1. Did happen and quite a significant change…Funny Car went from 38.9% to 54.1% and Top Fuel went from 47.8% to 59.3%...and those number don’t include holeshot wins (which are both good side by side runs.)  In addition to better stats as far as side by side eliminations go, another stat I keep is percentage of good runs.  So if Car A goes up in smoke, but Car B makes a all out run, it DOESN’T count as a good elimination, but Car B gets counted as a good run. That stat is up from 8% to 82% for TF and 80%, up 13%, for FC.



2. Didn’t really happen and not enough data to measure…for the 2008-II season I’m only counting 9 events.  However, there were some fresh/old faces qualifying in the latter part, including Dakin, Massey, and Hagan.
3. Tony led every top 12 category I have in 2008-I except reaction time and he was second in that category…in 2008-II he led every top 12 category I have except reaction time (I think I just repeated myself) where he was third!

One more set of stats – W/L percentage for both seasons, because winning is really the only stat that counts:

TF – 2008-I SCHUMACHER     32   7    82.1%                 BROWN                  20 10    66.7% DIXON                    20 11    64.5% FULLER                 17  11    60.7% McCLENATHAN 15   11   57.7%	FC – 2008-I WILKERSON        22    9   71.0% PEDREGON, T      16    9   64.0% HIGHT                   16   10   61.5% FORCE, A              16   10   61.5% FORCE, J                    14   10   58.3%
TF – 2008-II SCHUMACHER      35    1   97.2% McCLENATHAN   14    9   60.9% BROWN                   13    9   59.1% DIXON                     10    9   52.6% BERNSTEIN, B       10    9   52.6%	FC – 2008-II BECKMAN            22    7   75.9% WILKERSON        18    6   75.0% HIGHT                   16    7   69.6% PEDREGON, T      15    8   65.2% PEDREGON, C     12    9   57.1%

 

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