Brown wins the 50th Anniversary Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park!

September 6, 2004

Brown added a second win for the U.S. Army team with his second career Indy win and second season victory in a row by beating Shawn Gann in a close final. Brown and Gann both had great lights, Brown with a .020, Gann with a .010, but Brown's bike had a little more horsepower, which he rode to a clocking of 7.213 seconds at 185.77 mph ahead of Gann's 7.238 at 185.74 mph.

The Pro Stock Bike title chase is now the tightest in the Pro ranks as Brown moves to within 153 markers of Andrew Hines. But the Bikes have just three national events left on their abbreviated schedule, meaning Brown has to make up seven and a half rounds on Hines with just 12 left to be run.

"All those troops doing all that hard work overseas, this one is for you," Brown said. "If this has given us some momentum to win more races and maybe even get us closer to the championship then I'm all for it. We're not looking that far ahead. We're just gonna keep racing with this awesome team we have put together and not look up until they tell us the season's over."

The red-hot Brown, who has raced his U.S. Army Suzuki to three final in last four races, breezed by Karen Stoffer, Craig Treble, and semifinalist Chris Bostick to earn a chance at his 13th victory in 23 career final-round appearances.