BoP Lab / Classes / EP
EP vs P2 vs SM vs SMX pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of EP is each class's best lap as a share of EP'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: EP 100.0% of EP Kip Van Steenburg, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · P2 83.8% of EP Jeff Shafer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 2017 race · SM 92.2% of EP Travis Wiley, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2022 race · SMX 104.8% of EP Skyler Cottrell, Road America Runoffs 2026 qualifying
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs EP | % of EP | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs EP | % of EP | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs EP | % of EP | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:29.239Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s+1.946s (+1.32%) | 2:27.869Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s-0.887s (-0.60%) | 137.0Jon Brakke-3.8 mph (-2.7%) | 2:10.606Greg Gyann · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 5.3s+3.201s (+2.51%) | 2:09.441Mike Reupert · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 4.2s+1.119s (+0.87%) | 155.0Matt Strand+2.4 mph (+1.6%) | -18.428squal -18.633s | 87.5%qual 87.5% | 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%) | +14.856squal +12.934s | 110.0%qual 108.7% | 2:36.472Skyler Cottrell · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 0.4s+0.240s (+0.15%) | 2:36.414Cam Ebben · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.677s (-0.43%) | 128.4Christian Hoagland-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | +8.545squal +7.233s | 105.8%qual 104.8% | ||
25 rule changes (EP: 21, SM: 2, SMX: 2)6 weight · 5 induction · 4 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 5 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:27.293Jon Brakke · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 2.1s+0.490s (+0.33%) | 2:28.756Tyler Ladd · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 1.9s+0.887s (+0.60%) | 140.8Jon Brakke+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | 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%) | +15.674squal +15.818s | 110.5%qual 110.7% | 2:36.232Cam Ebben · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.581s (+0.37%) | 2:37.091Michael Tinis · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.3s+0.813s (+0.52%) | 129.1Camden Gruber-0.4 mph (-0.3%) | +8.335squal +8.939s | 105.6%qual 106.1% | |||||||
24 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 1, SM: 4, SMX: 5)8 weight · 3 induction · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 3 wording · 7 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:26.803Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 4.1s-0.519s (-0.35%) | 2:27.869Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.6s-1.178s (-0.79%) | 140.7Bill Miller-1.0 mph (-0.7%) | 2:07.405Bart Wolf · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 3.0s-1.109s (-0.86%) | 2:08.322Bart Wolf · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.6s-1.471s (-1.13%) | 152.5Lucian Pancea-0.6 mph (-0.4%) | -19.547squal -19.398s | 86.8%qual 86.8% | 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%) | +13.617squal +14.303s | 109.2%qual 109.7% | 2:35.651Ethan Lampe · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 0.7s | 2:36.278Ethan Jacobs · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 0.7s | 129.5Michael Borden | +8.409squal +8.848s | 105.7%qual 106.0% | ||
27 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 5, SM: 4, SMX: 4)8 engine · 7 weight · 2 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 1 tyres & wheels · 3 wording · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:03.215John Hainsworth · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 4.3s+0.889s (+0.73%) | 2:04.050Greg Ira · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 5.3s-26.805s (-17.77%) | 144.6Greg Ira+3.1 mph (+2.2%) | 1:48.590Greg Gyann · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.7s+1.024s (+0.95%) | 1:48.829Lucian Pancea · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 0.9s-27.005s (-19.88%) | 150.9Lucian Pancea-0.2 mph (-0.2%) | -15.221squal -14.625s | 87.7%qual 88.1% | 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%) | +12.179squal +11.771s | 109.8%qual 109.6% | 2:11.435Nathan Nicholson · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:12.616Noah Harmon · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.1s | 127.8Noah Harmon | +8.566squal +8.220s | 106.9%qual 106.7% | ||
22 rule changes (EP: 13, P2: 8, SM: 1)6 weight · 5 engine · 3 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 cars added · 1 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 2 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:02.326Jesse Prather · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.2s+1.339s (+1.11%) | 2:30.855Jesse Prather · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 2.5s+29.224s (+24.03%) | 141.5Jesse Prather-6.0 mph (-4.1%) | 1:47.566Tim Day Jr · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 3.0s-1.545s (-1.42%) | 2:15.834Greg Gyann · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 10.1s+25.576s (+23.20%) | 151.1Robert Iversen+1.8 mph (+1.2%) | -15.021squal -14.760s | 90.0%qual 87.9% | 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%) | -11.748squal +12.338s | 92.2%qual 110.1% | |||||||
32 rule changes (EP: 21, P2: 10, SM: 1)6 engine · 6 induction · 5 tyres & wheels · 4 weight · 3 cars added · 1 aero · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 wording · 4 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:48.181Jesse Prather · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 3.2s-1.416s (-1.29%) | 1:49.928Jesse Prather · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 0.9s-0.468s (-0.42%) | 143.4Jon Brakke | 1:33.235Tim Day Jr · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.3s+1.409s (+1.53%) | 1:35.322Tim Day Jr · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 4.8s+2.841s (+3.07%) | 150.3Robert Iversen | -14.606squal -14.946s | 86.7%qual 86.2% | 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 | +8.909squal +9.514s | 108.1%qual 108.8% | |||||||
23 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 8, SM: 1)5 engine · 5 weight · 3 cars added · 2 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 4 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:27.322Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.5s | 2:29.047Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.8s | 141.7Jesse Prather | 2:08.514Robert Iversen · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 3.0s | 2:09.793Robert Iversen · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 3.9s | 153.1Robert Iversen | -19.254squal -18.808s | 87.1%qual 87.2% | 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 | +14.701squal +14.887s | 109.9%qual 110.1% | |||||||
22 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 6, SM: 2)7 engine · 7 induction · 3 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 aero · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wordingshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 2:00.987Jesse Prather · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:01.631Jesse Prather · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.4s | 147.5Kip Van Steenburg | 1:49.111Robert Iversen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:50.258Greg Gyann · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.4s | 149.4Robert Iversen | -11.373squal -11.876s | 90.6%qual 90.2% | 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 | +14.828squal +13.565s | 112.2%qual 111.2% | |||||||
23 rule changes (EP: 10, P2: 9, SM: 4)6 engine · 4 induction · 4 weight · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 wording · 2 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:45.828Glen McCready · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.3s | 1:46.518Glen McCready · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.8s | 106.5Aaron Downey | 1:28.784Tim Day Jr · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 5.0s | 1:32.071Chuck Bona · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.9s | 144.4Tim Day Jr | -14.447squal -17.044s | 86.4%qual 83.9% | 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 | +8.760squal +8.527s | 108.2%qual 108.1% | |||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:49.597Matt Reynolds · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:50.396Matt Reynolds · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:31.826Jeff Shafer · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 4.9s | 1:32.481Jeff Shafer · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 3.8s | -17.915squal -17.771s | 83.8%qual 83.8% | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +8.704squal +8.709s | 107.9%qual 107.9% | ||||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:33.847Michael Galati · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:34.266Michael Galati · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.3s | 1:20.188Jeff Shafer · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.0s | 1:20.904Jeff Shafer · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.2s | -13.362squal -13.659s | 85.8%qual 85.4% | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +6.498squal +6.667s | 106.9%qual 107.1% | ||||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:03.794Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 3.2s | 2:05.109Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:51.825Chris Farrell · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.6s | 1:52.355Jeff Shafer · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 2.8s | -12.754squal -11.969s | 89.8%qual 90.3% | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +18.958squal +14.867s | 115.2%qual 112.0% | ||||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of EP | 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 EP'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.