Having spoken to Antron after the loss at the NHRA finals by only 17 inches,  I simply asked him if he now recognized that "size does matter."  The size I am referring to is the counterweights on the clutch pack that determines when the clutches lock up. Thus, in my elementary opinion, IF there was a microcosm more weight on that final clutch pack causing the final lock up to come in a millisecond sooner, he might have pulled off the win, permitting the win and the championship. But then, that's drag racing.  

Below is his bio and the foundation for my always being is his corner and "pit area."

• 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