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Who's Perfect and Who's not so Perfect.

Stats are from 1990 thru the
Fall Dallas Race 2001

** These are the top drivers who have never lost to a particular opponent:

 

Stats From Years:
1990 to 2001   

Type of Win
vs Opp.   

Best Stat
vs Opp.  
Driver W L Opponent Good Abort Hlsht RdLt ET MPH RT
Top Fuel          
SCELZI 9 0 HARTMAN 4-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 4.567 324.20 0.479
DIXON 8 0 BALDWIN 1-0 6-0 0-0 1-0 4.527 322.34 0.488
AMATO 7 0 GIBSON 2-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 4.624 313.80 0.459
MCEWEN 6 0 PEDREGON 4-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 5.021 284.36 0.445
BERNSTEIN 6 0 SMITH, S 1-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 4.617 311.63 0.476
MCCLENATHAN 6 0 HARTMAN 4-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 4.644 319.29 0.472
AMATO 6 0 BRADLEY 3-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 4.970 287.17 0.444
AMATO 6 0 DEPORTER 2-0 4-0 0-0 0-0 4.856 298.30 0.456
DIXON 6 0 SARVER 1-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 4.642 317.68 0.471
Funny Car          
HOFMANN 8 0 HARTMAN 0-0 8-0 0-0 0-0 4.907 311.85 0.469
FORCE 8 0 RADKE 3-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 5.005 307.48 0.462
FORCE 7 0 NEELY 1-0 5-0 0-0 1-0 5.062 303.43 0.460
FORCE 7 0 CREASY 2-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 4.911 321.27 0.489
PEDREGON, T 7 0 BOLGER 2-0 5-0 0-0 0-0 5.045 303.43 0.472
PEDREGON, T 7 0 HOOVER 3-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 5.012 306.22 0.457
FORCE 7 0 HARTMAN 4-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 5.012 303.74 0.473
Pro Stock          
JOHNSON, W 10 0 IACONIO 8-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 7.063 196.72 0.453
YATES, JIM 8 0 WILLIAMS 6-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 6.961 197.97 0.454
YATES, JIM 7 0 FRANKS 6-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 6.974 197.15 0.442
JOHNSON, W 7 0 RIVERA 5-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 7.041 196.63 0.440
COUGHLIN, J 7 0 GAINES 6-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 6.750 202.55 0.435
COUGHLIN, J 7 0 THOMAS, MI 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 6.886 199.70 0.418
GLIDDEN, BOB 7 0 LEPONE 5-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 7.311 190.19 0.431
YATES, JIM 7 0 HARRIS 7-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 7.004 196.37 0.453

 

** These are drivers who have never lost at a particular event (qualifying at least 2 events):

Stats >From Years: 1990 to 2001          
Driver     Type of W-L @ EVENT    Best Stat @ Event   
Top Fuel W / L Event Good Abort Hlsht RdLt QP ET MPH RT
BERNSTEIN 8 0 VEGAS I 4-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 1 4.524 325.61 0.475
JOHNS 8 0 MEMPH 1-0 7-0 0-0 0-0 5 4.990 274.13 0.481
Funny Car          
BONIN 8 0 CLMBS 3-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 4 5.215 290.32 0.471
SPURLOCK 8 0 POMNA I 4-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 3 5.065 294.98 0.463
Pro Stock          
COUGHLIN, J 8 0 VEGAS I 4-0 4-0 2-0 0-0 3 6.959 198.20 0.436

** Not so perfect stats...drivers never to get past the first round:

 

Driver Wins Loss
Top Fuel  
BAILEY, J 0 5
SOSENKA 0 5
SMITH, R 0 4
FULLER 0 4
PUSTARI 0 4
Funny Car  
KRAMBERGER 0 13
WILDING 0 11
JACKSON 0 6
WEICKGENANT 0 5
YOUNG 0 5
LITTON 0 4
Pro Stock  
HERMAN 0 8
FOLGORE 0 7
ANTONETTE 0 4
EWING 0 4

 

