***MEDIA ALERT/PHOTO OPP***
Antron Brown – three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion
Kenny Bernstein – six-time NHRA series champion (Top Fuel and Funny Car), International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (2012)
WHAT:
The King is back! 69-time national event winner and NHRA legend Kenny Bernstein, aka the King of Speed, will swap seats with 72-time event champ Antron Brown on Friday during the NHRA Mile-High Nationals. Bernstein will warm-up Brown’s 11,000-horsepower Matco Tools/Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster in preparation for the event’s first qualifying session. The occasion will mark Bernstein’s first time returning to the seat of a nitro car since 2007.
Following the warm-up, the two ‘top 10 winningest NHRA drivers’ will be available for interview.
WHEN:
TODAY, Friday, July 14
2:30 p.m. MT
WHERE:
AB Motorsports/Matco Tools pit
Bandimere Speedway
3051 S. Rooney Rd.
Morrison, Colo.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
Both Brown and Bernstein are among the top 10 winningest drivers in NHRA history across the sport’s four professional categories:
Brown – ranked seventh with 72 wins (56 Top Fuel, 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle)
Bernstein – ranked eighth with 69 wins (39 Top Fuel, 30 Funny Car)
Brown is a three-time event champion at Bandimere Speedway, while Bernstein owns four Denver victories
Brown tied Bernstein’s record of 69 career wins when he captured his first victory as a team owner during the 2022 Menards NHRA Nationals in Topeka, Kan.
Bernstein earned the ‘King of Speed’ moniker when he became the first NHRA driver to break the 300-mph barrier in 1992, and was the first driver to win championships in both nitro classes
PLEASE RSVP TO:
Allison McCormick
ABM Communications
[email protected]
(305) 764-5377
IG: @ABMCommunications
