Brown ran 3.782/324.51 to defeat Clay Millican’s 3.822/322.50 in the Top Fuel final.  (Tim Marshall photo)

"We've been hoping and praying, and the Good Lord has been blessing us - we've had the jars out and he sure is filling them right now, so anything is possible," said Brown, who won his fourth title of the season and the 41st of his career.

"Mark, Brian and all of our Matco boys have been working so hard."

While the win was important to Brown because it extends his championship hopes and it was at an event sponsored by one of his supporters, Toyota, he also was able to win while helping the Matco Tools "Tools for the Cause" campaign to help the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.

"Hats off to all of our boys," said Brown, who was ninth in points after the first of six Countdown events. "We've just been working hard. We struggled during the middle of the year, but what I'm most proud of is just the way we kept our heads down and we never gave up. When mishaps were happening in the middle of the season, we just put our heads down and we worked harder."

Many of the racers embraced “pink” in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are Terry McMillen (near lane) and Brittany Force.  (Tim Marshall photo)

Shawn Langdon (far lane) beat Brittany Force in the second round, but lost to Clay Millican in the semifinal; Millican 3.850/323.81 to Langdon’s 4.158/253.80.  (Tim Marshall photo)