Pro Stock in 2016 has been the Summit Racing Show. Ken Black Racing teammates Greg Anderson and Jason Line have thoroughly dominated the association’s penultimate all-motor class, with one of the pair having taken home the Wally at all eight races thus far this season. With a full third of the schedule completed, its becoming painfully clear to the rest of the class — and likely you, the fans — that the Summit Camaros are simply, and literally, overpowering the competition.
Most teams expected a noticeable decrease in performance to accompany the swap to EFI and reduced RPM limits in 2016, and that’s played out as expected, but the KB team has no doubt hit all the right notes while the rest of the class has struggled to find power within the new rules.To truly understand Line and Anderson’s dominance, one must look at the statistics beyond event wins. The pair has owned qualifying, entering race day from the No. 1 spot in all but one race (three times for Line, four for Anderson). At seven of the eight races, the pair has also owned low ET (five for Line, two for Anderson) and top speed (four for Line, three for Anderson), and they have five runner-up finishes to compliment their event wins. Jason Line has appeared in every final round of the season, taking home five wins, while Anderson won the other three … each of which Line was the runner-up. Teammate Bo Butner has collected the rest of the accolades, with one final round appearance, a No. 1 qualifying effort, and low ET and top speed once apiece.
To add insult to injury, and prove the drivers aren’t simply relying on their horsepower advantage, Line or Anderson accounted for the quickest reaction time at five of the eight events — this in a class rife with insane driving talent.
As the numbers will show, the rest of the field has been closing the performance gap to the Summit cars with each and every race, but thus far, no other driver has been able to break through their impenetrable wall.
So our question for the fans is this: who, if anybody, will be able to put a stop to the KB Racing dominance, and how long will it take? Or, will 2016 go down as a season of rebuilding for the competition while the Summit cars waltz right through November to the title? Let us know what you think in the comment section!