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2016 Champions By the Numbers

13 Dec 2016
Candida Benson, Jr. Dragster Contributor
Tuesday Morning Crew Chief

Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Jason Line (Pro Stock), and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) earned the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series world championships, but how did they get there? Round-wins, big head-to-head victories, and high qualifying positions certainly played a role, as proven by the stats below showing the season-long numbers and data from the Countdown to the Championship for each of the four titlists.

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Antron
Brown

Ron
Capps

Jason
Line

Jerry
Savoie
Win-loss record:
2016 season
55-1754-1865-1631-14
Win-loss record:
Countdown
16-313-614-514-4
Record vs. Countdown
racers: 2016 season*
31-1529-1738-1616-11
Record vs. Countdown
racers: Countdown
11-38-68-58-3
Record vs. non-Countdown
racers: 2016 season*
21-123-019-014-2
Record vs. non-Countdown
racers: Countdown
5-05-06-06-1
No. 1 starts:
2016 season
3483
No. 1 starts:
Countdown
1023
Top-half starts:
2016 season
23212414
Top-half starts:
Countdown
5666
*Does not include 91°µÍø Four-Wide Nationals