BoP Lab / Classes / AS
AS vs SM vs FV vs FF pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of AS is each class's best lap as a share of AS's on the same day, so the conditions drop out: 100% is level, less is quicker, and a move in it is the class getting faster or slower against the field.
Closest to the field: AS 100.0% of AS Andy McDermid, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · SM 104.5% of AS Michael Carter, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 race · FV 103.0% of AS Alex Scaler, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 race · FF 92.5% of AS Jonathon Kotyk, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 race
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs AS | % of AS | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs AS | % of AS | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs AS | % of AS | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:26.911Andrew McDermid · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 3.4s+0.119s (+0.08%) | 2:28.471Andrew McDermid · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.4s-0.761s (-0.51%) | 151.0Andrew McDermid-0.6 mph (-0.4%) | 2:42.173Brett Kowalski · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.938s (-0.58%) | 2:42.725Francisco Barroso · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 0.2s-1.705s (-1.04%) | 119.6Wyatt Couch+0.3 mph (+0.3%) | +14.254squal +15.262s | 109.6%qual 110.4% | 2:46.536Zachary Whitston · fastest of 37 · top 5 within 1.7s+2.435s (+1.48%) | 2:45.272Brian Farnham · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 1.3s-1.464s (-0.88%) | 117.4Rick Shields+0.2 mph (+0.1%) | +16.801squal +19.625s | 111.3%qual 113.4% | 2:23.047David Ybarra · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.4s-1.858s (-1.28%) | 2:23.686Nathan Down · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.6s-1.855s (-1.27%) | 138.9Tazio Stefanelli+0.5 mph (+0.3%) | -4.785squal -3.864s | 96.8%qual 97.4% | ||
17 rule changes (AS: 13, SM: 2, FF: 2)5 weight · 4 engine · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 1 removed · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:26.792Andrew McDermid · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 3.9s+0.214s (+0.15%) | 2:29.232Gregory Eaton · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 4.0s+2.803s (+1.91%) | 151.5Andrew McDermid+1.9 mph (+1.3%) | 2:43.111Bobby Gossett · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 0.3s+2.005s (+1.24%) | 2:44.430Kyle Greenhill · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.3s+2.944s (+1.82%) | 119.3Francisco Barroso-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | +15.198squal +16.319s | 110.2%qual 111.1% | 2:44.101Andrew Abbott · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 1.3s+1.458s (+0.90%) | 2:46.736Zachary Whitston · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 0.6s+1.902s (+1.15%) | 117.2Zachary Whitston+0.7 mph (+0.6%) | +17.504squal +17.309s | 111.7%qual 111.8% | 2:24.905Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 1.1s+2.353s (+1.65%) | 2:25.541Calvin Kautz · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.5s+3.484s (+2.45%) | 138.4Tazio Stefanelli-2.3 mph (-1.6%) | -3.691squal -1.887s | 97.5%qual 98.7% | ||
19 rule changes (AS: 11, SM: 4, FF: 4)5 engine · 5 weight · 3 tyres & wheels · 2 induction · 1 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:26.578Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.6s-0.467s (-0.32%) | 2:26.429Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.5s-1.239s (-0.84%) | 149.6Gregory Eaton+0.4 mph (+0.3%) | 2:41.106Ethan Goulart · fastest of 49 · top 5 within 0.5s-1.103s (-0.68%) | 2:41.486Brett Kowalski · fastest of 43 · top 5 within 0.3s-2.262s (-1.38%) | 119.9Alex Bertagnoli-1.4 mph (-1.2%) | +15.057squal +14.528s | 110.3%qual 109.9% | 2:42.643Andrew Whitston · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 2.3s-1.351s (-0.82%) | 2:44.834Andrew Abbott · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 0.9s-0.982s (-0.59%) | 116.5Brian Farnham-0.7 mph (-0.6%) | +18.405squal +16.065s | 112.6%qual 111.0% | 2:22.552Calvin Kautz · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.364s (-0.25%) | 2:22.057Sebastian Mateo Naranjo · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.6s-2.211s (-1.53%) | 140.7Calvin Kautz+2.6 mph (+1.9%) | -4.372squal -4.026s | 97.0%qual 97.3% | ||
