Star Trek experience

Antron Brown talks to the media after qualifying on the pole for the 48th Winterantionals Saturday.

Antron Brown has gone where very few men have gone before, and he likes it.
"When that clutch came in at 100 feet, nothing can prepare you for that. It's a whole new realm," said Brown today after qualifying No. 1 in Top Fuel for the 48th Winternationals. "It was like in Star Trek when they hit the warp drive and you see all those stars go by on the side. I hit that and I saw the stars go around my helmet.
"I thought it couldn't get any better and at 330 feet it kicked back again. I couldn't believe it. And then 660, 1,000. I was like, 'Oh, oh, oh..." By the time I was able to get situated, it was time to hit the parachutes and the run was over. I got back to our pit area and everyone was telling me what a great job I did. I looked at them and, 'Boys, I don't even know what happened."