{"id":61880,"date":"2026-10-18T23:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=61880"},"modified":"2026-10-18T23:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T04:01:10","slug":"brown-ends-langdons-winning-streak-races-to-top-fuel-victory-at-texas-motorplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/18\/brown-ends-langdons-winning-streak-races-to-top-fuel-victory-at-texas-motorplex\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown ends Langdon\u2019s winning streak, races to Top Fuel victory at Texas Motorplex"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antron Brown, Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Top Fuel winner. (NHRA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Mike Haag | Raceday San Antonio<\/p>\n

ENNIS, Texas \u2014 Four-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown ended Shawn Langdon\u2019s 17-round and four-race winning streak Sunday and capped a dominant performance with his second victory of the season at the 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex.<\/p>\n

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Antron Brown, Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Top Fuel winner. (NHRA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brown powered his 12,000-horsepower Matco Tools dragster to a 3.706-second run at 335.75 mph in the final round to defeat rookie Maddi Gordon, who fouled at the starting line. The victory was Brown\u2019s 83rd career triumph and fourth at Texas Motorplex, where he celebrated his first professional victory in 1999 while competing in Pro Stock Motorcycle.<\/p>\n

The win came at a critical point in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season. Sunday’s race marked the fourth of six events in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Brown, who last won at Bristol, moved into third place in the standings with two races remaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really intense right now,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe knew we had our work cut out for us. We qualified fourth, and when we went up against Leah, they had been dropping bombs all weekend long. She wasn\u2019t shy on that tree. She was .034, but that Matco horsepower came through.\u201d<\/p>\n