19 rule changes (AS: 11, SM: 4, FV: 2, FF: 2)6 cars added · 3 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 5 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:03.082Daniel Richardson · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.2s+0.920s (+0.75%) | 2:04.120Gregory Eaton · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 3.0s-0.458s (-0.37%) | 154.6James Jost+3.7 mph (+2.5%) | 2:14.986Danny Steyn · fastest of 52 · top 5 within 0.1s+0.322s (+0.24%) | 2:16.229Julian DaCosta · fastest of 46 · top 5 within 0.3s-2.878s (-2.07%) | 120.3Jim Drago+1.1 mph (+0.9%) | +12.109squal +11.904s | 109.8%qual 109.7% | 2:15.639Andrew Whitston · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 1.4s+0.523s (+0.39%) | 2:16.611Andrew Abbott · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.6s-1.482s (-1.07%) | 115.6Brian Farnham-0.2 mph (-0.2%) | +12.491squal +12.557s | 110.1%qual 110.2% | 1:59.249Nolan Allaer · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.8s+0.034s (+0.03%) | 2:00.583Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 0.4s-17.775s (-12.85%) | 138.4Calvin Kautz+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | -3.537squal -3.833s | 97.2%qual 96.9% | ||
6 rule changes (AS: 4, SM: 1, FF: 1)3 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weightshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:02.162Kurt Rezzetano · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.3s-0.776s (-0.63%) | 2:04.578Gregory Eaton · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.9s+0.678s (+0.55%) | 150.9James Jost-3.0 mph (-2.0%) | 2:14.664Danny Steyn · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.112s (+0.08%) | 2:19.107Travis Wiley · fastest of 58 · top 5 within 0.9s+2.648s (+1.94%) | 119.2Jonathan Neudorf-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | +14.529squal +12.502s | 111.7%qual 110.2% | 2:15.116Brian Farnham · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.596s (-0.44%) | 2:18.093Andrew Whitston · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.2s-0.196s (-0.14%) | 115.8Jonathan Weisheit+1.1 mph (+0.9%) | +13.515squal +12.954s | 110.8%qual 110.6% | 1:59.215Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.2s-0.348s (-0.29%) | 2:18.358Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 2.4s-2.116s (-1.51%) | 138.3Tim Kautz+2.2 mph (+1.6%) | +13.780squal -2.947s | 111.1%qual 97.6% | ||
14 rule changes (AS: 9, SM: 1, FV: 4)6 weight · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 engine · 2 wording · 3 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:50.427Drew Cattell · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 1.9s+5.207s (+4.95%) | 1:50.606Gregory Eaton · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.7s-0.901s (-0.81%) | 153.8James Jost | 1:57.695Brian Henderson · fastest of 90 · top 5 within 0.5s-0.611s (-0.52%) | 1:58.837Brian Henderson · fastest of 88 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.263s (-0.22%) | 119.8Kyle Greenhill | +8.231squal +7.268s | 107.4%qual 106.6% | 1:57.479Andrew Whitston · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.8s+1.720s (+1.49%) | 1:57.234Alex Scaler · fastest of 47 · top 5 within 1.0s+1.311s (+1.13%) | 124.0Mark Edwards | +6.628squal +7.052s | 106.0%qual 106.4% | 1:44.359Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.242s (-0.23%) | 1:55.676Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.8s+11.152s (+10.67%) | 141.6Nicholas Sheppard | +5.070squal -6.068s | 104.6%qual 94.5% | ||
18 rule changes (AS: 14, SM: 1, FF: 3)6 weight · 5 engine · 3 cars added · 3 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:27.045Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:27.668Gregory Eaton · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 1.5s | 149.2Gregory Eaton | 2:42.209Kyle Greenhill · fastest of 77 · top 5 within 0.5s | 2:43.748Preston Pardus · fastest of 75 · top 5 within 1.0s | 121.3Kyle Greenhill | +16.080squal +15.164s | 110.9%qual 110.3% | 2:43.994Hunter Phelps-Barron · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:45.816Alex Scaler · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.5s | 117.1Hunter Phelps-Barron | +18.148squal +16.949s | 112.3%qual 111.5% | 2:22.916Simon Sikes · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.6s | 2:24.268Jeffrey Bartz · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 0.4s | 138.1Jeffrey Bartz | -3.400squal -4.129s | 97.7%qual 97.2% | ||
28 rule changes (AS: 16, SM: 2, FV: 6, FF: 4)9 tyres & wheels · 7 engine · 3 suspension & brakes · 2 cars added · 2 induction · 2 weight · 1 aero · 2 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 2:02.938Gregory Eaton · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:03.900James Jost · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.1s | 153.9James Jost | 2:14.552Todd Buras · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 0.2s | 2:16.459Elivan Goulart · fastest of 56 · top 5 within 0.4s | 119.8Jim Drago | +12.559squal +11.614s | 110.1%qual 109.4% | 2:15.712Andrew Whitston · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 1.5s | 2:18.289Zachary Whitston · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.4s | 114.8Roger Siebenaler | +14.389squal +12.774s | 111.6%qual 110.4% | 1:59.563Tyler O'Connor · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.4s | 2:20.474Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 6.3s | 136.2Derek Ketchie | +16.574squal -3.375s | 113.4%qual 97.3% | ||
