
Brown chalked up victories in Topeka, Indianapolis, and Charlotte to come within a breath of claiming the NHRA championship. The team got off to a slow start but overcame earlier setbacks. We had to work out all the bugs and iron out all the wrinkles.”Ģ022 was Brown’s first season as the owner of his own motorsports company. “We just put the work in,” says Antron Brown as he stands beside his top fuel dragster adorned with an understated new paint job. Everything is precisely where it’s supposed to be. As the AB Motorsports crew removes one motor and replaces it with another, nobody is searching for a socket wrench or pliers. The garage is every bit as organized as it is clean.

It is as if the polished metals on Brown’s top fuel dragster are giving off a fragrance of unsullied steel and chrome. The darkened corners and oil puddles of a racing garage’s bygone era don’t exist here.

When one walks into Antron Brown’s spacious Brownsburg garage, they are struck by how clean the place is.
