
May 18th, 2012 - Chris made his first trip of the season to Southern Oklahoma Speedway (Ardmore, Oklahoma) on Friday night for a $4,000-to-win, Casey's USMTS National Championship event. Forty-nine Open Wheel Modifieds registered for action, and despite advancing from the fifth starting spot to a third place finish in the sixth heat race, Brown just barely missed the cut for locking into the feature. As a result, he started on the pole of a b-main, but would slip to a fifth place finish in the consolation race. With the top seven cars moving onto the feature he would earn the 22nd starting spot on the grid for the 40 lap finale. During the course of the feature he mounted a great charge as he passed fifteen cars on his way to a seventh place finish at the checkered flag. For his efforts he was awarded the Mesilla Valley Transportation Hard Charger Award. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
May 12th, 2012 - After seeing Friday night's scheduled, Casey's USMTS event at RPM Speedway (Crandall, Texas) canceled due to rain the team traveled to Cowtown Speedway (Kennedale, Texas) on Saturday evening for a $4,000-to-win event with the tour. A solid field of 58 competitors took part in the program, and the night started well for Chris, who earned the tenth starting spot for the feature after finishing second in the second heat race. Unfortunately his luck would quickly go south in the 40 lap main event, when an accident on lap 7 brought his night to a disappointing early end in the 24th position. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
May 10th, 2012 - The team opened a tripleheader weekend with the Casey's USMTS Open Wheel Modified Series on Thursday night at Heart 'O Texas Speedway (Elm Mott, Texas). Fifty Open Wheel Modifieds converged on the facility for the $4,000-to-win event, and in heat race action Brown scored the win from the pole starting spot, which locked him into the redraw for the feature, where he was the recipient of the sixth starting spot. During the course of the 40 lap feature Chris would battle in the top ten before crossing the finish line in the seventh position. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
May 7th, 2012 - Chris was recently featured in a DirtCast interview to talk about his racing career past, present and future. Click Here to listen to it.
May 6th, 2012 - Chris resumed action with the Casey's USMTS tour over the weekend with a pair of $4,000-to-win, National Championship point's events in Missouri. On Friday night the doubleheader opened at LA Raceway (La Monte, Missouri). Forty-five Open Wheel Modifieds registered for battle, and Chris began his night by starting seventh in his heat race before passing one car to finish sixth. After falling short of accumulating enough points to lock into the feature he was forced to run a b-main, where he passed three cars to record a sixth place finish. His b-main finish earned him the 23rd starting spot for the 40 lap feature. During the course of the event on the 3/8 mile oval Chris passed eleven cars on his way to a 12th place finish.
Saturday night found the team at West Plains Motor Speedway (West Plains, Missouri) as the tour made its debut at the facility. Forty cars registered for battle, and the night would start great for Brown as he stormed from the sixth starting spot in his heat race to finish second. Via his heat performance he locked into the redraw for the feature, where he was the recipient of the third starting spot for the 40 lap feature. For the majority of the feature Brown ran in the second position as he pursued race leader and teammate, Kelly Shryock. However, late in the race Terry Phillips would slip by for the second spot as Brown went on to record a third place finish behind race winner, Shryock, and Phillips. Full results from the weekend are available at www.USMTS.com.
April 27th, 2012 - Racing can be a humbling sport, and after his first win of the year on Thursday night, Chris had high expectations for Friday night's program at Mississippi Thunder Speedway (Fountain City, Wisconsin). However, luck would not be on his side in the $4,000-to-win, USMTS National Championship, point's event. Fifty-two cars were on hand, and after drawing a large number at the pill draw he started eighth in his heat before advancing to a sixth place finish. His heat performance, left him short of qualifying for the feature, and as a result he would be forced to run a b-main. After starting sixth on the grid mechanical issues in the b-main would prevent him from reaching a transfer spot in the b-main, which brought his night to a disappointing, early end.
To make matters worse, Saturday's event that was scheduled for Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, Minnesota) was canceled by Mother Nature. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
April 26th, 2012 - After almost a month away from the track, Chris resumed action with the Casey USMTS Open Wheel Modified tour on Thursday night with a national championship point's event at Rice Lake Speedway (Rice Lake, Wisconsin). A talented field of fifty-six competitors entered the event, and Brown began his night by claiming a second place finish in his heat race to lock into the redraw for the feature. In the redraw, he was the recipient of the third starting spot. He would battle for the lead for the first half of the 40 lap, event before ultimately taking over the top spot with 19 laps remaining, and then never looking back on his way to his first win of 2012, which was worth $4,000. He was followed across the finish line by Jason Miller, Kelly Shryock, Johnny Scott, and Rodney Sanders. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
April 18th, 2012 - The For Sale section has been updated with a pair of Bloomquist Super Late Models.
