Antron Brown Wins Gold at Indy

1st Driver to win Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle at Indy

08.05.11 -Antron Brown raced to his third Lucas Oil Raceway win Monday when the action came to an end at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. .

Brown became the first driver to win the historic event in both Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle when he powered his Matco Tools dragster to a 3.813-second run at 321.73 mph. The final-round performance was enough to get past Del Worsham and secure his fifth win of the season and 30th of his career.

“Words cannot describe how this feels,” said Brown. “To come here and win at Indy, the biggest stage in drag racing, means so much. It just goes back to my childhood dream and sitting under those grandstands as a kid and saying ‘I want to do that one day.’ It’s the greatest feeling I’ve ever had.”

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Antron Brown, a two-time Indy winner in Pro Stock Motorcycle, won his first in Top Fuel when he beat former Indy Funny Car winner Del Worsham in the final round.

Brown dominated the weekend activities in Top Fuel as he raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel Saturday at the prestigious Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

Brown powered his Matco Tools dragster to the top of the field Saturday night with an impressive 3.818-seconds run at 322.96 mph on the final pass of the Top Fuel session. It was his second No. 1 qualifier of the season, 28th of his career, and second No. 1 qualifier at Lucas Oil Raceway, a track where he has two Pro Stock Motorcycle wins but had yet to collect a Top Fuel win at the prestigious race, until now.

“We came out here last week and tested a whole variety of things we wanted to test,” said Brown. “We came up with some stuff and have just been running the same package that we have run all year and will run the rest of the season. Brian [Corradi, co-crew chief] and Mark [Oswald, co-crew chief] and the boys have just been refining it and just making it better and better.”

After retaining his #1 Qualification Position on Sunday, Brown was ready for the the race-day finals on Monday. “I think we’re ready for tomorrow for sure,” said Brown. “Tomorrow is going to be just like this, but the conditions will be even better. So we have to go back and go to work because tomorrow is going to be a whole new day. And it’s race day; it’s work day.”

And work he did as he not only became the 1st driver to pull off the doulble (Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion) but also the 1st aarcer.

Hats off to Antron Brown and Matco Tools Team.