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Antron Brown Phoenix test 2008-01-25
BROWN IMPRESSES ON OPENING DAY OF NATIONAL TIME TRIALS CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 25, 2008) -- Antron Brown, driver of the David Powers-owned Matco Tools dragster, impressed the onlookers during the opening day of testing at the National Time Trials ...
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BROWN IMPRESSES ON OPENING DAY OF NATIONAL TIME TRIALS
CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 25, 2008) -- Antron Brown, driver of the David Powers-owned Matco Tools dragster, impressed the onlookers during the opening day of testing at the National Time Trials near Phoenix. The 16-time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle winner raced his Lee Beard-tuned Matco-backed rail to the quickest 60-foot elapsed time of the day Friday at Firebird International Raceway.
"It was a good day," Brown said. "We got all the bugs worked out and hit the track twice. We shook on the opening run, but the second run was a thing of beauty. The (incremental) numbers were great and we're right on track. Lee (Beard) and the guys did a great job on Friday."
Brown and the Matco Tools car suffered severe tire-shake on its opening run of the six-day test in the Valley of the Sun as the rookie Top Fuel racer posted a solid .076 of-a-second reaction time. On Friday's second attempt, the veteran NHRA racer used a reaction time of .066 and clocked the quickest 60-foot elapsed time of the day, .839 seconds. The Matco dragster posted a half-track time of 3.07 seconds on a planned shut off run.
"Antron (Brown) continues to do a great job," Beard said. "He listens and just soaks up all the information that we continue to throw his way. He's a pleasure to have on our race team. The plan is to go out and make three or four runs on Saturday and try to earn Antron's crossover Top Fuel license."
-credit: dpm
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