Sat, 26 Sep 2009, 12:16 AM Antron Brown Dallas Friday NHRA Qualifying: No. 6

Courtesy of Ted Yerzyk

ENNIS, Tex. -- Antron Brown drove his Mike Ashley-owned Matco Tools dragster to the provisional No. 6 qualifying position Friday evening at Texas Motoplex. The seven-time Top Fuel winner used an elapsed time of 3.878-seconds to finish sixth in the 16-car order on Friday at the 24th annual O'Reilly Super Start Fall Nationals.

On Brown's first qualifying attempt at the Billy Meyer-owned facility, NHRA's first "Super Track," Brown's Matco Tools/DirecTV rail posted the quickest time to the 330-foot mark at 3.17-seconds before spinning the tires on the hot all-concrete track and slowing to a run of 4.254 seconds at 207.46 mph. The track was 112-degrees for the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon. On Friday's evening pass, the 23-time NHRA winner used a tune-up from crew chiefs Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald to power the Matco Tools/Toyota car to a lap of 3.878 at 314.61 to finish in the provisional No. 6 qualifying position.

"That was a good run for our MAR Matco Tools team," Brown said. "We had to back it down a bit after that first run. It was hauling on that first pass, but was just hopped up a little too much. But it's all good. We're in the show and we can go after some bonus points on Saturday."

Professional nitro qualifying is scheduled for Noon and 3:15 p.m. (CT) on Saturday afternoon at Texas Motorplex. Top Fuel will run first followed by Funny Car. Last year, Brown qualified the Matco Tools car 10th at the Dallas race at 3.897-seconds. Brown won his first professional race at the Motorplex in 1999 defeating Angelle Sampey in the Pro Stock Motorcycle final round.

Headquartered in Brownsburg, Ind., Mike Ashley Racing fields the Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster driven by Antron Brown. MAR proudly represents racing partners Matco Tools, Lend America, DirecTV, Toyota, SpongeTechR Delivery Systems, Ringer's Gloves, Go Fast! Sports, Goodyear, FRAM, Autolite, Impact! Racing, Connexions Sports and Entertainment, and Forward Sports Marketing (FSM).

Mike Ashley Racing supports Autism Awareness through their support of the Hyperbaric Therapy Center. A 2007 Centers for Disease Control report found that 1 in 150 children in America today have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and an estimated 1.5 million Americans and their families are now affected. Autism is a national health crisis, and Mike Ashley Racing is working to help educate the public about ways they can get involved. Visit the Heal Autism Now website for more information about how you can get involved at http://www.healautismnow.org

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