BoP Lab / Classes / FA
FA vs GTL vs SM vs FB pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FA is each class's best lap as a share of FA'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: FA 100.0% of FA Tyler Hunter, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · GTL 121.4% of FA Kyle Disque, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race · SM 127.5% of FA Michael Carter, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race · FB 100.5% of FA J R Osborne, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 qualifying
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FA | % of FA | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FA | % of FA | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FA | % of FA | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:02.513Dudley Fleck · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 6.9s+1.590s (+1.31%) | 2:03.334James French · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.4s+0.680s (+0.55%) | 158.6John McAleer+1.5 mph (+1.0%) | 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%) | +39.391squal +39.660s | 131.9%qual 132.4% | ||||||||||||
10 rule changes (FA: 7, GTL: 1, SM: 2)3 induction · 2 engine · 1 removed · 1 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:00.923Hans Peter · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 2.4s-0.637s (-0.52%) | 2:02.654Hans Peter · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 3.1s+0.864s (+0.71%) | 157.0Shane Kennett-3.0 mph (-1.9%) | 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%) | +41.776squal +42.188s | 134.1%qual 134.9% | ||||||||||||
10 rule changes (FA: 3, GTL: 3, SM: 4)3 tyres & wheels · 1 aero · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:01.560Hans Peter · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.0s-2.714s (-2.18%) | 2:01.790Dudley Fleck · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 3.3s-2.956s (-2.37%) | 160.0Brandon Schwarz+9.4 mph (+6.3%) | 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%) | +29.054squal +29.298s | 123.9%qual 124.1% | 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%) | +39.696squal +39.546s | 132.6%qual 132.5% | |||||||
20 rule changes (GTL: 16, SM: 4)6 engine · 5 cars added · 3 weight · 2 induction · 1 aero · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 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%) | 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%) | ||||||||||||||
15 rule changes (FA: 7, GTL: 7, SM: 1)4 engine · 4 weight · 3 induction · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 1:44.703Chip Romer · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 4.0s+3.158s (+3.11%) | 1:48.507Alex Mayer · fastest of 4 · top 4 within 4.2s+5.400s (+5.24%) | 154.6Austin Hill-1.4 mph (-0.9%) | 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%) | +32.673squal +23.086s | 130.1%qual 122.0% | 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%) | +30.600squal +29.961s | 128.2%qual 128.6% | |||||||
11 rule changes (FA: 7, GTL: 3, SM: 1)3 engine · 2 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 aero · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weight · 1 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:29.701James French · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.7s-0.256s (-0.28%) | 1:30.650James French · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 6.1s-0.715s (-0.78%) | 155.5James French | 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 | +21.302squal +22.118s | 123.5%qual 124.7% | 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 | +28.187squal +27.994s | 131.1%qual 131.2% | |||||||
31 rule changes (FA: 22, GTL: 8, SM: 1)8 weight · 7 engine · 3 induction · 2 cars added · 2 removed · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 5 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:04.274Spencer Brockman · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.7s | 2:04.746Spencer Brockman · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.4s | 150.6Hans Peter | 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 | +26.855squal +27.669s | 121.5%qual 122.3% | 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 | +39.002squal +37.935s | 131.3%qual 130.5% | |||||||
34 rule changes (FA: 15, GTL: 17, SM: 2)8 aero · 6 induction · 5 engine · 4 weight · 3 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 removed · 1 suspension & brakes · 4 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 1:41.545Dario Cangialosi · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.8s | 1:43.107Dario Cangialosi · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 1.8s | 155.9Kent Vaccaro | 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 | +24.730squal +25.452s | 124.0%qual 125.1% | 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 | +33.352squal +33.007s | 132.3%qual 132.5% | 1:54.469Pete Frost · only car | 1:57.688Pete Frost · only car | 145.9Pete Frost | +14.581squal +12.924s | 114.1%qual 112.7% | ||
24 rule changes (FA: 7, GTL: 13, SM: 4)8 weight · 5 engine · 4 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 1 removed · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:28.176Mirl Swan · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 4.0s | 1:29.924Mirl Swan · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 2.6s | 144.8Antony Opheim | 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 | +19.534squal +19.709s | 121.7%qual 122.4% | 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 | +25.354squal +26.179s | 128.2%qual 129.7% | 1:28.612J R Osborne · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:31.189J R Osborne · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 3.7s | 140.5J R Osborne | +1.265squal +0.436s | 101.4%qual 100.5% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:29.957Sedat Yelkin · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 2.3s | 1:31.365Keith Grant · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:50.331Christopher Bovis · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:52.068Christopher Bovis · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.0s | +20.703squal +20.374s | 122.7%qual 122.6% | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +27.735squal +28.349s | 130.4%qual 131.5% | 1:33.746Gary Hickman · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:33.702Alex Mayer · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.0s | +2.337squal +3.789s | 102.6%qual 104.2% | ||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:14.920Ryan Norman · fastest of 5 · top 5 within 7.0s | 1:19.009Ryan Norman · fastest of 5 · top 5 within 4.7s | 1:35.377Wilson Wright · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:35.912Kyle Disque · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.1s | +16.903squal +20.457s | 121.4%qual 127.3% | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +21.755squal +25.594s | 127.5%qual 134.2% | 1:19.886Alex Mayer · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:21.015Jeremy Hill · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.2s | +2.006squal +4.966s | 102.5%qual 106.6% | ||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 1:47.758Tyler Hunter · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 3.7s | 1:48.162Tyler Hunter · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 5.3s | 2:11.387Jim Dentici · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:13.564Jim Dentici · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.0s | +25.402squal +23.629s | 123.5%qual 121.9% | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +35.905squal +30.903s | 133.2%qual 128.7% | 1:50.711J R Osborne · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.1s | 1:51.616J R Osborne · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.1s | +3.454squal +2.953s | 103.2%qual 102.7% | ||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FA | 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%2 of 3 with FA | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 | 100.0%Runoffs 2022 |
| 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 FA'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.