Meet Businessman Mr. Brown: Drag Racer Turned Team Owner
By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
Antron Brown is a very popular and successful drag racer in Las Vegas this week for a racing event where four dragsters race side-by-side. It’s a breathtaking form of competition and Las Vegas Motor Speedway on the north side of the metro area is one of only two tracks in the country with four-wide action. Las Vegas has had four-wide races since 2018.
Brown, the amiable 46-year-old from Indianapolis, is known for being a hands-on guy in the garage. As Brown likes to say, “I still do my own fuel.”
But there’s more to Brown than just winning three NHRA Top Fuel championships.
Meet Mr. Brown, the businessman who officially became a team owner in December, only three month ago.
LVSportsBiz.com chatted with Brown during an NHRA lunch Thursday when the former Mercer County Community College track star (the other type of track) explained he was a college business major.
Brown has an associates degree in business administration and also a CPA certificate.
So, let’s just say when Brown became the owner of Antron Brown Racing, he was able to pay the bills and monitor the spreadsheet with the same skill of handling his own fuel for Top Fuel dragsters.
A former Pro Stock Motorcycle racer in the NHRA, Brown said he would like to own a pro motorcycle team in addition to owning Top Fuel and Funny Car teams.
Brown’s team has a dozen staffers.
His business strategy: “I hire the right people. I’m not a micromanager.”
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