March 31st, 2012 - The finale for the King of America II Modified Nationals was held on Saturday night at Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas). Via his qualifying night performances, Chris started on the pole of a c-main, which he won to transfer to the 19th starting spot in a b-main. With the top 12 cars transferring to the feature, Chris raced his way forward to a 13th place finish, which left him just one spot short of transferring to the feature, ending his night early. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 30th, 2012 - On Friday evening Chris entered the third night of the King of America II Modified Nationals at Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas). Qualifications left Chris starting fifth in his heat race, and while he advanced one spot to a fourth place finish he would not accumulate enough points to lock into the feature. As a result, he was forced to run a b-main, where he started started seventh and finished seventh. With top seven cars moving onto the feature, Chris earned the 26th starting spot for the main event. During the course of the feature he passed ten cars on his way to a 16th place finish in the feature.
With preliminary action for the King of America II Modified Nationals now complete, Chris is 37th out of ninety competitors in the point's standings. He will be looking to work his way through consolation events on Saturday night to get into the $20,000-to-win finale. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 29th, 2012 - Thursday night found Chris in action in the second round of the King of America II Modified Nationals at Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas) as he looked to increase his point's total toward qualifying for Saturday night's finale. A fourth place finish in his heat race relegated him to a b-main, where he raced his way to a fifth place finish. With the top seven cars moving onto the feature, Brown locked into the 21st starting spot for the 35 lap, preliminary feature. In the feature he passed six cars to cross the finish line in the fifteenth position. He is currently 29th on the point's list out of the 76 entries, who have entered a preliminary event thus far. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 28th, 2012 - Chris traveled to Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas) on Friday night for the opener for the King of America II Modified Nationals at the 1/4 mile oval, which was sanctioned by the Casey's General USMTS tour. With forty-one cars entered into Wednesday night's qualifier Brown earned the fifth starting spot for his heat race from time trials. He would advance two spots to finish third in his heat race, which locked him into the 12th starting spot for the 35 lap, preliminary feature. In the main event he would only manage to advance to an eleventh place finish. For the night he earned enough points to be the tenth highest driver overall. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 17th, 2012 - On Saturday night, Chris took part in the second night of the weekend's doubleheader with the Casey's General USMTS Open Wheel Modified Series at Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas). Seventy cars were on hand for the $2,000-to-win event, and Chris began the night by finishing fourth in his heat race, which relegated him to a b-main. A sixth to third run in the b-main locked him into the 21st starting spot for the 40 lap feature. He would go on to finish 17th in the finale. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 16th, 2012 - Chris Brown resumed his 2012 season on Friday night behind the wheel of the #3b Shryock Motorsports/Skyrocket Open Wheel Modified at Humboldt Speedway (Humboldt, Kansas). A stellar field of 73 entries registered for action, and after advancing three spots to a third place finish in his heat race, Chris locked into the 14th starting spot for the 40 lap, $2,000-to-win feature. In the main event Brown worked his way forward six spots on his way to a solid, eighth place finish at the checkered flag. Full results from the event are available at www.USMTS.com.
March 12th, 2012 - Chris has made the decision to sell all of his Super Late Model equipment and focus on racing in the Open Wheel Modified division. Several factors have gone into this decision. Right now, the team is attempting to put measures into place that would allow Brown to compete on the full Casey's General USMTS Open Wheel Modified tour. Check back often as more details are finalized.
March 3rd, 2012 - On Saturday night, Chris pulled double-duty between the Southern United Professional Racers (SUPR) Super Late Model event and the Open Wheel Modified event at the Texas Dirt Track Championship at the Dirt Track at Texas Motor Speedway (Justin, Texas).
In the SUPR Super Late Model sanctioned portion of the program, 39 cars registered for battle in the $3,500-to-win event. After advancing from the fourth starting spot in his heat to a second place finish, Chris locked into the 35 lap feature in the seventh starting spot. For the first half of the feature Brown would race in the top ten before slipping to a twelfth place finish late in the event.
