NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Walk Around with Antron Brown
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- NHRA Top Fuel racer Antron Brown stopped by the Powernation studios to talk about the technology and engineering inside his race machine. He shares his secrets of what makes his cars perform at the top level and the improvements that kept him safe during his big crash. Plus, how his long relationship with Matco Tools and its distributors inspired him to start his own business, AB Motorsports.
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I have followed Antron Brown since pro-stock motorcycle. He is such a great guy. He is my favorite drag racer and I'm so happy he has his own team now and I hope it does very well. Best of luck Antron & God Bless.
I have a friend that's a Matco tool dealer. He has met Mr Brown. My buddy said that Mr Brown is a great guy and he'll take the time to talk to anyone.
Aw, you can tell by this video he is indeed a great guy. What a career!
He will take time out for his fans no matter what. He is the best!!!! They were packing up one day and I asked him for an autograph and he signed my stuff and a handful of other peoples too. Super excited to see him this season!!!!!
I was at the Winternationals in Pomona a few years ago and asked him a question about the car body. He was very nice and gave me a thorough explanation. He is probably second to Clay Millican in having a perpetual smile on his face.
Antron Brown exudes the true class-act that he is. Like many before and current, regardless of which level, having a love for what you do will open doors of opportunity. It's then up to the individual, to make or break the future.
Absolutely, Antron is one my favorite drivers in nitro racing.
Congratulations Antron and thanks for all you do...!
Funding his team with dirty stolen money doesn't exude class. Do some research.
@@positrack99 Without pictures, that never happened. Prove it comrade.
@@OldelPaso68 The dirty stories of NHRA money aren't a secret. Shady sponsorship deals, and the destruction of grass roots racing. Mike Ashley plead guilty and received 3 years but was able to keep all the money he robbed people of. We can talk about how DSR bought Mike Ashley Racing, and how there are Americans who lost their entire life savings due to Mike Ashley while he parades his millions for his spoiled brat kid. Or maybe we could talk about how DSR sold nitro-methane to Timothy McVey at the Texas Motorplex that was used to blow up the Federal Building?
@@positrack99 Lots of deflection from the call out to prove your accusations against Antron Brown, but nothing to back it up. Just another self inflicted, miserable troll.
Yes, Antron is a great ambassador for my favorite sport...drag racing! This is really an exciting year for Top Fuel.
Antron Brown is a great down to earth guy. I can remember back when he was on 2 wheels making a name for himself. His personality and drive hasn't changed one bit.
What a class act! Thank you Mr. Brown. You will be awesome I'm sure.
You just gotta love AB! He’s the most down to earth easy going guy I’ve seen in top fuel!!
What a awesome introduction of his car!!
Love it!
Thanks, a most impressive overview. I have loosely followed NHRA for over fifty years and continue to be blown away by the stunning progress. Thanks again for the quick update. Back when I began following top fuel, 2k HP was the quoted output. 2k HP was enough when sitting behind the engine.
Oh man, these top fuel dragsters are one of the main reasons I got excited about cars when I was a kid. The dragsters and funny cars of the 70's were the bomb!!
I remember meeting Mr. Brown at the O'Reilly Nationals near Fort Worth in 2019. Autographed my cowboy hat and everything.
Great guy and humble man thanks for showing this
He's a great spokesman. Very bright and charming.
I've met antron at the Sonoma nationals and he is one of my favorite nhra drivers. Very personable, nice and will autograph anything and will take a picture with you. Can't wait for the 2022 Sonoma nationals.
Great man with big heart and big power under his control.🤟
Antron as a young 22 year old who's looking to drag race you definitely inspire me brotha 💪🐐
AB is a class act. I hope he is as successful in his business as he is behind the wheel, There is no reason why he shouldn't be, he has all the tools he needs.
Antron is an excellent spokesperson. Matco is lucky to have him represent their business.
Antron is a complete engineering geek, ya can't miss it, that he's enthusiastic about the tech.
