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F5 vs F500 vs FM vs BSpc pace at every track

Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of F5 is each class's best lap as a share of F5'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.

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ASB-SpecvsBSpc ×EPF5×vsF500 ×FAFCFE2FFvsFM ×FPFVFXGT1GT2GTXHPPP2SMSMXSRF3STLSTUT1T2T3T4Show 47 inactive classes

Series Runoffs Super Tour Both

Reference · what % is measured against

Tracks · untick to narrow Auto Club Speedway Blackhawk Farms Raceway Buttonwillow Raceway Park Circuit of St. Louis (formerly Gateway Motorsports Circuit of the Americas Daytona International Speedway Grattan Raceway Hallett Motor Racing Circuit Homestead-Miami Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway Laguna Seca Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course New Jersey Motorsports Park NOLA Motorsports Park Pacific Raceways Pittsburgh International Race Complex Portland International Raceway Pueblo Motorsports Park Road America Sebring International Raceway Sonoma Raceway Summit Point Raceway Thunderhill Raceway Park Virginia International Raceway Watkins Glen International Willow Springs Raceway World Wide Technology Raceway

Closest to the field: F5 100.0% of F5 Matthew Strand, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · FM 95.5% of F5 Bryce Cornet, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 race

% of F5Lap times

F5F500FMBSpcsolid race · dashed qualifying · slower is lower

F5F500FMBSpcsolid race · dashed qualifying · each class's best lap as a share of F5's at the same event (the reference class, changeable above); 100% is level, less is quicker, so up the chart is quicker

	Event	F5			F500					FM					BSpc
	Event	Qual best	Race best	Trap	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs F5	% of F5	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs F5	% of F5	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs F5	% of F5
	Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24	1:57.689James Weida · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 3.9s+0.328s (+0.28%)	2:21.862Sven de Vries · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 14.3s+24.290s (+20.66%)	142.9Calvin Stewart+0.1 mph (+0.1%)
6 rule changes (F5: 6)2 engine · 2 induction · 2 othershowhide 2022-09-01 F5 Intake Boots Correction #33028induction 2022-08-01 F5 Ensure availability of ECU for Rotax engines #32695engine 2022-07-01 F5 Clarify stepped exhaust header references #32743engine 2022-06-01 F5 593 carb boot availability and oil pump clarification #32527induction 2022-03-01 F5 E&O class name #32194other 2022-01-01 F5 Data Box Mounting Plate #31638other
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25	1:42.619Ryan Mayfield · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.6s-0.517s (-0.50%)	1:43.140Sven de Vries · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.7s+0.280s (+0.27%)	144.4James Weida
3 rule changes (F5: 3)1 engine · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wordingshowhide 2021-08-01 F5 Clarify allowable assisted shifting systems #30871wording 2021-08-01 F5 Request to correct terminology #30976tyres & wheels 2021-06-01 F5 Request to Allow Rotax 593 HO Engine #30712engine
	Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02	2:20.954Calvin Stewart · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.8s	2:21.391James Weida · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.5s	143.2Aaron Ellis
6 rule changes (F5: 6)2 engine · 1 induction · 3 othershowhide 2020-10-01 F5 Request to Update Suzuki Engine Years for F500 #29453engine 2020-07-01 F5 Request for Cockpit Adjustment of External Jetting Devices #28359other 2020-07-01 F5 Two Stroke Motors (reply to #28359 WDYT) #28816engine 2020-07-01 F5 Re letter requesting driver adjustable carb mixture #28840other 2020-07-01 F5 #28359 WDYT Request for Cockpit Adjustment #28875other 2020-01-01 F5 Change 600cc restrictor size #27883induction
	Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05	1:57.361Wiley Mcmahan · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 3.8s	1:57.572Wiley Mcmahan · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 4.0s	142.8Eric McRee						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	+18.244squal -2.237s	115.5%qual 98.1%
1 rule change (F5: 1)1 weightshowhide 2019-08-31 F5 Request for Weight Increase for Motorcycle Powered Cars #27214weight +25 lbs
	Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10	1:41.807Jeff Jorgenson · fastest of 5 · top 5 within 6.6s	1:42.491David Lapham · fastest of 5 · top 5 within 9.5s	113.3David Lapham						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	-4.582squal -4.209s	95.5%qual 95.9%
No rule changes on record between these events
	Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25	1:43.136Wiley Clinton McMahan · fastest of 38 · top 5 within 1.4s	1:42.860Wiley Clinton McMahan · fastest of 37 · top 5 within 1.6s							1:41.231Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.7s	1:41.146Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.2s		-1.714squal -1.905s	98.3%qual 98.2%
No rule changes on record between these events
	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19	1:28.528Calvin Stewart · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 3.9s	1:29.853Steven Thompson · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 4.5s							1:26.043Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 3.1s	1:27.922Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.7s		-1.931squal -2.485s	97.9%qual 97.2%
No rule changes on record between these events
	Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21	2:01.824W. Clint McMahan · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.0s	2:03.298Matthew Strand · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 4.9s							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		-5.269squal -4.020s	95.7%qual 96.7%

By track

Track	Events	Typical % of F5	Best	Latest
Indianapolis Motor Speedway	2	100.0%	100.0%Runoffs 2017	100.0%Runoffs 2021
Virginia International Raceway	2	100.0%	100.0%Runoffs 2019	100.0%Runoffs 2022
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
Road America	1	100.0%	100.0%Runoffs 2020	100.0%Runoffs 2020
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 F5'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.