The Open Wheel Modified portion of the event would prove to be a frustrating experience for Chris and the team. After starting fourth on the grid Brown would set his sights on leader and teammate, Kelly Shryock. Chris would take the lead heading to the white flag as he led the final circuit and claimed the apparent win. Unfortunately in post race inspection, Brown would be disqualified for a technicality. He was credited with a disappointing 25th place finish.
March 2nd, 2012 - The team entered the first night of the Texas World Dirt Track Championship at the Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track (Justin, Texas) on Friday night. Eighty-three Open Wheel Modifieds entered the preliminaries for the $3,000-to-win event as Chris piloted a #3b Shryock Motorsports/Skyrocket entry. Brown began his night by winning his heat race to lock into the a-main qualifier. After starting 12th in the qualifier, Chris advanced eight spots to a fourth place finish to lock into the fourth-starting-position for Saturday's finale.
Brown will be pulling double duty on Saturday as he will also take part in the $3,500-to-win, SUPR Super Late Model event.
February 18th, 2012 - Chris concluded the 36th Annual Winternationals at East Bay Raceway Park (Gibsonton, Florida) on Saturday night as 41 cars entered the $10,000-to-win event. Heat race action found Brown advancing from the ninth starting spot to a sixth place finish, which left him short of a transfer to the main event, but earned him the fourth starting spot for a b-main. Unfortunately Chris would slip to a fifth place finish in the b-main, which resulted in him missing the main event. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 17th, 2012 - The team's struggles at East Bay Raceway Park during the 36th Annual Winternationals continued on Friday night in the first official Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) point's event of the season. An almost three hour, rain delay started the night for the team before hot laps and time trial action finally commenced. With heavy and fast track conditions Chris would only manage the 19th fastest time in his group, which left him starting deep in a heat race. He would fail to reach a transfer spot from his heat and b-main, which ended his night early. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 16th, 2012 - Thursday night's program at East Bay Raceway Park (Gibsonton, Florida) saw a field of 44 Super Late Models entered into the $7,000-to-win event. After a good outing the night before the team hoped to finally have the tricky, 1/3 mile oval figured out, but it would prove to be a frustrating night. After qualifying 18th fastest in his group, Brown started ninth in his heat race before finishing eighth. Via the heat finish he started deep in a b-main and failed to reach a transfer spot. He did get drawn into the Strawberry Dash, which pits six randomly selected non-qualifiers in a six lap dash with the winner moving onto the feature. Chris would finish third in the dash, and his night ended early. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 15th, 2012 - On Wednesday evening Chris looked to put Tuesday night's bad memories behind him as he entered the $7,000-to-win,Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series event. Forty-six cars were on hand, and in heat race action Brown started seventh before advancing to a fifth place finish. While his finish didn't lock him into the feature it did earn him a front row starting spot for a b-main. He would storm to the lead at the drop of the green flag in the b-main and went on to claim the win.
On the heels of the b-main win, Chris started 18th on the grid in the 35 lap, main event. He would go on to record a 17th place finish in the feature, which was only slowed once by the caution flag. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 14th, 2012 - Tuesday night was a rough outing for the team as Chris spent much of the night chasing the setup in the $5,000-to-win event.Forty-two Super Late Models registered for action and Brown would struggle in time trials, which left him starting deep in the heat race grid. Once again a fast and heavy track greeted the competitors, which made passing difficult as Brown failed to make up much ground. As a result he started at the back of a b-main and failed to reach a transfer spot to the main event. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 13th, 2012 - Chris Brown entered his first-ever event at East Bay Raceway Park (Tampa, Florida) as he entered his first race of the season in a $5,000-to-win, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series-sanctioned event, which served as part of the 36th Annual Winternationals. Forty-two Super Late Models registered for action, and in time trials Brown would miss his spot in qualifying, and as a result he received a penalty, which allowed him to only start fifth in his heat. In heat race action, a heavy, fast track greeted the competitors and made passing difficult. Chris would finish sixth, and with only the top four cars moving onto the feature, he was forced to run a b-main. After starting fourth in his b-main, he finished fourth, which allowed him to transfer the main event in the 23rd starting spot.
