Antron Brown started his week at Miramar College in San Diego, where he used his own experiences in urging students not to set limits on what they can accomplish.

Brown had mistakenly done that himself early in his NHRA career, when he figured Pro Stock Motorcycle was the highest level he could reach.

“My biggest dream was always to race a Top Fuel or Funny Car, but I always thought it was way out of reach, because we didn’t come from money,” Brown said this week in an interview with The Associated Press.