Brown heads to Bristol looking for that Elusive first Win on the Mountain!

Bristol, TN – Brown, a three-time Top Fuel world champion, has won at every track along the current NHRA tour with the exception of Bristol, and the second-year team owner is hoping to capture that elusive first Thunder Valley Nationals victory in 2023.

Antron captured his 50th No. 1 qualifier (39th in Top Fuel) at the Epping, N.H. event and enters the weekend with 796 round wins and is seeking to become only the sixth driver in NHRA history to achieve 800 round wins.

“The weather is looking good this weekend, which is important because we have a lot of racing to get through. We were No. 1 qualifiers in Epping and we’ll start eliminations for that on Friday night. Teams will get one run down the track, and then it’s right into racing but for us, we have the added bonus of starting our eliminations on a Bye run, so we’ll actually get two shakedown runs during qualifying. I like the momentum we’re carrying from Epping into this race weekend. We had two tough qualifying runs up there in New Hampshire but we managed to get down both of them; from the hot round to the super cold, damp round where the track was hard like plastic. Our team is very versatile, we’re in a very good place and we like how everything is shaping up for this weekend in Bristol,” explained Brown

Due to persistent rain, last weekend’s NHRA New England Nationals from Epping, N.H. were postponed following Saturday qualifying. Eliminations will be contested this weekend during qualifying for the Thunder Valley Nationals as follows:

FRIDAY
Bristol Q2/Epping E1

SATURDAY
Bristol Q3/Epping E2
Epping E3 (#2Fast2Tasty E1)
Bristol Q4/Epping finals (#2Fast2Tasty E2)

Brown will start from the No. 1 seed and will have a Bye run in E1

NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Event Highlights: 2011 event runner-up, 2010 No. 1 qualifier

2022 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Event Recap: Qualified fourth; Semifinal finish (defeated Tony Schumacher in E1, Brittany Force in E2; defeated by Shawn Langdon in E3)

Last Event (Epping): Qualified No. 1; Eliminations to be contested in Bristol

2023 Statistics: Seven races; one win, one No. 1 qualifier (includes Epping)

Career Statistics: 490 races; 72 wins, 50 No. 1 qualifiers (includes Epping)

Fan Events: Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – noon, Team Toyota autograph session – Toyota midway display