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Brown on The Race Reporters radio show Wednesday

Monday, October 19, 2009

Antron Brown

NHRA Top Fuel star Antron Brown will be the Newsmaker of the Week on The Race Reporters radio show Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. EDT on www.PowerUpChannel.com.

The Matco Tools dragster driver is fourth in the Full Throttle Series points standings with two races to go. He has five wins, seven poles, and a 46-17 round-win-loss record this season. Brown swept NHRA’s traditional Western Swing races. Before moving up to Top Fuel in 2008, Brown raced in NHRA’s Pro Stock Motorcycle class, where he won 16 times.

Host Michael Knight will be joined for the journalists’ roundtable by Bobby Bennett, editor of Competition Plus.com; Corinne Economaki, president and publisher of National Speed Sport News; and Larry Henry, host of Pit Pass USA on the Power Up Channel.

The Race Reporters can be heard live, downloaded into an iPod, or accessed for listening on a delayed basis by clicking on the show icon at www.PowerUpChannel.com. Listeners can bookmark the show and sign up to receive a free e-card with news on upcoming guests at the show’s page, www.modavox.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1549. The show also will re-air several times later in the week (check PowerUp’s daily programming listing).

For more information on The Race Reporters, log on to www.modavox.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1549.

The Race Reporters podcast on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=319558548.

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