BoP Lab / Classes / FA
FA vs SM vs P2 vs FV 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 · SM 127.5% of FA Michael Carter, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race · P2 100.7% of FA Tim Day Jr, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 qualifying · FV 124.1% of FA Flinn Lazier, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race
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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% | 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%) | +6.107squal +8.093s | 105.0%qual 106.6% | 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%) | +41.938squal +44.023s | 134.0%qual 135.9% | ||
9 rule changes (FA: 7, SM: 2)3 induction · 2 engine · 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% | 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%) | +44.082squal +43.178s | 135.9%qual 135.7% | |||||||
8 rule changes (FA: 3, SM: 4, P2: 1)3 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 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%) | 2:41.106Ethan 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% | 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%) | +6.532squal +5.845s | 105.4%qual 104.8% | 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%) | +43.044squal +41.083s | 135.3%qual 133.8% | ||
11 rule changes (SM: 4, P2: 5, FV: 2)5 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 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%) | 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%) | 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%) | |||||||||||
16 rule changes (FA: 7, SM: 1, P2: 8)5 weight · 3 engine · 3 tyres & wheels · 2 induction · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 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%) | 2:14.664Danny 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% | 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%) | +27.327squal +2.863s | 125.2%qual 102.7% | 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%) | +29.586squal +30.413s | 127.3%qual 129.0% | ||
22 rule changes (FA: 7, SM: 1, P2: 10, FV: 4)6 weight · 5 engine · 4 tyres & wheels · 2 aero · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 3 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 | 1:57.695Brian 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% | 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 | +4.672squal +3.534s | 105.2%qual 103.9% | 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 | +26.584squal +27.778s | 129.3%qual 131.0% | ||
31 rule changes (FA: 22, SM: 1, P2: 8)9 engine · 6 weight · 3 induction · 2 removed · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 7 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 | 2:42.209Kyle 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% | 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 | +5.047squal +4.240s | 104.0%qual 103.4% | 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 | +41.070squal +39.720s | 132.9%qual 132.0% | ||
29 rule changes (FA: 15, SM: 2, P2: 6, FV: 6)8 tyres & wheels · 7 engine · 4 induction · 2 aero · 2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 removed · 1 suspension & brakes · 3 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 | 2:14.552Todd 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% | 1:49.111Robert Iversen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:50.258Greg Gyann · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.4s | 149.4Robert Iversen | +7.151squal +7.566s | 106.9%qual 107.5% | 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 | +35.182squal +34.167s | 134.1%qual 133.6% | ||
26 rule changes (FA: 7, SM: 4, P2: 9, FV: 6)7 engine · 6 weight · 3 induction · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 removed · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 4 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 | 1:54.355Ken 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% | 1:28.784Tim 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 | +2.147squal +0.608s | 102.4%qual 100.7% | 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 | +23.715squal +24.461s | 126.4%qual 127.7% | ||
| 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 | 1:58.306Chris 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% | 1:31.826Jeff Shafer · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 4.9s | 1:32.481Jeff Shafer · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 3.8s | +1.116squal +1.869s | 101.2%qual 102.1% | 1:55.759Michael Varacins · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:55.923Michael Varacins · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 1.3s | +24.558squal +25.802s | 126.9%qual 128.7% | ||||||
| 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 | 1:40.514Justin 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% | 1:20.188Jeff Shafer · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.0s | 1:20.904Jeff Shafer · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.2s | +1.895squal +5.268s | 102.4%qual 107.0% | 1:37.942Alex Scaler · fastest of 41 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:38.066Flinn Lazier · fastest of 38 · top 5 within 0.7s | +19.057squal +23.022s | 124.1%qual 130.7% | ||||||
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| 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 | 2:18.661Andrew 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% | 1:51.825Chris Farrell · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.6s | 1:52.355Jeff Shafer · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 2.8s | +4.193squal +4.067s | 103.9%qual 103.8% | 2:21.167Roger Siebenaler · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:21.142Andrew Whitston · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 1.1s | +32.980squal +33.409s | 130.5%qual 131.0% | ||||||
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.