SUNDAY NEXT INSIDE EDITION
TONIGHT AT 7:00 ON WISH TV BACK
TO LIFESTYLE LIVE WHERE HE IS
THE NATION'S FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN DRAG RACING
CHAMP IS ANTRON BROWN IS IN
FACT A THREE TIME TOP FUEL
CHAMP AS THE TALENTED DRIVER
LAUNCHES HIS NEW AB MOTORSPORTS
RACING TEAM.
I VISITED HIM IN HIS BROWNSBURGBE
GARAGE.
STEVE TORS IS A DAY LATE AND
HE'S GOING TO BE A DOLLAR
SHORT.
IT'S ANTRON BROWN HOLESHOTS
THREE POINT SEVEN FIVE NINE
SECONDS THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN MILES AN HOUR.
>> PITTSBORO INDIANA'S ANTRON
BROWN IS THE CLASS IN A RACE
AND THE THREE TIME TOP FUEL
CHAMPION HIS LONG DRIVEN FOUR
DON SCHUMACHER RACING BUT HAS
NOW LAUNCHED HIS OWN RACING
TEAM.
>> AB MOTORSPORTS BOASTS A
MURDER'S ROW OF TOP SPONSORS
INCLUDING LUCAS OIL AND MATKO
TOOL'S.
>> FOR ME THIS IS DEFINITELY A
BIG DREAM COME TRUE FOR MYFI
FAMILY AND EVERYBODY THERE.
IT GIVES US A CHANCE TO GET
BACK TO WHEN WE SEE THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE COMING UP WHERE THEY
HAVE THE SAME DRIVE AND PASSION
THAT I CURRENTLY STILL HAVE AND
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEM BUT WE
ALL KNOW WHAT PATH TO TAKE.
WE CAN OPEN THE DOOR UP AND SAY
HEY COME HERE AND WE CAN BRING
THEM ALONG THE WAY AND GIVE
THEM THE NECESSARY MEANS THEY
NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE
SPORT OF MOTORSPORTS AND RAY
DRAG RACING WHAT BECAME
IMMEDIATELY CLEAR WHEN WE
VISITED BROWN AND HIS
BROWNSBURG GARAGE IS THAT HE
TAKES THE NOTION OF GIVING BACK
SERIOUSLY AS FEBRUARY BLACK
HISTORY MONTH GOT UNDERWAY, I
ASKED HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF BEING A ROLE MODEL.
>> IT'S A POSITION THE 45 YEAR
OLD DRIVER NOT ONLY ACCEPTS BUT
EMBRACES DIVERSITY.
>> SOMEBODY LIKE ME THAT'S
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SAY HEY ABBY'S
DOING IT ANTRON BROWN SO I CAN
DO IT.
>> HE'D LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE OF
ALL RACES TO UNDERSTAND THEY
HAVE COMPETIVE OPTIONS BEYOND
THE STICK AND BALL SPORTS.
THE DOMINATE AMERICAN CULTURE
AND I SEE TONS OF PEOPLE THAT'SRI
AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN WHIP AND
DRIVE CARS LIKE LAST YEAR SO
THAT'S THE COOLEST PART ABOUT
IT IS IS JUST SHOWING THE
OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE ANDHA
GIVING THEM THE ROADMAP TO GET
THERE.
>> ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS BROWN
WHAT HIS STRENGTHS ARE AND
THEY'LL TALK ABOUT THE HARD
CHARGING DRIVERS WORK ETHIC.
MEET HIM THOUGH AND YOU WILL
REALIZE YOU ARE TALKING TO A
MAN WHO NOT ONLY WORKS HARD BUT
IS ENTIRELY RELENTLESS.
>> EVERYBODY WANTS SOME IN LIFE
BUT THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO GO
OUT AND GET IT AND THAT'S THE
HARD PART FOR ME TO TEACH TO
ALL THE YOUNGER GENERATION
TODAY AND SAY HEY, HEY, YOU GOT
TO WAKE UP EVERY DAY IS THE
OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY YOU HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BETTER TO
IMPROVE YOURSELF OR GET ONE
MORE STEP CLOSER TO WHERE YOU
WANT TO GO.
AND THAT'S HOW I WAKE UP EVERY
DAY TO THIS MORNING LIKE I AM A
PROFESSIONAL RACE CAR DRIVER.
OK, BUT BEFORE I READ THE PRO
SIDE MOTORCYCLE I NEVER KNEW I
COULD RACE A TOP FUEL CAR THE
LEAK OF NATURAL DRAG RACING.
THEN I BECAME A RACE CAR
DRIVER.
THEN I WON THREE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS LIKE THUKRAL ALL
TIME WINDLASS AND AGE RAY IN
TOP FUEL.
BUT THEN I SAID WELL WHAT WAS
THAT?
WHY AM I STOPPING HERE AMADIE
HERE WHAT'S NEXT?
>> AND THAT WAS THE THINKING
THAT LED TO THE CREATION OF AB
MOTORSPORTS A WELL PLANNED OUT
RACING TEAM WITH THE RESOURCES
PERSONNEL AND MOLTON DREAMS TO
BE THE BEST.
>> MY GOALS FOR AVIEMORE SPORTS
FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WOULD
BE TO LITERALLY BE ABLE TO GROW
AND NOT BE A ONE CAR TEAM BUT A
TWO CAR TEAM, MAYBE A FUNNY
CAR, A TOP FUEL TEAM, MAYBE
EVEN HAVE A PRO MY TEAM AND
HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CLASSES
ALSO BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHER
TEAMS GROW.
>> HMM.
THAT'S THE THING ABOUT HIM.
HE'S HIS SPIRIT SO GENEROUS HE
WANTS TO NOT ONLY HELP KIDS BUT
HELP HIS FELLOW DRIVERS.
HE'S ABOUT PROMOTING THE SPORT
AND JUST PROMOTING GOODWILL.
I ALWAYS SAY SURROUND YOURSELF
WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE YOU WANT
TO BE BETTER AND IT'S PEOPLE
LIKE THAT THAT ALLOW YOU TO SEE
YOUR LIFE AND YOUR GOALS AND
THINK WHAT MORE CAN DO.
WHEN WE LEFT HIS GARAGE I WAS
ALL PUMPED UP JUST LIKE I THINK
I'VE BEEN COACHED UP, YOU KNOW.