** Perfect lights in eliminations:

EVENT
YEAR
DRIVER
ET
MPH
COMMENT ABOUT ROUND
OPPONENT
Pro Stock
PHX 1990 RIVERA 7.433 184.90 First Round Win ALLEN
SEATTLE 1990 SMITH, R 7.449 185.56 Second Round Loss GLIDDEN, BOB
DAL II 1991 ALDERMAN 7.249 190.55 First Round Win BEVERLEY
DAL II 1992 ALLEN 7.167 191.89 First Round Win THOMAS, MIKE
CLMBS 1996 MARTINO 7.360 191.85 Second Round Win COUGHLIN, J
POMNA II 1996 GLIDDEN, BOB 7.087 197.32 First Round Loss JOHNSON, W
DENVER 1999 COUGHLIN, T 7.346 187.91 Third Round Holeshot Win JOHNSON, W
ST LOUIS 2000 ANDERSON 7.015 196.93 Second Round Win MARTINO
ST LOUIS 2000 KRISHER 6.900 198.44 Final Round Win ANDERSON
ETOWN 2000 ANDERSON 6.947 198.00 Third Round Holeshot Win STEVENS
ETOWN 2001 STEVENS 6.892 200.14 Final Round Win PAWUK
Funny Car      
CAJUN 1990 GROSE N/A N/A First Round Loss LARSON
SONMA 2001 EPLER 5.076 300.40 First Round Win FORCE
Top Fuel      
ATL 1993 DUNN N/A N/A Wasted on a Final Round HILL

 

** Miscellaneous stuff:

Perfect holeshot records (Never lost on a holeshot):  

  • Pat Austin 7-0 (Top Fuel stats)

  • Bob Gilbertson 6-0

  • Brad Jeter 10-0

  • Dester Cambron 5-0.

Perfect holeshot records vs a driver:

  • Cory Mac vs Mike Dunn 4-0 in holeshot wins

  • Mark Oswald vs K.C. Spurlock 3-0

  • Whit Bazemore vs Scotty Cannon 3-0

  • Tom Martino vs Jim Yates 5-0

  • Jeg Coughlin vs Jim Yates 5-0

  • Jim Yates vs Steve Schmidt 4-0

  • Mike Edwards vs Warren Johnson 4-0

  • Scott Geoffrion vs Warren Johnson 4-0

  • Tom Martino vs Kurt Johnson 4-0

  • Mike Edwards vs Kurt Johnson 4-0

  • Brue Allen vs Kurt Johnson 4-0

Not so perfect redlight records vs a driver:

  • Cruz Pedregon vs John Force 0-3 in redlight losses

  • Mike Thomas vs Warren Johnson 0-3

  • Mike Schmidt vs Jim Yates 0-3

  • Mike Thomas vs Jerry Eckman 0-3

Not so perfect redlight records overall (These drivers have never won because their opponent redlighted):

  • Jerry Haas 0-9
  • Rusty Glidden 0-6
  • Freedy Neely 0-5
  • Jerry Toliver 0-5
  • Jimmy Nix 0-6

Not so perfect final round records:

  • Bob Vandergriff 0-6 in final round appearances
  • Gene Snow 0-5 (Top Fuel stats)
  • Bruce Larson 0-4 (Funny Car stats)

Events where the lights seem to be with the driver:

  • Kenny Bernstein at Spring Houston event 4-0 in redlight wins
  • John Force at Atlanta 4-0
  • John Force at Gainesville and the Spring Houston event 3-0
  • Warren Johnson at Seattle 5-0
  • Jerry Eckman at Columbus 4-0
  • Warren Johnson at Gainesville and Sonoma 4-0
  • Larry Morgan at Gainesville 4-0

Next month we will review the highs and lows of the 2001  NHRA season...stats beyond the best elapsed times and mph.

Get more stats, including stats for all NHRA qualifying drivers, Top 12, and National Events at Jim's DragStats web site:

http://home.att.net/~jhawkins/dragstats.htm

or email him with any questions at:

DragStats@att.net

 

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