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Antron Brown Hits Career-Record Speed at NHRA Great Lakes Nationals
Highlights
- Antron Brown qualified third at Great Lakes Nationals.
- Brown hit career-best speed of 339.62 mph in eliminations.
- Rain delayed eliminations from Sunday to Monday.
- Brown lost quarterfinals due to broken piston and cylinder drop.
- Team plans improvements before next NHRA Nationals race.
- Next event: September 25-27 at Rockingham Dragway, North Carolina.
Antron Brown delivers at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park, qualifying third and reaching Monday’s quarterfinals at the Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals after rain, while logging a career-best 339.62 mph.
The Matco Tools Eagle Experience Top Fueler shows clear progression across sessions, giving AB Motorsports a tune-up window to challenge the class leaders.
Friday starts with an 8.502s at 69.47 mph as multiple cylinders go out, leaving Brown 13th. The team rebounds to 3.779s at 331.86 mph to reach tenth.
Saturday rain interrupts qualifying before conditions improve. Brown posts 3.740s at 331.86 mph in Q3 to climb to ninth.
He closes qualifying with 3.673s at 338.09 mph, equalling his quickest elapsed time to date. The run secures third on the ladder and two bonus points.
3.673 seconds at 338.09 mph ties Brown’s quickest ET and earns two bonus points.
Rain pushes eliminations to Monday. Against Clay Millican, Brown delivers 3.682s at a career-best 339.62 mph. Millican falters early, and Brown advances.
Career-best 339.62 mph set in Round 1 against Millican.
The quarterfinal against Tony Stewart unravels. A cylinder drops, a piston breaks, and the car shuts off. Brown still clocks 4.054s at 212.46 mph; Stewart runs 3.653s, 343.51 mph.
A broken piston just past 330 feet triggers shutdown despite a clean launch.
Brown maintains the tune-up targets a 3.64–3.66s window, suggesting parity with frontrunners. He believes the car would have delivered without the component failure.
The failure occurs just past 330 feet, yet the car tracks straight and smooth to half-track. That points to engine durability, not chassis or clutch imbalance, as the limiting factor.
With five races remaining, AB Motorsports prioritizes consistency and cylinder-seal reliability to convert pace into points.
The next stop is September 25–27 at the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock, Rockingham Dragway in North Carolina, following recent headline runs by Ron Capps and Shawn Langdon.
The Michigan Miracle NHRA win underscores how quickly momentum shifts in the Countdown fight.
Visual Summary
339.62
mph
Career-Best Speed
mph
Career-Best Speed
☔
Qualifying
Interrupted by Rain
Interrupted by Rain
Fri: P13 (8.50s)
P10 (3.77s)
Sat: P3 (3.67s)
★
Third-fastest, bonus points secured
⏰
Rain delays
Eliminations to Monday
Eliminations to Monday
Round 1:
Brown beats Millican
3.682s @
339.62mph
Brown beats Millican
3.682s @
339.62mph
🔥
Quarterfinal:
Piston blows,
shutoff at 212 mph
Stewart advances
shutoff at 212 mph
Stewart advances
Next: NHRA @ The Rock (Sep 25–27)
5 races left • Consistency is key
5 races left • Consistency is key
💪
Brown breaks records, dances with danger—and races on with hope.
Nicholas Rivera delivers NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car news, including eliminator-round results and reaction-time stats. He brings track-side interviews, contender profiles, and championship-point breakdowns straight from drag-racing’s biggest national events.