Great show guys! Antron Brown my favorite top fuel driver. He's someone that kids can look up to!!! Antron, hope your new business rockets to success like your dragster rockets down the track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AB is one of the best in the business
what a great guy and awesome team to be around at the races very humble and outgoing the fans love him.My brother
Antron Brown is a very down to earth brother met him at Ennis motorplex it was pretty cool to talk to him wish you many more success to come Antron Brown for 2022 and beyond,
I remember AB riding the fuel motorcycles, such a cool cat.
Never thought that these things snaked down the track that short while ago. But hearing it now I see it makes sense that they did. You don't really get to see the chassis shape or anything unless you go and look for it or are there when everything is off.
It crazy how far these cars have came inn10 years.
Thanks for a great walk around with one of NHRA's finest
A/B is a Top Man and Driver Drag/Racing from when i 1st went 2 at Santa Pod Racway in 1976 has come a long way So has NHRA .. Greetings From UK
Been watching him since he started racing prostock bikes ,always loved antron just a true class act great on bikes and top fuel a true sportsman in drag racing.
Good to see you again, Antron.
Excellent presentation, very much appreciated 💪
I was a distributor. Didn’t last long lol but hey, AB is a legend!!! I’m sure he will succeed, he has the personality, drive (no pun intended) and of course the funds to keep it alive.
Best of luck!
Fantastic video, couldn't have picked a better guy on the show to break things down!
Antron Brown is one of the nicest and most sociable drivers you ever want to meet.
Awesome. All the tech that goes into those cars is what makes them so cool. Too bad I gotta travel to see them now. No more Englishtown......
I miss Englishtown, too brother.
I've known him ever since he first started racing drag bikes
He's always been good at selling himself Watch him at a driver's meeting he's always right up front where everybody can see him and to make sure the cameras catch him
Man 15 gallons in a 1/4 mile thats crazy!!! I would love to go on a ride along with one of these bad boys!!!!
To think that it's now only 1000', too. All NHRA fuel cars run the shorter length for safety.
Larry Dixon has a two seater that you can ride in..Larry Dixon Top Fuel Experience
@@markphillips898 do you know where you can do it at?
@@markphillips898 i wil Google it thanks!!!!!
@@slickrickdarula9483 $10k for a 1/8 hit.
A pink Prius for Antron! 🧚♀️ How appropriate!!!
One of the Coolest Cats on the Property at Every Race🏁🏁👌🏼
Great interview! It's nice to get away from the Turning wrenches and have a little human engagement! Love the content
This is passion a true gentleman racer
Very informative. I was very distracted by the amount of pens in that pocket though. I need a run down of why that’s necessary.
Anton Brown was pro stock motorcycle champion a few times to top fuel dragster
Great deal showing this thanks, I learned things I never new about those funny cars or what you call them nice thanks again. Yes thanks again for showing telling and well see you next time see ya bye power nation.
WOW! 6 disk clutch! Massive new tech.
To go along with over a 25% increase in HP in under 5 years, with even bigger advances in aerodynamics and powertrain controls.
Yeah, Massive new tech.
class act Antron Brown
Yes sir that was cool
Awesome machine.
I noticed that they stayed away from the motor,is it a Toyota motor or a Hemi with Toyota badge on the valve covers?
Great vid really enjoyed!!!! 👍👍👍
Antron always been on POINT and so glad this brother is going forward consider how they denied, deprived US for so many years. Right on to the Sponsors encourage to own his business. Also, much love to his CREW MEMBERS remembers together teamwork NOTHING CAN STOP YOU THEN.
I would love some mopar👍
Do more mopar
I was excited about seeing the the teams at the winter nationals, but I've just been informed I can't go because I don't have a vaccine card ? What is going on ?
I would love to be able to race top fuel one of these days! I just wonder, if I do get to that point, will it be a top fuel car or a top fuel motorcycle?
