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Reigning Top Fuel Dragster champion Antron Brown kicked off the 2025 season with a win. He has won the Amalie Motor Oil Gatornationals for the second time at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida.
Brown went 3.673 at 333.99 mph to get the win. He defeated Kalitta Air-sponsored driver Shawn Langdon, who went 3.684 at 332.67 mph in the losing effort.
The Matco Tools driver also win the Gatornationals during the 2013 season at Gainesville Raceway.
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“It’s tough to go against Shawn Langdon and [crew chief] Brian Husen,” Brown said. “They always have the performance. Actually, there are a lot of cars out here that did their homework, put the work in, and can run mid-to-low 3.6s. Brian [Corradi, crew chief] and my guys were just adamant that we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot.
“We dug deep to make a run like that and set low E.T. says a lot about our team. We just stayed cool until the track came around. You’ve got to put it up there when you’re racing these guys. These drivers in Top Fuel are just incredible this year. We kept on digging deep after winning a championship and that’s a tribute to these guys.”
Brown – who is a Chesterfield, New Jersey native, who now resides in Pittsboro, Indiana – was 33-27 against Langdon in prior events. He is now 6-3 against Langdon in the final round.
The No. 1 qualifier had a better reaction, which gave him a starting line advantage. Brown had a 0.036 reaction time compared to Langdon’s 0.046.
Brown never trailed as he won by 0.0218 seconds. He won by approximately 11 feet over the Mira Loma, California native, who now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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This is Brown’s 81st national event win. He now has 65 career Top Fuel wins.
Brown defeated Clay Millican in the 2013 Gatornationals final round. In that race, Brown went 3.761 at 318.77 mph to Millican’s 3.813 at 319.67 mph.
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