By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Matco Tools-sponsored Top Fuel Dragster driver Antron Brown has won at his home track. He defeated Kalitta Air-sponsored driver Shawn Langdon during the final round at the 39th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway in Mohnton, Pennsylvania.
Brown went 3.798 at 327.27 mph to get the win. Langdon went 3.803 at 332.02 mph in the losing effort.
“Going into race day, we knew we were going to have something, but the track got a little bit trickier than we thought it was. It was medieval out there. A lot of people were spinning the tires, but we made it far enough down the track,” Brown said. “Brian Corradi, Mark (Oswald), all of our Matco boys gave me a car that went the distance. We were just better than everybody that we raced at that time. When we got to the final, we knew it was going to be a monster matchup.
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“I knew Shawn was going to run about the same E.T. and it was going to be who can leave the starting line. Lo and behold, I was able to keep my head down and we got a little bit of an advantage right there and the car outran him. It was one of those deals, we got the win and the car was smooth down the racetrack. It felt really good when that win light came on, we needed a start like that if we wanted to be in this race to win this championship.”
This is Brown’s third win at his home track. However, it was his first win at Maple Grove in nearly a decade, as it had been eight years.
He previously won at the now Kenny Koretsky-owned track in 2015 and 2016. According to Google Maps, Maple Grove Raceway is an hour and 21 minutes away from his hometown in Chesterfield, New Jersey.
Before this final round, Brown held a 31-27 advantage against Langdon. He also had a 4-3 advantage over Langdon in the previous final rounds.
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Brown had the starting line advantage and held onto the win. This is his fourth win of the season.
Throughout his professional career, he now has 78 wins, including his Pro Stock Motorcycle days.
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