Awesome
Pat is ready to do some serious writing.
antron brown is bad ass nothing else to say!!!!
8000-12000 horsepower. wow best modify... from Thailand
Hold up, TWELVE THOUSAND HORSEPOWER?!
It's a theoretical number. There isn't a dyno strong enough to actually test it on.
The 🐐 #ABM
12,000 hp? Mind officially blown lol!!!
I know that Hemi doesn't even have a Mopar part in it at all but seeing Toyota written in bold letters all over the wire covers makes me feel funny ...
Mopar plz
What part of the engine is Toyota?
Just the stickers
I'm surprised Pat didn't ask about the engine...
Chrysler big block Hemi V8 power on Nitro. 500 cubic inch block milled from a billit of aluminum with no water jackets. Push Rod 2 valve Hemi Head. Double rocker shafts, 2 spark plugs per cylinder just like the third Gen Hemi V8. Two 44 amp magneto's for spark. 42 injectors. 338 MPH in less than 4 seconds. Approaximately 11,000 H.P. Not a big enough dyno to test it.
Pat you need some more pens in your pocket, Mr Brown , remember you running bikes, be cool and careful.
You need to talk them into a non-disclosure type of engine walkthrough, so we can see things on, around and inside the Toyota powerplant - is it really a Toyota? No trade secrets or anything, just lookie here, lookie there sort of video.
All nhra top fuel hemis are all based on the original Chrysler hemi , they can slap any sticker they want on the valve cover and buy the engine and parts from whoever but it's still a Chrysler hemi design
@@1972GT160 Which is why I'd like to see them toss that info out. I was pretty sure I'd never heard of a Toyota V8 pushing out what, over 10K horsepower.
@@mikec9112 can you share where you got the info that Chrysler copied the Ford Fe block cross bolted bearing caps ?
Monkeybar Monkeyman - check out youtube videos by a guy named Angry Hornet. You will get a very inside look at these engines and what goes on behind the scenes. You'll learn A LOT from him.
The Ford single overhead cam (SOHC) 427 V8 engine, familiarly known as the "Cammer",[38] was released in 1964 in an effort to maintain NASCAR dominance by seeking to counter the enormously large block Chrysler 426 Hemi "elephant" engine. The Ford 427 block was closer dimensionally to the smaller 392 cu. in. first generation Chrysler FirePower Hemi; the Ford FE's bore spacing was 4.63 in (117.6 mm) compared to the Chrysler 392's 4.5625 in (115.9 mm). The Ford FE's deck height of 10.17 in (258.3 mm) was lower than that of the Chrysler 392 at 10.87 in (276.1 mm). For comparison, the 426 Hemi has a deck height of 10.72 in (272.3 mm) and bore spacing of 4.8 in (121.9 mm); both Chrysler Hemis have decks more than 0.5 in (12.7 mm) taller than the FE.
The engine was based on the high performance 427 side-oiler block, providing race-proven durability. The block and associated parts were largely unchanged, but an idler shaft replaced the camshaft in the block, which necessitated plugging the remaining camshaft bearing oiling holes.
The cast-iron heads were designed with hemispherical combustion chambers and a single overhead camshaft over each head, operating shaft-mounted roller rocker arms. The valvetrain consisted of valves larger than those on Ford wedge head engines, made out of stainless steel and with sodium-filled exhaust valves to prevent the valve heads from burning, and dual valve springs. This design allowed for high volumetric efficiency at high engine speed.
The idler shaft in the block in place of the camshaft was driven by the timing chain and drove the distributor and oil pump in conventional fashion. An additional sprocket on this shaft drove a second "serpentine" timing chain, 6 ft (1.8 m) long, which drove both overhead camshafts. The length of this chain made precision timing of the camshafts an issue at high RPM.
The engine also had a dual-point distributor with a transistorized ignition amplifier system, running 12 amps of current through a high-output ignition coil.
