So far this season, things have not gone according to script for Top Fuel driver Antron Brown.
Brown, who finished third in the final points chase last year, just 49 points behind champion Tony Schumacher, has had a rocky start to 2010.
Brown, trying to reverse his fortunes, took a step toward doing just that by grabbing the top qualifying spot Friday at the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Spring Nationals with a 3.803-second elapsed time at Houston Raceway Park.
“We went out there earlier in the day in the right lane and we were just a little bit early fast,” Brown said. “We went to the left lane after Brian (Corradi) and Mark (Oswald) saw (John) Force run that 4.02, that was pretty sporty. We were in that lane and we were like two pairs behind him (Force), so they wanted to step it up. When we took off, the car lifted the front wheels higher than they’ve ever lifted them up and carried them far out there. I knew I was on a ride right there. The car held on really good and we got back to look at the computer and that thing was on the edge all the way to the 330-mark. That’s about as much as it is going to hold for a dragster, unless someone runs out the back door better than we did.”