BoP Lab / Classes / F6
F6 vs F5 vs GTL 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 · GTL 108.4% of F6 Peter Shadowen, Road America Runoffs 2024 qualifying
| Event | F6 | F5 | GTL | ||||||||||||
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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 | |||
| 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%) | ||||||||||||
4 rule changes (GTL: 4)1 aero · 1 engine · 1 removed · 1 weightshow | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2:30.858Peter Shadowen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 4.4s-1.085s (-0.71%) | 2:30.844Chris Bovis · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 3.7s-0.757s (-0.50%) | 133.3Peter Shadowen+1.8 mph (+1.4%) | +12.004squal +11.752s | 108.6%qual 108.4% | |||||||
16 rule changes (GTL: 16)5 cars added · 5 engine · 3 weight · 2 induction · 1 aeroshow
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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 | 2:09.564Peter Shadowen · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 4.9s+1.775s (+1.39%) | 2:11.277Graham Fuller · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.4s-9.903s (-7.01%) | 142.7Peter Shadowen+6.7 mph (+4.9%) | +12.461squal +12.127s | 110.5%qual 110.3% | |||||||
7 rule changes (GTL: 7)3 engine · 2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 inductionshow
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| 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%) | 2:07.789Peter Shadowen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.2s+0.792s (+0.62%) | 2:21.180Michael Lewis · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.1s+13.343s (+10.44%) | 136.0Peter Shadowen+4.9 mph (+3.7%) | |||||||||
9 rule changes (F5: 6, GTL: 3)2 cars added · 2 engine · 2 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 othershow
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| 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 | 1:51.819Christopher Bovis · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.8s+1.488s (+1.35%) | 1:51.952Scott Twomey · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 1.7s-0.116s (-0.10%) | 129.5Brian Linn | |||||||||
11 rule changes (F5: 3, GTL: 8)2 engine · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 induction · 2 wording · 1 othershow
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| 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 | 2:31.943Chris Bovis · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 6.3s | 2:31.601Peter Shadowen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 7.2s | 131.4Peter Shadowen | |||||||||
23 rule changes (F5: 6, GTL: 17)7 aero · 5 induction · 3 cars added · 2 engine · 2 weight · 4 othershow
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| 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 | 2:06.997Peter Shadowen · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 4.0s | 2:07.837Bill Ball · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.2s | 131.1Peter Shadowen | |||||||||
14 rule changes (F5: 1, GTL: 13)5 weight · 4 cars added · 2 engine · 1 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheelsshow
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| 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 | 1:47.885Troy Ermish · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 4.5s | 1:49.458Troy Ermish · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 3.6s | 109.3Charles Leonard | |||||||||
| 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 | 1:50.331Christopher Bovis · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:52.068Christopher Bovis · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.0s | |||||||||||
| 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 | 1:35.377Wilson Wright · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:35.912Kyle Disque · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.1s | |||||||||||
| 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 | 2:11.387Jim Dentici · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:13.564Jim Dentici · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.0s | |||||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of F6 | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 3 | 100.0%2 of 3 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.