The disappointment of his first, first round loss of the season, to Spencer Massey in the U.S. Nationals
will never be far from Antron Brown's memory, but now, with six races
remaining, the focus for the driver of the Matco Tools dragster owned
by Mike Ashley is the championship trophy waiting for someone in Pomona.
Brown, seeded first in the Countdown to 1, has the tightest grip on the
trophy. This weekend, in Charlotte, the battle begins and for Brown,
what better place to start.
"I'm just excited and geared up for the new challenge,” Brown said. “I
can't wait to get to Charlotte to get back to racing at Bruton's
(Smith) awesome track at zMax Dragway. Indy knocked our team back to
reality a little bit on how tough this Top Fuel class really is. We
have to race our own lane and do what we do. We're not going to worry
about who we're racing and being conservative. We're going to race all
out from this point forward."