* 5-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champion (1984, 1988, 1990-92)
* 52 – Top Fuel NHRA Professional career victories (ranks No. 1 in Top Fuel and eighth in overall National Events. (55 total with three as a car owner through 2005)
* 99 – Top Fuel Final Round Appearances
* 19 – Has finished in top 10 of NHRA Winston standings for 19 consecutive seasons, since his Top Fuel career began in 1982 and finished in 2000.
* 15 – Top Five Finishes in season ending standings.
* First driver to exceed 260 mph and 280 mph.
* Career-Best Elapsed Time – 4.516 seconds (19 th quickest all-time through 2005)
* Career-Best Speed – 326.67 MPH (21 st fastest all-time through 2005)
* Career Best Winning Season: 1990 – 6 National event wins.
* Produced first 4.50-second pass in NHRA history with run of 4.595 seconds at the 1996 Western Auto Nationals.
* First NHRA National event win – 1983 Le Grandnational, St. Pie, Quebec
* Last NHRA National event win – 2000 Keystone Nationals, Reading, Pa.
* 56 – No. 1 Qualifier (ranks fifth)
* 6 Budweiser Shootout Victories (1985, 1987-90, 92) 7 Final Rounds (R/U – 1986)
* 16 consecutive years of Budweiser Shootout competition
* No. 9 ranking in NHRA’s Top 50 drivers as celebration of their golden anniversary.
* Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall-of-Fame – Class of 2005, Talladega, Alabama (April 28, 2005) (Bob Glidden, Chip Hanauer, Nigel Mansell, and Darrell Waltrip)
* 191 (’83 Gainesville – ’95 Memphis) career qualifying streak (ranks third)
* Career won/lost record 526-267(.663) (ranks ninth in overall winning percentage)
* 15 th Member of the NHRA 250-mph Club (July 17, 1982 250.69 MPH – Englishtown, N.J.)
* Fourth Member of the NHRA Cragar 4-Second Club (March 3, 1989, 4.996 ET, Houston)
* Sixth Member of the Slick 50 300-MPH club (April 23, 1990 – 300.90 MPH, Commerce, Georgia)
* Started racing go-karts at age 11. His first car was a 1953 Ford.