BoP Lab / Classes / F6
F6 vs EP vs SMX vs SM pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of F6 is each class's best lap as a share of F6'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: F6 100.0% of F6 Calvin Stewart, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2023 race · EP 104.4% of F6 Greg Ira, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2023 race · SMX 111.5% of F6 Cam Ebben, Road America Runoffs 2026 race · SM 114.7% of F6 Julian DaCosta, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2023 race
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs F6 | % of F6 | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs F6 | % of F6 | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs F6 | % of F6 | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:18.489Calvin Stewart · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 4.2s-0.617s (-0.44%) | 2:20.255James Weida · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.0s+1.415s (+1.02%) | 143.0Calvin Stewart-4.5 mph (-3.1%) | 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%) | +7.614squal +10.750s | 105.4%qual 107.8% | 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%) | +16.159squal +17.983s | 111.5%qual 113.0% | 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%) | +22.470squal +23.684s | 116.0%qual 117.1% | ||
25 rule changes (EP: 21, SMX: 2, SM: 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%) | 2:36.232Cam 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%) | 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%) | |||||||||||
23 rule changes (EP: 14, SMX: 5, SM: 4)7 weight · 3 induction · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 3 wording · 7 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:19.106Calvin Stewart · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.3s | 2:18.840James Weida · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.0s | 147.6Calvin Stewart | 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%) | +9.029squal +7.697s | 106.5%qual 105.5% | 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 | +17.438squal +16.545s | 112.6%qual 111.9% | 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%) | +22.646squal +22.000s | 116.3%qual 115.8% | ||
22 rule changes (EP: 14, SMX: 4, SM: 4)7 weight · 4 engine · 2 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 3 wording · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 1:57.437Calvin Stewart · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 4.7s | 1:58.816Calvin Stewart · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 3.6s | 144.0Calvin Stewart | 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%) | +5.234squal +5.778s | 104.4%qual 104.9% | 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 | +13.800squal +13.998s | 111.6%qual 111.9% | 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%) | +17.413squal +17.549s | 114.7%qual 114.9% | ||
14 rule changes (EP: 13, SM: 1)3 engine · 3 induction · 3 weight · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 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%) | 2:14.664Danny 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%) | ||||||||||||||
22 rule changes (EP: 21, SM: 1)6 induction · 4 engine · 3 cars added · 3 weight · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 2 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 | 1:57.695Brian 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 | ||||||||||||||
15 rule changes (EP: 14, SM: 1)5 weight · 3 cars added · 2 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 1 wording · 1 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 | 2:42.209Kyle 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 rule changes (EP: 14, SM: 2)5 engine · 5 induction · 2 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 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 | 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 rule changes (EP: 10, SM: 4)2 engine · 2 induction · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 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 | 1:54.355Ken Sutherland · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.7s | 1:55.278Michael Carter · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.3s | 102.2Danny Steyn | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | ||||||||||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of F6 | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 4 | 100.0%2 of 4 with F6 | 100.0%Runoffs 2024 | 100.0%Runoffs 2026 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 100.0%1 of 3 with F6 | 100.0%Runoffs 2023 | 100.0%Runoffs 2023 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 0 of 2 with F6 | ||
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 0 of 1 with F6 | ||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 0 of 1 with F6 | ||
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 0 of 1 with F6 |
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 F6'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.