ANTRON SURVIVES CRASH, WITH FIRE!

 Will post results of this event later in the week. However, this was the most important to me.

 FROM COMPETITION PLUS

Shaken but apparently not seriously injured, reigning Top Fuel champion Antron Brown rode out a violent second-round accident during Sunday's eliminations of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Calif.

Almost at the end of his 1,000-foot race against Dave Grubnic, the engine in Brown's Matco Tools Dragster exploded. Brown was clocked going across the finish line first in 3.848 seconds at 308.64 mph.

Amid a shower of shrapnel, the car rolled onto its side, spun, and hit the left-lane wall wing/back end first, causing another burst of flames. Then the dragster shot back across the track into the right lane and skidded in its side and backwards along the right-side wall into the sand trap.

The NHRA emergency medical team checked out Brown on site but it was unclear immediately whether Brown sustained any significant injuries. He climbed from what was left of his car, popping the cockpit canopy, and walked away on his own power.

It is unknown whether Grubnic or his car sustained any injury or damage.

Counting Tony Schumacher's parachute failure and subsequent trip into the sand during qualifying, this was the second test this weekend of the canopy. Crew chief Mike Green, who helped develop the canopy, led his U.S. Army Dragster team in prepping Schumacher's car for Saturday's No. 1 qualifying runs. His car needed no repair.

With Brown's car destroyed, he will be unable to run his semifinal race against the winner of the Schumacher-Steve Torrence match-up.

Competition Plus will provide more details of the incident as they become available.