Antron Brown falls to teammate at Norwalk
Brown looses traction run against Massey.
Antron Brown
NHRA
Brown slows after stellar opening round in Matco Top Fueler as loss helps teammate Massey win NHRA title at Norwalk
NORWALK, Ohio (July 8, 2012) - Antron Brown faced Spencer Massey on Sunday for the fifth time this year during championship eliminations.
Prior to Sunday of the NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park in northern Ohio, the Don Schumacher Racing Top Fuel Dragster teammates had split their first four encounters; both of Massey's wins were in the championship rounds while each of Brown's were in second- round competition.
Massey turned the tables this time by beating Brown in the second round and then went the distance to win his series-best fourth title of the year and regain first place in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series standings. Brown dropped two spots to third after briefly holding the points lead after Saturday qualifying.
While Brown was pleased that if he didn't win the title that one of his teammates did, he was disappointed after crew chiefs Mark Oswald and Brian Corradi tuned his Matco Tools dragster to the first round's best run at 3.831 seconds and 320.58 mph.
In the second round, Massey went 3.923 seconds at 306.40 mph to beat Brown when he lost traction and slowed to a 4.038 (273.00).
"We were ahead of him until 330 feet, then we lost a little traction," Brown said. "We wanted to run a 3.86 or 3.87, but it just didn't hold. We raced our teammate, and we didn't want to leave anything on the table.
"We had a great run in the first round then the track wouldn't hold what we tried to put down the next time.
"It was a good weekend. We looked at all the runs and the team did an exceptional job during qualifying and we got some crucial bonus points. We'll just lick our wounds and get ready for the 'Western Swing' and go after it again."
Source: Don Schumacher Racing
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