1. Antron Brown was born on March 1,1976 and is an American drag racing driver, currently driving the Matco Tools Top Fuel dragster for AB Motorsports in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.
11 Facts About Antron Brown
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Antron Brown lived in Trenton, New Jersey until age six, when his family moved to his grandmother's 10-acre farm in rural Chesterfield Township, New Jersey following the death of his grandfather.
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Antron Brown's father Albert ran a septic tank service, and was a drag racer at the sportsman level.
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Antron Brown maintained the cars as a child and began racing motorcycles at age six and motocross at age 12, practicing on a course he built on the farm.
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Antron Brown ran his first competitive drag race as a high school senior.
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Antron Brown studied at Northern Burlington County Regional High School before becoming a track star at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey as a sprinter and long jumper, graduating in 1997 with an associate's degree in business administration.
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Antron Brown raced in the NHRA's Pro Stock Motorcycle division from 1998 to 2007, running his first three years with Vincent's Team 23 Racing.
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Antron Brown won 16 events in the motorcycle division, and had a best finish of 2nd in points in 2001 and 2006.
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Antron Brown won the Top Fuel championship in 2012,2015,2016 and 2024.
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Antron Brown appeared in episode 3 of Idris Elba: No Limits as Elba's drag racing instructor.
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Antron Brown featured in the fifteenth season of Discovery's Wheeler Dealers, where he faced off against a 1965 Barracuda driven by Ant Antstead.