Five things we learned at testing
Silly Season Scorecard
A look at the Funny Car performance surge
Does Winternationals success equal season success?
Intriguing storylines to kick off the 2017 season
2016 Champions By the Numbers
2016 Pro Stock Qualifying by the Numbers
2016 Nitro Qualifying By the Numbers
Saving the best for last
It all comes down to Pomona
One down, three to go
Rookie report card
Thinning the herd
Survival of the fastest
A St. Louis Shake-up
Welcome to the Countdown
Land of 10,000 horsepower
Upset winners
Emerald City makeover
Heard it through the grapevine
Prime-time players
Sweeping the Western Swing
Chi-Town Turnaround
Funny Car milestones
'Eastern Swing' MVP
A storm is a-brewin'
Super Summernationals
An epic Epping
Holding the Line
Record weekend
2016 Champions By the Numbers
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.
 Antron Brown |  Ron Capps |  Jason Line |  Jerry Savoie | |
| Win-loss record: 2016 season | 55-17 | 54-18 | 65-16 | 31-14 |
| Win-loss record: Countdown | 16-3 | 13-6 | 14-5 | 14-4 |
| Record vs. Countdown racers: 2016 season* | 31-15 | 29-17 | 38-16 | 16-11 |
| Record vs. Countdown racers: Countdown | 11-3 | 8-6 | 8-5 | 8-3 |
| Record vs. non-Countdown racers: 2016 season* | 21-1 | 23-0 | 19-0 | 14-2 |
| Record vs. non-Countdown racers: Countdown | 5-0 | 5-0 | 6-0 | 6-1 |
| No. 1 starts: 2016 season | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| No. 1 starts: Countdown | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Top-half starts: 2016 season | 23 | 21 | 24 | 14 |
| Top-half starts: Countdown | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| *Does not include NHRA Four-Wide Nationals | ||||