Swing is oh so sweep for Brown

For Antron Brown, the above photo supplied by team spokesman
Ted Yerzyk says it all.

Antron Brown, two years removed from moving from the Pro Stock Motorcycle ranks to Top Fuel, has an enjoyed a banner year so far during the 2009 season.
But Sunday might have been his finest moment.
Brown, who has sat atop the Top Fuel points standings most of the season, joined a select group by winning all three races of the Western Swing, capping it with a victory at the Fram Autolite Nationals.
The veteran competitor now holds a 199-point advantage over six-time champion Tony Schumacher with three races to go before the points are reset for NHRA's Countdown to 1 playoff after the U.S. Nationals over Labor Day weekend.
But Sunday, Brown just wanted to soak of the glory of joining Joe Amato (1991), John Force (1994), Cory McClenathan (1997), Larry Dixon (2003), Greg Anderson (2004) and Schumacher (2008) as the only drivers to sweep the Western Swing.
"This just doesn't feel real right now,"said Brown, who scored his fifth event victory of the season, beating McClenathan in the final round with a stout 3.99. "With all the turmoil and changes we had in the off season with Mike Ashley coming in to own our team - Mike is a fantastic team owner - this is unreal. With all the ups-and-downs we went through and with Brian Corradi and Mark Oswald, two Funny Car tuners, coming in it's such an awesome feeling.
"Through everything, we just kept our heads down and kept digging and we're where we want to be. We wanted to be competitive and compete for the championship and we've proven we can do that this season. I told Mike (Ashley) before the season that we could win eight races and to do that you've got to win rounds. Our plan, all season long, has been to take things one round at a time and that's what we do here at MAR. This is just awesome."
Other winners Sunday included Tim Wilkerson in Funny Car and Jason Line in Pro Stock.
Wilkerson won his second consecutive final round over Chino Hills' Tony Pedregon, who took over the points lead.
"We had a great car (Sunday)," Wilkerson, said. "Heck, we had a good car in Denver but I made a really bad tuning call in the first round. To win Seattle and then come to the next race and back it up with another win is great. I try to be smart and not have the fastest car out there but to be consistent. I am a little afraid that our car is getting fatigued and I thought about bringing out a new one, but after winning Seattle I decided against it. I'm still thinking about racing last year's car because I think it's a little more forgiving but I can live with it."