The engines were essentially hand-built for racing, with combustion chambers fully machined to reduce variability. Nevertheless, Ford recommended blueprinting before use in racing applications. With a single four-barrel carburetor they weighed 680 lb (308 kg)[39] and were rated at 616 horsepower (459 kW) at 7,000 rpm & 515 lb⋅ft (698 N⋅m) of torque @ 3,800 rpm, with dual four-barrel carburetors 657 horsepower (490 kW) at 7,500 rpm & 575 lb⋅ft (780 N⋅m) of torque @ 4,200 rpm. Ford sold them via the parts counter, the single four-barrel model as part C6AE-6007-363S, the dual carburetor model as part C6AE-6007-359J for $2350.00 (as of October, 1968).
Ford's hopes to counter Chrysler were, however, cut short. Although enough 427 SOHCs were sold to have the design homologated, Chrysler protests succeeded in getting NASCAR to effectively legislate the engine out of competition. This was due to the motor not being available in a factory production motor vehicle.[40] It was not the only engine ever banned from NASCAR; the 1963 Chev 427 ‘mystery motor’, the 1965 426 ‘Race Hemi’ and the Chrysler A-925 DOHC Hemi were also banned during the 1960s for the same reason.[40] This scuttled the awaited 1965 SOHC versus Hemi competition at the Daytona 500 season opener.
Looks like second generation Fe block was dimensionally similar to the Chrysler 392 as far as deck hight , bore spacing and was developed to counter the Chrysler 426 , the 427 cammer was a wild engine but suffered from timing issues at high rpm due to it's 6 foot timing chain . Cross bolted main bearings are a great way to strengthen the bottom end , look at all the LS engines out there , all cross bolted but that and a deep skirted block is not enough to say nhra top fuel engines are a Ford design copied by Chrysler .
200hp - jdm ricer
aww that's cute - 12,000hp dragster
Nothing like the smell of Nitro and smoking tires to get you excited!
Anyone care to talk about y this guy has 72 pens in his front pocket
He needs more ink pens.
Is that really a Toyota engine???!! Thanks
They can call it that but it's a Big Block Hemi.
He could be the president.
You could be the president.
@@adamfpv8294 to be president you need to be a sociopath with no respect for people.
@@bmstylee maybe, but you for sure have to lie.
Too fuel is almost too bad ass.
Toyota on top of a 64 design Chrysler engine.world upside down.lol
Cooperate garbage
Cooperate?
😎👌✌👍🖖😁
How embarrassing. I completely missed when Toyota came out with their 500 cubic inch HEMI. I always thought they raced on a 1964 Chrysler designed HEMI.
Japanese are sneaky!
I like technology but that being said for me it takes the human factor out and degrades the event to me. And no I am not talking about safety improvements. Things like the clutch, timing of everything, and the fuel system management all controlled and adjusted with sensors and electronics takes away from the sport to me. Taking the human factor out making it more robotic kills the interest for me.
A human is making the decisions on what the management systems are going to do. It's extremely complicated.
@@hanley7707 I understand the changes and the way humans still interact. Without trying to explain what my view is any more Ill just say I liked the way it was before as a spectator. But that is for almost all the pro classes.
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I'm a Brittany fan, but Antron is cool, can't stand little Stevie Torrence. Cameron Ferre should have knocked little Stevie's teeth out when he was attacked by little Stevie.
Just a glory show of how much money someone has to do something like that. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Anton's voice sounds to me SO MUCH like Jaleel White. I miss Steve Urkel lol. On another note, I can't believe a top fuel dragster burns 15+ gallons of fuel in just ONE RUN.
They do. They are basically at the point of hydraulic lock in the cylinder.
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That is what a top fuel injector can do.
Antron made a deal with the devil. Ashley's money is crooked dirty stolen money. Disgusts me these guys have no morals. I used to be an Antron fan. No more.
It's a data agreement. They're going to share data and that's about it. Chill.