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Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals
Sonoma, CA
(July 28-30)

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Antron Brown Matco Tools dragster

Sonoma, Sunday: Antron Brown was taken out by Chip Ellis in the Pro Stock Motorcycle final. Brown, who hails from New Jersey, let a victory slip from his fingers after fouling out with a red light start in the finals against Ellis, who had his engine break well before the finish line.

"Man, this is a tough one to take," he said shaking his head. "It (the win) was right there for me to grab and I didn't get it done at the starting line. I feel bad for Steve Tartaglia (his crew chief) and the entire U.S. Army team. They did their job with absolute perfection."

Brown, who took out Matt Guidera, Steve Johnson and Bradford before losing to Ellis, dropped to fourth in the standings, but only trails leader, Andrew Hines, by 61 points.

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