2008: Recorded career best in speed; Was the No. 1 qualifier at Gainesville and Bristol; Earned the top speed of the event at 14 races.
2007: Competed in the inaugural Countdown to the Championship; Posted career-best time.
2006: Reached his 500th career race (at Las Vegas 2); Drove to the winner’s circle in Phoenix; Posted career-best time and speed.
2005: Earned three wins in five final-round appearances; Earned six No. 1 qualifiers; Surpassed 800 mark for career round wins (818); Extended his streak of earning a final-round appearance at least once in a season to 24 consecutive years.
2004: A runner-up finish at Pomona 1 extended his streak of earning a final round appearance at least once in a season to 23 consecutive years.
2003: 22nd consecutive finish in the top five of the Pro Stock standings; established career-best time and speed; has won at least one race every season for 22 consecutive years; his 92 career wins leads all Pro Stock drivers in NHRA history; went 4-0 in final-round appearances.
2002: Earned one win and qualified in the No. 1 spot en route to a fourth-place finish; His DNQ at Sonoma ended a 303-race qualifying streak.
2001: Won sixth NHRA Pro Stock championship; At Denver, surpassed Bob Glidden as the most prolific Pro Stock driver; Named No. 7 on the NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers list.
2000: Qualified No.1 at five events; Was one of five drivers to qualify at every event.
1999: Pro Stock champion for the fifth time overall, second consecutive season; Qualified No. 1 at 15 events; Was the No. 1 seed in the NHRA King Demon Crown for the sixth consecutive year; First driver in NHRA history to record top speed at every national event; Scored 75th national event victory (Seattle).
1998: Pro Stock champion; Won a career-best 56 elimination rounds; Recorded top speed at 21 of 22 events; Finished in the top five of the NHRA points standings for the 17th consecutive season, breaking the NHRA record set by Pro Stock legend Bob Glidden; Scored 100th No. 1 qualifying position (Memphis).
1997: Became the first Pro Stock driver in NHRA history to exceed 200 mph with a pass of 200.13 mph at Richmond and earned a $25,000 bonus from Speed Pro for the historic run; Became the first driver in NHRA history to make a sub-6.9 second pass when he clocked at 6.894-second run at Richmond.
1996: Won the non-points NHRA Invitational; Qualified No. 1 eight times.
1995: Pro Stock champion; Led Pro Stock with seven victories, nine final rounds and 14 No. 1 qualifying positions; Won the King Demon Crown bonus event; Won at Indianapolis for the fourth consecutive year; Scored 50th national event victory (Seattle).
1993: Pro Stock champion, leading the Pro Stock point standings for the entire season; Won nine events.
1992: Won first NHRA Pro Stock championship with eight victories in nine final-round appearances.
1991: Scored five victories in 11 final rounds in 1991; Qualified No. 1 at eight events; Became the first international Pro Stock champion when he traveled to Japan and defeated a contingent of American and Japanese Pro Stock drivers.
1990: No. 1 qualifier at six events; Runner-up in the Pro Stock bonus event; Reached 40th career final round at Denver.
1989: Reached the 20-career victory plateau with win at Dallas; Runner-up in the Pro Stock bonus event.
1986: First Pro Stock driver to exceed 190 mph (190.07, at Indianapolis).
1982: First Pro Stock driver to surpass 180 mph (181.08, at Fremont)
