It is expected that during a press conference to be held at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Thursday, it will be announced that NHRA drag racer Antron Brown will take a shot at stock-car racing. Brown will test a stock car for Rev Racing , the team owned by Max Siegel. Brown currently drives a Top Fuel car for Don Schumacher Racing. He won last years Top Fuel championship. He is a 37-year-old native of Chesterfield, N.J.( RacinToday ) UPDATE: Rev Racing will partner with Toyota Racing to have 2012 NHRA Mello Yellow Drag Racing Series Top Fuel Champion Antron Brown test a NASCAR K&N Series Toyota Camry Tuesday at Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, VA. Brown, the first African-American to win a major auto racing championship, will test alongside NASCAR Drive for Diversity drivers Bryan Ortiz, Daniel Suarez, Mackena Bell and Ryan Gifford. Brown said he has been interested in stock car racing for many years but had never been offered the opportunity to test a quality car. ‘I know I can go straight’ said Brown. ‘Now I gotta see if I can throw a left-hand turn in there. You know, I drive for four seconds at a time right now. So this is a lot different. I know there is a big learning curve. We are just trying to take that step to see if I can do it.” Brown would not admit to a desire to run NASCAR full-time, or much of anything else beyond Tuesdays test session. But he acknowledged that he wouldnt be doing the test if it werent with a top team that he felt had the ability to take him to the next level.(CMS)
