After 10 seasons as one of the elite Pro Stock Motorcycle competitors
on the NHRA circuit, 16-time NHRA winner Antron Brown will move to
NHRA’s premier category, Top Fuel, to pilot the Matco Tools Iron Eagle
Top Fuel dragster in 2008, team owner David Powers announced today.
“I’m very excited to have this opportunity to be part of the David
Powers Motorsports team with Lee Beard and Rob Flynn,” Brown said.
“Also, to be teammates with Hot Rod Fuller is awesome. It makes me
speechless, which is a first for me, to have this opportunity to
represent Matco Tools, their distributors, and all of DPM. I’ve been
associated with Matco for the past few years while at DSR (Don
Schumacher Racing) and attending the annual Matco Tools Expo and I’m
looking forward to expanding that relationship. Everyone in their
organization has a passion for the business and winning, from President
Tom Willis to the 1500 franchisees selling the Matco product. I
couldn’t think of a better organization to make this transition with
and for them to believe in me and give me this shot as a rookie driver
is awesome.”
A two-time NHRA championship runner-up (2001, ’06), Brown raced to 16
wins in 145 career Pro Stock Motorcycle events. A native of
Chesterfield, N.J., Brown also earned 11 career pole awards in the
two-wheel category and has not missed the cut for an NHRA race since
his rookie season in 1998.