17 rule changes (AS: 4, SM: 4, FV: 6, FF: 3)3 engine · 2 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 4 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:47.782Andrew McDermid · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.9s | 1:50.345John Heinricy · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.3s | 105.0Kevin Fandozzi | 1:54.355Ken Sutherland · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.7s | 1:55.278Michael Carter · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.3s | 102.2Danny Steyn | +4.933squal +6.573s | 104.5%qual 106.1% | 1:52.637Skip Streets · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 1.6s | 1:53.639Alex Scaler · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.4s | 106.3Skip Streets | +3.294squal +4.855s | 103.0%qual 104.5% | 1:41.612Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.7s | 1:42.049Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.3s | 115.7Denny Renfrow | -8.296squal -6.170s | 92.5%qual 94.3% | ||
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:45.220James Jost · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 6.7s | 1:51.507Bryan Long · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.9s | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +7.593squal +13.086s | 106.8%qual 112.4% | 1:55.759Michael Varacins · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:55.923Michael Varacins · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 1.3s | +4.416squal +10.539s | 104.0%qual 110.0% | 1:44.601Zach Holden · fastest of 36 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:44.524Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 36 · top 5 within 0.5s | -6.983squal -0.619s | 93.7%qual 99.4% | ||||||
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| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:30.651Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 3.6s | 1:33.424Edward Hosni · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +7.340squal +9.863s | 107.9%qual 110.9% | 1:37.942Alex Scaler · fastest of 41 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:38.066Flinn Lazier · fastest of 38 · top 5 within 0.7s | +4.642squal +7.291s | 105.0%qual 108.0% | 1:29.213Neil Verhagen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.1s | 1:30.133Neil Verhagen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.4s | -3.291squal -1.438s | 96.5%qual 98.4% | ||||||
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| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:01.746Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 2.6s | 2:02.922Andy McDermid · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +21.145squal +16.915s | 117.2%qual 113.9% | 2:21.167Roger Siebenaler · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:21.142Andrew Whitston · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 1.1s | +18.220squal +19.421s | 114.8%qual 116.0% | 2:02.489Tim Kautz · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 1.1s | 2:03.383Rick Payne · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 0.8s | +0.461squal +0.743s | 100.4%qual 100.6% | ||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of AS | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 4 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2020 | 100.0%Runoffs 2026 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 | 100.0%Runoffs 2023 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2017 | 100.0%Runoffs 2021 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2015 | 100.0%Runoffs 2015 |
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2016 | 100.0%Runoffs 2016 |
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 100.0% | 100.0%Runoffs 2018 | 100.0%Runoffs 2018 |
About this data
Every event the class ran, at any track, oldest to newest on the chart and newest first in the table. Each point is the class's best lap as a share of AS's best on the same day: the weather and the day cancel out, so one figure compares across years where lap times cannot; a class that suits one track more than another still reads differently there. It still moves when the yardstick's own balance changes or its field thins, and an event the yardstick did not run has no point. A best from fewer than three cars is greyed. The rule changes that took effect between two events are folded between their rows.