NHRA Northwest Nationals
Event 11 of 20
Pacific Raceways
Kent, Wash.
July 19 – 21, 2024
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster
NHRA Northwest Nationals Event Highlights:
- Four-time event champion (2009, 2016 – 2018)
- Two-time runner-up (2010, 2014)
- Two-time No. 1 qualifier (2011, 2017)
2023 NHRA Northwest Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified seventh; First round exit (defeated by Shawn Langdon in E1)
Last Event (Norwalk):
Qualified third; Event champion (defeated Dan Mercier in E1, Clay Millican in E2, Justin Ashley in E3, Doug Kalitta in E4)
2024 Statistics:
10 races; two national event wins; two specialty race wins
Career Statistics:
514 races; 76 wins, 50 No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
- Returns to Seattle after having won the most recent event on tour – the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals contested in Norwalk, Ohio. Brown scored his 60th Top Fuel win and 76th overall when he defeated Doug Kalitta, the defending Top Fuel series champ and current point leader, in the final round
- By advancing beyond the semifinals in Norwalk, Brown secured a spot in the Seattle edition of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Top Fuel Challenge
- With two wins so far in 2024, Brown starts the Seattle event from fourth in the NHRA Mission Foods Top Fuel standings
- Brown holds the Pacific Raceways track E.T. record (3.685 seconds), which he set at the 2016 event
- Won his 50th Top Fuel race during the 2018 Northwest Nationals and became the fourth driver in NHRA history to achieve that feat
Fan Events:
- Friday, 6:45 – 7:15 p.m., Top Fuel/Funny Car Power Hour autograph session at each driver’s pit
- Saturday, 11:30 a.m. – noon, Mission #2Fast2Tasty autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display
- Saturday, noon – 12:30 p.m., Team Toyota autograph session at the Toyota midway display
Quotable:
“Seattle is one of those tracks where we’ve always had great success at. We’re looking to carry the momentum in from our last few races. Our main focus going there is to qualify well starting with the Friday late night session, the first of all time at that track. We’re very excited about that and looking forward to being out there with all of our Matco distributors from the area. We’re looking to go out there and just take it one round at a time, but the main focus is to carry the momentum we’ve been building so that we keep on gravitating closer and closer to the top of the point standings because Indy is just around the corner.”
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