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Race 10
0f 15 / 25th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Brainerd, MN / July 10 - 13, 2006
Brainerd, MN / July 10 - 13, 2006
Courtesy
of NHRA Communications
After
a Pro Stock Motorcycle runner-up finish at the last
event in Sonoma, Calif., Brown made sure he took
care of business here with a 7.108 to 7.159 win over
20-year veteran Johnson. The victory shuffled the
top of the POWERade standings and moved Brown from
an afterthought to the new leader.
Brown's fourth Brainerd victory lifted his
final-round record to 2-2 for the year and 16-16
lifetime. He held the points lead earlier this year
after the Atlanta race, where he last won.
"I
just wanted to get my head out of my butt this
weekend," Brown said. "Believe it or not, I really
felt sorry for Andrew [Hines] when he red-lighted in
the first round because I've done it five times this
year, and I felt his pain. I got a couple of
red-light wins today, so that definitely helped my
cause.
"The
only bummer of the day was my teammate [Angelle
Sampey] winning her race and then getting thrown out
because she was light. I think the rain screwed up
the scales because we were all getting different
readings. She just came up short.
"I'm
really proud of Steve Tartaglia, my crew chief. It's
just his second year as a crew chief, and he's
hanging with all the big boys. Any one of the top
four bikes can win the title this year. It's going
to be exciting."
Brown's U.S. Army teammate Sampey was disqualified
after her first-round win over Ryan Schnitz when she
was found to be five pounds light at the scales,
which dropped her from second to fourth in the
points. Brown moved from fourth to first and leads
Hines by 15 points. Chip Ellis is third, 45 points
behind Brown.
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