NHRA Champs vs. the field
ow did the NHRA 2006 champs do against their opponents in 2006? In other words, who did they whoop on and who whooped on them? Obviously, they did most of the spanking, but in some stats, each driver got beat by various drivers and in diverse methods.
First, let’s look who overall had the best records...John Force only won 67.2% of his rounds, compared to Jason Line winning nearly 71%. Andrew Hines won 70% of his races or 7 out of 10 times at the starting line.
Let's take a look at Tony Schumacher first. He liked racing Dave Grubnic, winning 5 times and losing none. Tony only had losing records to Dixon and Herbert, losing once to each. In side-by-side full throttle runs, Tony was only outrun 5 times and two of those go to up and coming J.R. Todd. Tony was 1-1 with teammate Melanie Troxel.
In Funny Car, Force beat the Jimmy Prock-tuned car and teammate Robert Hight 3 times. John also had Whit Bazemore's number with a 5-1 record. Nemesis for John seemed to be Ron Capps (2-5) and Gary Scelzi (2-0). How about John's holeshot record? He calls himself the "old man," but was 4-2 in that department, slapping two holeshots on the young Jack Beckman. In side-by-side full throttle runs, John was only outrun 4 times.
Jason Line won the most rounds in the Pro categories this year with 46. In side-by-side full throttle runs, Jason was only outrun twice. Jason loved to see V. Gaines in the other lane with a 5-0 record. Jason's biggest nemesis was the starting "line." He had a 2-15 holeshot record, with Dave Connolly slapping 4 on him. Jason had a 4-1 record against teammate Greg Anderson.
Last and not least we have Andrew" Hines...if you follow PSM closely, you know there were way too many redlights. Out of 40 eliminations Andrew was in, 14 were decided by a redlight. Chip Ellis could not get the win light against Hines, with Andrew having a 3-0 record. Just the opposite was true with Angelle Sampey...Hines was 0-3 versus her.
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Statistically Speaking