- Date of birth: March 01, 1976-Hometown: Chesterfield, N.J.
- Sponsor/Car: Matco Tools dragster-Crew Chief: Brian Corradi/Mark Oswald
- Career Wins: 31-TF: 15 PSB: 16 -Career Final Rounds: 63- Top Fuel: 30-PSB: 33
- Career Best E.T.: 3.766- Career Best Speed: 325.37
- 2011 wins to date: Las Vegas 1
- 2010: Earned one victory in six final rounds; Won season-ending Pomona 2; Claimed five No. 1 qualifying positions; Finished in the top five for the third-straight season.
- 2009: Swept the Western Swing,earning him the “Quest for the Full Throttle Moment” for the season in TF; Led all TF drivers with six wins and 10 final rounds; Led all TF drivers with 51 round-wins and .739 winning pct. (51-18); Raced to victories in Phoenix, Madison, Denver, Seattle, Sonoma, and Pomona 2; Was second in TF with seven No. 1 qualifiers.
- 2008: Made successful transition to Top Fuel from Pro Stock Motorcycle; Raced to victories at Houston and Atlanta; was No. 1 qualifier at Pomona 1, Englishtown and Sonoma; Became only driver in NHRA history to win races in Top Fuel and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
- 2007: Brown finished his last season as one of a two-driver operation for the U.S. Army Pro Stock Motorcycle team owned by Don Schumacher, where he teamed with Angelle Sampey.
- 2006: Joined the Mickey Thompson 6-Second Pro Stock Bike Club; Has now won at least one race every season since 1999; Had two wins (Atlanta and Brainerd) in five final-round appearances.
- 2005: Finished in POWERade top 10 for the eighth time in his career; Earned his 14th career win at Englishtown on Father’s Day; Has won at least one race every season since 1999.
- 2004: Advanced to the final round in four of the final five races of the season, with a pair of wins; competed at his 100th career race; established career-best elapsed time (Reading); won the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals for the second time in his career
- 2003: Earned victory at Brainerd; established career-best elapsed time (Englishtown)
- 2002: Finished in the top four for the fourth consecutive season; Earned one win; Established career-best speed.
- 2001: Finished a career-best second in the final POWERade standings; Earned six No. 1 qualifying positions; Won three events for the third consecutive season
- 2000: Won the U.S. Nationals and the Pro Stock Bike bonus event during the same weekend.
- 1999: Won the Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award that was presented to the NHRA racer destined for future greatness.
- 1998: Finished seventh in the standings despite a DNQ at Gainesville, his first career start.
- Wife: Billie Jo
- Daughter: Arianna Celeste (11/14/01)
- Sons Anson (7/4/04) and Adler (3/8/08)
- Height/weight: 5-foot-8, 145 pounds
- Hobbies: Remote-control boats; motorcycles; fitness
- Ran quick enough in the 100-meter dash to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1997.
- First team owner was NFL star cornerback Troy Vincent
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