BoP Lab / Classes / EP
EP vs FM vs FV vs P2 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 · FM 91.6% of EP Jarret Voorhies, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 2017 race · FV 91.5% of EP Andrew Whitston, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2022 race · P2 83.8% of EP Jeff Shafer, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 2017 race
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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%) | 2:46.536Zachary 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%) | +17.403squal +17.297s | 111.8%qual 111.6% | 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% | |||||||
21 rule changes (EP: 21)6 weight · 5 induction · 4 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 3 wording · 1 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%) | 2:44.101Andrew 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%) | +17.980squal +16.808s | 112.1%qual 111.4% | ||||||||||||
15 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 1)8 weight · 3 induction · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 2 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%) | 2:42.643Andrew 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%) | +16.965squal +15.840s | 111.5%qual 110.8% | 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% | |||||||
21 rule changes (EP: 14, FV: 2, P2: 5)7 weight · 6 engine · 2 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 1 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%) | 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%) | +12.561squal +12.424s | 110.1%qual 110.1% | 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% | |||||||
21 rule changes (EP: 13, P2: 8)5 engine · 5 weight · 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%) | 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%) | -12.762squal +12.790s | 91.5%qual 110.5% | 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% | |||||||
35 rule changes (EP: 21, FV: 4, P2: 10)8 weight · 6 engine · 6 induction · 5 tyres & wheels · 3 cars added · 1 aero · 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 | 1:57.479Andrew 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 | +7.306squal +9.298s | 106.6%qual 108.6% | 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% | |||||||
22 rule changes (EP: 14, P2: 8)5 engine · 5 weight · 3 cars added · 2 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 3 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 | 2:43.994Hunter 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 | +16.769squal +16.672s | 111.3%qual 111.3% | 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% | |||||||
26 rule changes (EP: 14, FV: 6, P2: 6)7 induction · 7 tyres & wheels · 6 engine · 3 cars added · 1 aero · 1 suspension & brakes · 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 | 1:55.124Bryce Cornet · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.3s | 2:15.816Bryce Cornet · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 4.9s | 135.7Bryce Cornet | +14.185squal -5.863s | 111.7%qual 95.2% | 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 | +16.658squal +14.725s | 113.7%qual 112.2% | 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% | ||
25 rule changes (EP: 10, FV: 6, P2: 9)5 engine · 5 induction · 3 tyres & wheels · 3 weight · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 5 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 | 1:37.598Bryce Cornet · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.9s | 1:37.909Bryce Cornet · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.3s | 124.1Melvin David Kemper Jr | -8.609squal -8.230s | 91.9%qual 92.2% | 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 | +7.121squal +6.809s | 106.7%qual 106.4% | 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% | ||
| 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 | 1:41.231Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.7s | 1:41.146Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.2s | -9.250squal -8.366s | 91.6%qual 92.4% | 1:55.759Michael Varacins · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:55.923Michael Varacins · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 1.3s | +5.527squal +6.162s | 105.0%qual 105.6% | 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% | ||||||
| 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 | 1:26.043Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 3.1s | 1:27.922Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.7s | -6.344squal -7.804s | 93.3%qual 91.7% | 1:37.942Alex Scaler · fastest of 41 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:38.066Flinn Lazier · fastest of 38 · top 5 within 0.7s | +3.800squal +4.095s | 104.0%qual 104.4% | 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% | ||||||
| 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 | 1:57.804Joseph Burton-Harris · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.3s | 1:58.029Joseph Burton-Harris · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.7s | -7.080squal -5.990s | 94.3%qual 95.2% | 2:21.167Roger Siebenaler · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:21.142Andrew Whitston · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 1.1s | +16.033squal +17.373s | 112.8%qual 114.0% | 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% | ||||||
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.