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2016 TOP FUEL WORLD CHAMPION ANTRON BROWN

  • Won second-consecutive and third overall Top Fuel championship
  • First driver since 2009 to repeat as Top Fuel champ
  • Scored seven wins and four runner-ups
  • Held points lead through final 12 races of season
  • Compiled 55-17 win-loss record

Top Fuel world champion
Antron Brown

Funny Car world champion
Ron Capps

Pro Stock world champion
Jason Line

Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion
Jerry Savoie

Pro Mod world champion
Rickie Smith

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Joey Severance

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Jonnie Lindberg

Comp eliminator world champion
Doug Doll Jr.

Super Stock world champion
Jimmy DeFrank

Stock eliminator world champion
Jeff Strickland

Super Comp world champion
Nick Folk

Super Gas world champion
Mia Tedesco

Top Dragster world champion
Jeff Strickland

Top Sportsman world champion
Mike Williams

2016

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

CAPPS FINALLY A CHAMP

Funny Car driver Ron Capps shed his label as the “winningest driver in NHRA history without a championship” by claiming the 2016 Funny Car world championship.

PRO STOCK GOES EFI

In one of the biggest changes to the class since its debut in 1970, Pro Stock cars switched from carburetors to fuel injection and removed their hood scoops to make the class more relevant.

STRICK STRIKES TWICE

For the first time since 1995, a Sportsman racer won two world championships in the same season as Jeff Strickland captured the crowns in both Stock and Top Dragster.

TV RATINGS SOAR

In the first year of NHRA on FOX, NHRA saw 14 million more viewers in 2016 than in 2015 and TV ratings for Sunday’s live finals shows were up 24%.

2016

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2016 rookie

Cory Reed

Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Cory Reed scored an impressive 12 round-wins in his rookie season, more than the other rookie contenders combined, and was the only one of the award nominees to reach the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

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