2007 Final NHRA Top Fuel Standings 1. Tony Schumacher 3,186 - - - - 2. Rod Fuller 3,167 -19 3. Brandon Bernstein 3,149 -37 4. Larry Dixon 3,135 -51 5. Bob Vandergriff, Jr. 2,358 6. Doug Herbert 2,292 7. J.R. Todd 2,273 8. Whit Bazemore 2,182 Melanie Troxel 1,173 Doug Kalitta 1,045 10. Scott Weis 166 246 out 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals Feb. 7-10, 2008 Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Pomona, Calif. Antron Brown on Pomona 1 “I’m very excited to participate in my first Top Fuel race. To carry the Matco Tools banner for all the distributors is very cool. We look forward to giving them a great showing this season. We have a great team and I think we’re going to surprise some people.” Lee Beard (crew chief) on Pomona 1 “I think we have a very competitive race car. The first full run on our ‘08 car was a 4.48 and we shut off early. The car is going to be able to run with the top three or four guys. Antron has a good number of runs under his belt from our test sessions and I feel as confident going into the race as I would with a seasoned veteran in the seat.” Brown Pomona 1 Notebook Brown has never competed at the Winternationals. The Pro Stock Motorcycle category, which does not compete at each NHRA POWERade Series event, begins its schedule at Gainesville (Fla.) Raceway in March. Brown has one victory in three final-round appearances at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. He defeated popular rider Craig Treble at the NHRA Finals in 1998 to earn his third career PSM victory. Last season, Brown raced his U.S. Army Suzuki to a 10th place finish in the PSM standings. It was his 10th consecutive finish in the top 10. He had two semifinals appearances, including Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in November. Brown was named driver of the Matco Tools dragster during the Auto Club Finals last November. Brown made the necessary runs required to earn his crossover Top Fuel license on Jan. 26 at Firebird International Raceway near Phoenix. He made his first 300-mph lap on Jan. 29 (327.66 mph) and his first 4.4-second pass on Jan. 30 (4.486 seconds) at F.I.R. Brown has qualified for 145 consecutive NHRA events. He hasn’t missed the cut since the Gainesville race in 1998 after being disqualified for bad fuel at his first career event. It is the second longest qualifying streak in the professional ranks (Angelle Sampey—166). Antron Brown’s Career Results at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona Year Qualified Finish & Winning Driver 1998 No. 5 Semifinals—Ron Ayers 1999 No. 2 WINNER—def. Craig Treble 2000 No. 2 Semifinals—Matt Hines 2001 No. 2 Runner-up—Angelle Sampey (foul) 2001 No. 3 First round—Joe DeSantis 2002 No. 10 First round—Michael Phillips 2003 No. 13 First round—Andrew Hines 2004 No. 3 Runner-up—Angelle Sampey 2005 No. 2 Second round—Andrew Hines (foul) 2006 No. 10 Second round—Craig Treble 2007 No. 8 Semifinals—Matt Smith (foul) Brown’s Winternationals Schedule Date & Time Event and Location Wed., Feb. 6, Noon NHRA Media Luncheon—The Derby Thur., Feb. 7, 2:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 1, Auto Club Raceway Fri., Feb. 8, 8:45 a.m. Y.E.S. Program, Auto Club Raceway Fri., Feb. 8, 2:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 2, Auto Club Raceway Sat., Feb. 9, 12:30/3:30 p.m. TF Qualifying 3/4, Auto Club Raceway Sun., Feb. 10, 11 a.m. Final Eliminations, Auto Club Raceway Brown’s Career-Best Performances E.T.—6.930 seconds Gainesville, Fla. March 2007 MPH—193.24 mph Englishtown, N.J. May 2002 CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals TV Schedule (ESPN2) Date & Time (ET) Coverage Sat., Feb. 9, 8-10 p.m. Qualifying Highlights Sun., Feb. 10, 7:30-11 p.m. Final Eliminations Coverage www.matcotools.com www.davidpowersmotorsports.com The Brown Bulletin The prerace release of 16-time NHRA winner Antron Brown and the Matco Tools Top Fuel team Contact: Ted Yerzyk, (317) 852-6363 o, or (760) 207-9767 c ted@davidpowersmotorsports.com