Fri, 24 Jul 2026, 16:05 PM Antron Brown Preview

Courtesy of Allison McCormick, ABM Communications

Muckleshoot Casino & Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals
July 24 - 26
Pacific Raceways
Kent, Wash.

BY THE NUMBERS:
. Four-time event champion (2009, 2016 - 2018)
. Two-time runner-up (2010, 2014)
. Two-time No. 1 qualifier (2011, 2017)

Last Event (NHRA Sonoma Nationals):
Qualified 10th; Semifinal finish (defeated Tony Schuamcher in E1; Tony Stewart in E2; defeated by Doug Kalitta in E3)

2025 NHRA Northwest Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified ninth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Clay Millican in E1; defeated by Brittany Force in E2)

TAKE NOTE:
• Won his 50th Top Fuel race during the 2018 Northwest Nationals and became the fourth driver in NHRA history to achieve that feat

• Brown qualified for the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge thanks to his semifinal appearance at the DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals

FAN EVENTS:
• Saturday, July 25th: 9 a.m. - Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Autograph Session at the Mission Foods display in the Midway

WATCH:
STREAM LIVE ON NHRA.TV

Friday, July 24th
• 2:30 p.m. PDT - Top Fuel Qualifying Session 1
• 5 p.m. PDT - Top Fuel Qualifying Session 2

Saturday, July 25th
• 12 p.m. PDT - Top Fuel Qualifying Session 3 / #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Round 1
• 2:30 p.m. PDT - Top Fuel Qualifying Session 4 / #2Fast2Tasty Challenge Finals

Sunday, July 26th
• 10 a.m. PDT - Round 1
• 12:15 p.m. PDT - Round 2
• 1:50 p.m. PDT - Semifinals
• 3:20 p.m. PDT - Finals

TV COVERAGE ON FS1
Friday, July 24th
• 10 p.m. EDT - Qualifying Show 1

Sunday, July 26th
• 2:30 p.m. EDT - Qualifying Show 2

TV COVERAGE ON FOX
Sunday, July 26th
• 4 p.m. EDT - Finals Show

ANTRON BROWN Driver of the Matco Tools Eagle Experience Top Fuel Dragster

"Pacific Raceway Nationals has always been a great place to race - we've won here several times and love the atmosphere. We've come off some really good race weekends with a win, a runner-up, and have been to the semis, and we're looking just to keep on doing the same thing. The main thing that we want to do is start off with a good qualifying effort, and we definitely want to get in that top five of qualifying to set ourselves up for race day.

"I know this race weekend here is going to be a really good test that we need to get out there and get after, because when we get into Countdown, I think it's going to be a cooler fall this year, so the tracks want to get really good. So this is going to be our first test to see if we can make this thing go fast, so we're gonna keep our head down and get after it and try to put this Matco Tools Eagle Experience Top Fuel Dragster up there in those top spots. This is the last leg of being out here on the West Coast right now before we go back to Brainerd and go to Indy. So we're just looking to have a really good outing."

Watch Antron Brown's full pre-race report here.