![]() We’ve lost some really close rounds, but we’ve got to keep pushing and keep after it, and it’s starting to swing our way. We know how this Countdown works, so you’ve got to show out. We’re going to keep working, keep trying things to get better. “You’re going to have to give it every ounce of what you’ve got this year. “This whole team, we’re just getting stronger, and the longer we go and the more we fine-tune it, the better we get,” Brown said. But an immediate win right of the gates this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway – and a third straight overall victory this year – would be a strong statement to start the playoffs. With a host of standouts right behind Brown, including Leah Pruett and defending world champion Brittany Force, the veteran and 74-time event winner knows the Countdown will be a challenge. Looking for his fourth career world championship, Brown trails Ashley by just 44 points, with four-time world champion Steve Torrence sandwiched in between at 30 points back of Ashley. Nationals in Indy, bumping Brown up to third in points. That includes victories in Brainerd and at the U.S. But nobody enters the Countdown to the Championship - and this weekend’s opener, the 38th annual Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway - with more momentum than Brown, who heads into the playoffs on the strength of back-to-back wins in his 11,000-horsepower Matco Tools/Toyota dragster. That honor goes to Justin Ashley on the strength of six wins and a series of spectacular performances during the regular season. ![]() Antron Brown won’t start the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the Championship playoffs with the Top Fuel points lead.
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