For the 25 lap feature Brown would battle the setup early in the event before ultimately retiring to a 24th place finish. Full results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
February 2nd, 2012 - Chris and the team are busily preparing top open their 2012 season as they will travel to East Bay Raceway Park (Gibsonton, Florida) for the 36th Annual Winternationals on February 13th-18th. Brown will take his #21 Lone Star Hydro & Maintenance/Bloomquist/ Roush Yates Racing Engine Super Late Model into action in the week-long affair. The six events will be sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). Keep your browsers locked into www.ChrisBrown21.com and www.LucasDirt.com for all of the happenings during the Speedweeks events.
November 25th, 2011 - Chris Brown achieved his proudest accomplishment on Friday evening as his wife gave birth to Hudson Brown. Hudson, a perfect, baby boy, tipped the scales at 7lbs 6oz and is 19.25" long. Chris is already explaining the ins and outs of becoming a race car driver! Thanks so much for everyone's well wishes!
November 19th, 2011 - Chris concluded his tripleheader weekend on Saturday night with a $4,000-to-win, Casey's General USMTS Open Wheel Modified event, which also served as the tour's season finale. Seventy-one cars registered for action, and for the third straight night Brown would enjoy a solid performance in his heat as he advanced from the starting spot to claim the win, which again put him in the redraw for the feature. In the redraw he would receive the fifth starting spot. During the course of the main event he would battle in the top five, and when the checkered flag flew he was credited with a fifth place finish behind Dereck Ramirez, Jason Hughes, Jason Thoennes, and Rodney Sanders. Overall, it was a successful weekend as Chris was extremely grateful to Kelly Shryock for providing his backup car to be used for the events. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
The event marked Brown's final event of the 2011 season as he now looks ahead to the 2012 season. Chris and the team would like to thank everyone for their support throughout the year!
November 18th, 2011 - On Friday night a $3,000 winner's check was up for grabs in the second leg of the weekend's tripleheader for the Casey's General USMTS Modified Series at Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, Texas). A talented field of 75 Open Wheel Modifieds entered the event, and after advancing from the fifth starting position to a second place finish in heat race action, he locked into the twelfth starting spot for the 40 lap feature. Brown would advance three spots in the feature to score a ninth place finish at the checkered flag. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
November 17th, 2011 - After a busy year of piloting his Super Late Model, Chris returned to his roots on Thursday night at Royal Purple Raceway (Baytown, Texas) as he entered the opening night of the Casey's General USMTS Open Wheel Modified Texas Winter Nationals. Piloting Kelly Shryock's backup #3b Skyrocket Brown started the night by winning his heat race from the second starting spot to lock into the redraw for the main event. In the redraw he would receive the pole starting spot for the $2,000-to-win finale with Rick Beebe starting to his outside. As the race went green Brown would motor to the lead, and would out front would never look back as he led all 35 laps to claim the win over Rodney Sanders, Ryan Gustin, Dereck Ramirez, and John O' Whittington. The victory was his fourth career Casey's General USMTS triumph. Full results are available at www.USMTS.com.
November 5th, 2011 - Chris looked to overcome the bad luck of missing Friday night's feature by one spot as he contested in another complete, $10,000-to-win, World of Outlaws Super Late Model event on Saturday night at the Dirt Track at Charlotte. Via his qualifying performance on Thursday night, Chris started sixth in the first heat race, and he would finish in the fifth spot, which again relegated him to a b-main, where he started third. Unfortunately with only the top two cars transferring to the feature he would finish fourth in the b-main, bringing his night and his weekend to an early end. Full results are available at www.WoOLMS.com.
November 4th, 2011 - After taking part in two rounds of qualifying on Thursday night to determine starting lineups the team officially entered the first night of the World Finals at the Dirt Track at Charlotte on Friday night, which was sanctioned by the World of Ou tlaws Super Late Model Series. Sixty-six cars entered the $10,000-to-win, 50 lap event, and Chris started sixth in the fifth heat race. In the heat he would race around midpack before registering a sixth place finish. With only the top three cars moving onto the feature, he was relegated to a b-main, where he started fifth. In the b-main he quickly worked his way to third and would challenge Ron Davies for the second and final transfer spot to the feature, but would ultimately finish in the third spot, which was one spot out of a transfer to the feature and brought his night to an early end. Full results are available at www.WoOLMS.com.
