The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is home to many well-known drivers, with Antron Brown being one of them. Brown is a Team Toyota motorsports driver who has been with them for 16 years now. He also became the first African-American driver in history to win a major auto racing championship in the United States in 2012, claiming the NHRA Top Fuel series title.
In 2022, Brown created his own team, AB Motorsports, after spending several years with Don Schumacher Racing. Last year, his team finished second in its debut season. Brown is proud of all they have accomplished, and his plan is to continue building something special.
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How Hard Work Pays Off
Antron Brown comes from a family that instilled the values of hard work and dedication from a young age. For as long as he can remember, he has watched his family run a family-owned septic business, and it has been his grandfather’s practice to give them everything they needed as long as they worked for it.
While Brown was already familiar with drag racing due to his father and uncle’s passion for it, he was initially not interested in pursuing this career. Instead, Brown wanted to race in motocross, even though he was not fond of how much time drag racers spend on making modifications to their vehicles instead of actually driving them. However, as he grew older and gained more driving experience, his initial distaste for drag racing turned into a newfound appreciation for the sport.
Shaping the Future of Drag Racing through AB Motorsports
As AB Motorsports’ owner and driver, Antron Brown is focused on creating a legacy that will last for years to come. He is heavily invested in bringing young talent into the sport, thereby ensuring its continued development. To that end, he has introduced his own children to drag racing through the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing series, in which children as young as five years old can drive half-scale dragsters.
Brown believes that it is essential to cultivate more racers earlier in order to attract new fans to the sport. He is dedicated to identifying talented young racers and has made it his mission through ABM to give them a chance to pursue their passion for drag racing.
“It really gets me pumped up when I can see somebody that has passion and that want-to,” Brown says. “That’s something you can’t instill in people. And I see it every day in those junior dragster ranks.”