July 18, 2008
BROWN DRIVES MATCO RAIL TO NO. 3 SPOT FRIDAY AT SEATTLE
News From David Powers Motorsports
KENT, Wash. (July 18, 2008)
Antron Brown continued his solid performance in his David Powers-owned Matco Tools dragster Friday at Pacific Raceways. Competing at the Seattle NHRA race for the first time in his career, Brown powered his Matco-backed rail to the provisional No. 3 qualifying position with an elapsed time of 3.831-seconds
Brown, who made the first three-second pass in NHRA history last Friday evening at the Denver NHRA race, opened qualifying at the sea level Seattle track with a solid run of 3.865 seconds at 310.27 mph in the bright blue Matco Tools dragster. That placed Brown fourth in the 16-car order. It was his first 1,000-foot pass that exceeded 300 mph. Using a tune-up from crew chief Lee Beard, Brown bettered his opening effort by cruising the Pacific Raceways strip in 3.831 at 312.06 to place the Matco Tools car in the provisional No. 3 qualifying position. Brown, who ranks second in the Top Fuel standings, has never competed at Pacific Raceways as the Pro Stock Motorcycle class competes on a limited schedule.
“Our goal was to continue to do well after our runner-up at Denver and we did that today,” Brown said. “We made two really good runs and put this Matco car in the No. 3 spot. Our teammate, Hot Rod (Fuller), put a good number on the board and these two David Powers cars continue to do well.”
Professional nitro qualifying resumes Saturday afternoon at Pacific Raceways with sessions scheduled for 12:30 and 3 p.m. (PT). Brown’s teammate, Hot Rod Fuller, qualified his Caterpillar dragster fourth with a run of 3.841 at 313.73.
Headquartered in Houston with race operations located in Brownsburg, Ind., David Powers Motorsports fields the two-car Top Fuel operation of drivers Rod Fuller and Antron Brown. DPM proudly represents racing partners Matco Tools, Caterpillar, Forward Sports Marketing, Valvoline, Toyota, Ringer’s Gloves, Go Fast Sports, Goodyear, FRAM, and Autolite.
Q1 3.865 ET, 310.27 MPH No. 4
Q2 3.831 ET, 312.06 MPH No. 3
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