October 29th, 2011 - For the second straight weekend Chris competed in the state of Mississippi as he took part in the 8th Annual Southern Belle Cotton Pickin' 100 at Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi). A talented field of 66 Super Late Models registered for action, and in time trials on Friday night Brown registered the eighth fastest time in his group to earn the third starting position for his heat race. The heat race would see him advance to a second place finish behind Billy Moyer to lock into the tenth starting spot for Saturday night's 100 lap, $15,000-to-win finale.
For the majority of the 100 lapper on the ultra-slick surface Brown would battle around mid-pack before advancing to an 11th place finish at the checkered flag. Full results are available at www.MagnoliaDirt.com.
October 22nd, 2011 - Chris entered the 17th Annual Coors Light Fall Classic over the weekend at Whynot Motorsports Park (Meridian, Mississippi) in his #21 Bloomquist Super Late Model. Sixty cars entered the event, and after qualifying fourth fastest in his group, he started fourth in his heat race. Early in the heat he would battle his way to the third spot. However, late in the race he would slip to a fourth place finish, and with only the top three cars moving on to the feature he was forced to run a b-main on Saturday night.
Saturday night would see Brown overcome a spirited battle with Ray Moore to claim the b-main win as he locked into the 20th starting spot for the 100 lap, $15,000-to-win event. Chris would advance to midpack early in the event, but just before the race's midway point he would be turned into the turn one wall and received just enough damage to bring his weekend to an end. He was credited with a 21st place finish. Full weekend results are available at www.WhynotMotorsportsPark.com.
October 15th, 2011 - The team made the trek to Atomic Speedway (formerly KC Raceway) over the weekend for the 31st Annual US Steel Dirt Track World Championship, which was sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS). A talented field of 90 Super Late Models entered the $50,000-to-win event, and Mother Nature would intervene into the schedule of events early in the weekend by nixing Friday's program. As a result, the entire show was held on Saturday, and with time trials starting at 4pm the track would quickly take rubber as passing became difficult.
Via qualifying Chris earned the fourth starting spot for his heat race before finishing fifth, which left him short of a transfer to the feature and starting fourth in a b-main. In the b-main, Brown would race his way into the second and final transfer spot for much of the event before getting caught behind a lap car late, which resulted in him slipping to a third place finish. Even though he didn't earn a spot in the feature event grid Chris did earn the second starting spot in the $3,000-to-win, Jim Dunn Memorial. Once again a one-laned track greeted the competitors, and Brown would fall in line at the drop of the green flag before recording a second place finish to Tim Dohm. Full weekend results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
October 9th, 2011 - Chris concluded his weekend on Sunday night at Rome Speedway (Rome, Georgia) with a $10,000-to-win, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) event at the 4/10 mile oval. Thirty-nine cars entered the race, and for the second straight night after missing a transfer to the feature by one spot in his heat race, he would be relegated to a b-main. In the b-main Brown would storm to the win to earn the 18th starting spot for the 50 lap finale. During the course of the feature Chris would fail to make up any ground as he crossed the finish line in the 18th position. Full weekend results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
October 8th, 2011 - After more than a month break from action, the team traveled to Dixie Speedway (Woodstock, Georgia) on Saturday night for the annual Lucas Oil Dixie Shootout. Fifty-one competitors registered for action, and a fifth place finish in his heat race sent Chris to the b-main, where he finished second to Chip Brindle to move on to the 19th starting spot for the 50 lap, $10,000-to-win feature. In the main event, Brown would advance five spots to register a 14th place finish at the checkered flag. Full weekend results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
September 6th, 2011 - Chris's 2011 t-shirts are now available and can be viewed by visiting the Apparel section.
August 26th, 2011 - Welcome to the launch of the official internet home of Chris Brown at www.ChrisBrown21.com. Chris pilots the #21 Bloomquist Race Car/Roush Yates Racing Engine Super Late Model at events throughout the country.
Last weekend the team made the trek to the 19th Annual COMP Cams Topless at Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, Arkansas). The $40,000-to-win, Lucas Oil ate Model Dirt Series (LOLMDS) event saw 55 cars sign in for action, and after practice was held on Thursday night the event officially got underway on Friday night. After qualifying 10th fastest in Red Buck Cigars Qualifying, Chris earned the fourth starting position for his heat race. Early in the event he was up to the third spot and looking to advance further, when a double file restart resulted in contact from Jared Landers, which sent Brown into the fence ending his night with heavy damage. After being slated to start deep in a b-main on Saturday night, the team elected to not return. Full weekend results are available at www.LucasDirt.com.
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