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FE pace at every track

Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of the field is each class's best lap as a share of the field's on the same day (every class that ran that day but the ones shown, each scaled by its usual pace against SM and averaged, with each shown class's own track character taken out, so one figure reads the same across years and tracks), 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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Closest to the field: FE 84.6% of the field Lee Rackley, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 race

1:301:401:502:005 rule changes between Runoffs 2018 and Runoffs 20195 ▾FE race best at Runoffs 2015: 1:59.040 (Scott Rettich)FE race best at Runoffs 2016: 1:30.563 (Hanna Zellers)FE race best at Runoffs 2017: 1:39.726 (Elliot Finlayson)FE race best at Runoffs 2018: 1:38.504 (Lee Rackley)FE race best at Runoffs 2019: 1:55.648 (Mark Snyder)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2015: 1:57.824 (Scott Rettich)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2016: 1:27.636 (Scott Rettich)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2017: 1:39.177 (Elliot Finlayson)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2018: 1:37.517 (Mark Snyder)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2019: 1:54.710 (Mark Snyder)Daytona International Speedway · Runoffs 2015Runoffs2015Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course · Runoffs 2016Runoffs2016Indianapolis Motor Speedway · Runoffs 2017Runoffs2017Sonoma Raceway · Runoffs 2018Runoffs2018Virginia International Raceway · Runoffs 2019Runoffs2019
FEsolid race · dashed qualifying · slower is lowerDaytona International SpeedwayIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseSonoma RacewayVirginia International Raceway
85%86%87%88%89%5 rule changes between Runoffs 2018 and Runoffs 20195 ▾FE race best at Runoffs 2015: 86.4% of Field's (Scott Rettich)FE race best at Runoffs 2016: 88.8% of Field's (Hanna Zellers)FE race best at Runoffs 2017: 85.3% of Field's (Elliot Finlayson)FE race best at Runoffs 2018: 84.6% of Field's (Lee Rackley)FE race best at Runoffs 2019: 85.2% of Field's (Mark Snyder)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2015: 86.3% of Field's (Scott Rettich)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2016: 86.9% of Field's (Scott Rettich)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2017: 85.5% of Field's (Elliot Finlayson)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2018: 87.1% of Field's (Mark Snyder)FE qualifying best at Runoffs 2019: 86.7% of Field's (Mark Snyder)Daytona International Speedway · Runoffs 2015Runoffs2015Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course · Runoffs 2016Runoffs2016Indianapolis Motor Speedway · Runoffs 2017Runoffs2017Sonoma Raceway · Runoffs 2018Runoffs2018Virginia International Raceway · Runoffs 2019Runoffs2019
FEsolid race · dashed qualifying · each class's best lap as a share of the field's at the same event (the field index, changeable above); 100% is level, less is quicker, so up the chart is quickerDaytona International SpeedwayIndianapolis Motor SpeedwayMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseSonoma RacewayVirginia International Raceway
EventFE
Qual best Race best Trap % of the field 
Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-051:54.710Mark Snyder · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.3s1:55.648Mark Snyder · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 0.9s135.5James Libecco85.2%qual 86.7%
5 rule changes (FE: 5)3 tyres & wheels · 1 aero · 1 suspension & brakes · FE Hoosier wet rear tire width increases from 7.5 to 8.0 inches, part number 44196 W3. · FE removes American Racer tires, mandates Hoosier dry tires 22.0 X 8.0-13 and 22.0 X 10.0-13, wet tires 22.0 X 7.5-13 and 22.0 X 9.0-13. · FE anti-roll bar links may be removed one per end for safety, but bars must stay connected. · FE and FE2 Enterprise bubble tail P/N WM138014 newly allowed for both classes. · FE Hoosier rain tyre part numbers updated: front 44195 W3, rear 44217 W3.showhide
  • FE Wet Tire E&O #27365tyres & wheelstyres & wheelsFE Hoosier wet rear tire width increases from 7.5 to 8.0 inches, part number 44196 W3.
  • FE Tire Update #27029tyres & wheelstyres & wheelsFE removes American Racer tires, mandates Hoosier dry tires 22.0 X 8.0-13 and 22.0 X 10.0-13, wet tires 22.0 X 7.5-13 and 22.0 X 9.0-13.
  • FE Anti-Roll Bar Clarification #26912suspension & brakessuspension & brakesFE anti-roll bar links may be removed one per end for safety, but bars must stay connected.
  • FE / FE2 Updated Bubble Tail Rule #26913aeroaddedaeroFE and FE2 Enterprise bubble tail P/N WM138014 newly allowed for both classes.
  • Request to Update Hoosier Rain Tire Part Number for the FE cars #26235tyres & wheelstyres & wheelsFE Hoosier rain tyre part numbers updated: front 44195 W3, rear 44217 W3.
Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-101:37.517Mark Snyder · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.4s1:38.504Lee Rackley · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 0.8s124.7Quinten Nelson84.6%qual 87.1%
No rule changes on record between these events
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-251:39.177Elliot Finlayson · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 1.3s1:39.726Elliot Finlayson · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 0.8s85.3%qual 85.5%
No rule changes on record between these events
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-191:27.636Scott Rettich · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.7s1:30.563Hanna Zellers · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.2s88.8%qual 86.9%
No rule changes on record between these events
Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-211:57.824Scott Rettich · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.0s1:59.040Scott Rettich · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.3s86.4%qual 86.3%

By track

TrackEvents Typical % of the field Best Latest 
Daytona International Speedway186.4%86.4%Runoffs 201586.4%Runoffs 2015
Indianapolis Motor Speedway185.3%85.3%Runoffs 201785.3%Runoffs 2017
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course188.8%88.8%Runoffs 201688.8%Runoffs 2016
Sonoma Raceway184.6%84.6%Runoffs 201884.6%Runoffs 2018
Virginia International Raceway185.2%85.2%Runoffs 201985.2%Runoffs 2019
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 the field's best on the same day (every class that ran that day but the ones shown, each scaled by its usual pace against SM and averaged, with each shown class's own track character taken out, so one figure reads the same across years and tracks): the weather and the day cancel out, so one figure compares across years where lap times cannot, and across tracks too, since the class's own character at each track is taken out. A track with only one or two events on record is corrected less, since there is less to go on. A best from fewer than three cars is greyed. The rule changes that took effect between two events are folded between their rows.