is in high spirits coming off of a really good test session where we learned a lot. We’re amped up, we’re motivated and we feel like we can compete with anyone out there. We’re ready to kick off our season on a high note. We’re so grateful to all of our partners who have helped us reach this point. Matco Tools, Toyota, SiriusXM, and the addition of Lucas Oil and now Summit Racing coming aboard to give us the right equipment when we need it out there on the race track, Darton Sleeves, and of course our longtime supporters at Hangsterfer’s.”
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, and Hangsterfer’s Metal Working Lubricants.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.
For more information, visit www.antronbrown.com or @antronbrown on Twitter, and @antronbrowntf on Instagram and Facebook.
