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FE vs AS vs SM vs SRF3 pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FE is each class's best lap as a share of FE'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: FE 100.0% of FE Scott Rettich, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · AS 103.2% of FE Edward Hosni, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race · SM 111.3% of FE Michael Carter, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race · SRF3 104.8% of FE Cliff White, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 2016 race
| Event | FE | AS | SM | SRF3 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FE | % of FE | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FE | % of FE | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FE | % of FE | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:26.911Andrew McDermid · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 3.4s+0.119s (+0.08%) | 2:28.471Andrew McDermid · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.4s-0.761s (-0.51%) | 151.0Andrew McDermid-0.6 mph (-0.4%) | 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%) | 2:27.443Tyler Stephens · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.783s (-0.53%) | 2:29.257Peyton Long · fastest of 42 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.582s (-0.39%) | 134.1Bobby Sak+0.4 mph (+0.3%) | |||||||||||
19 rule changes (FE: 2, AS: 13, SM: 2, SRF3: 2)5 weight · 4 engine · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 1 removed · 1 wording · 5 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:26.792Andrew McDermid · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 3.9s+0.214s (+0.15%) | 2:29.232Gregory Eaton · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 4.0s+2.803s (+1.91%) | 151.5Andrew McDermid+1.9 mph (+1.3%) | 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%) | 2:28.226Bobby Sak · fastest of 43 · top 5 within 0.6s+0.453s (+0.31%) | 2:29.839Morgan Burkhard · fastest of 42 · top 5 within 0.3s+1.710s (+1.15%) | 133.7Bobby Sak-1.5 mph (-1.1%) | |||||||||||
20 rule changes (FE: 2, AS: 11, SM: 4, SRF3: 3)5 engine · 5 weight · 2 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 5 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:26.578Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.6s-0.467s (-0.32%) | 2:26.429Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.5s-1.239s (-0.84%) | 149.6Gregory Eaton+0.4 mph (+0.3%) | 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%) | 2:27.773Denny Stripling · fastest of 57 · top 5 within 0.3s-2.013s (-1.34%) | 2:28.129S Sandy Satullo III · fastest of 52 · top 5 within 0.7s-2.909s (-1.93%) | 135.2Denny Stripling+3.4 mph (+2.6%) | |||||||||||
30 rule changes (FE: 5, AS: 11, SM: 4, SRF3: 10)6 cars added · 6 tyres & wheels · 4 suspension & brakes · 2 engine · 2 weight · 2 wording · 8 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:03.082Daniel Richardson · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.2s+0.920s (+0.75%) | 2:04.120Gregory Eaton · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 3.0s-0.458s (-0.37%) | 154.6James Jost+3.7 mph (+2.5%) | 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%) | 2:03.842Morgan Burkhard · fastest of 40 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.126s (+0.10%) | 2:04.911David Ogburn · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 0.3s-17.155s (-12.08%) | 134.5Bobby Sak+0.1 mph (+0.0%) | |||||||||||
12 rule changes (FE: 3, AS: 4, SM: 1, SRF3: 4)4 tyres & wheels · 3 suspension & brakes · 2 engine · 1 aero · 1 weight · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:02.162Kurt Rezzetano · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.3s-0.776s (-0.63%) | 2:04.578Gregory Eaton · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.9s+0.678s (+0.55%) | 150.9James Jost-3.0 mph (-2.0%) | 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%) | 2:03.716Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.6s-0.908s (-0.73%) | 2:22.066Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 40 · top 5 within 1.2s+17.311s (+13.88%) | 134.5David Ogburn+2.1 mph (+1.6%) | |||||||||||
17 rule changes (FE: 4, AS: 9, SM: 1, SRF3: 3)3 engine · 3 suspension & brakes · 3 weight · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 4 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:50.427Drew Cattell · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 1.9s+5.207s (+4.95%) | 1:50.606Gregory Eaton · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.7s-0.901s (-0.81%) | 153.8James Jost | 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 | 1:49.520Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 84 · top 5 within 0.5s-0.304s (-0.28%) | 1:50.095John Black · fastest of 82 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.313s (+0.29%) | 132.1Matthew Horst | |||||||||||
25 rule changes (FE: 4, AS: 14, SM: 1, SRF3: 6)7 weight · 5 engine · 3 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 3 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:27.045Gregory Eaton · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:27.668Gregory Eaton · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 1.5s | 149.2Gregory Eaton | 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 | 2:29.786TJ Acker · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.5s | 2:31.038Justin Hille · fastest of 55 · top 5 within 0.2s | 131.9Charles Russell Turner | |||||||||||
30 rule changes (FE: 5, AS: 16, SM: 2, SRF3: 7)8 suspension & brakes · 5 weight · 4 engine · 3 aero · 3 tyres & wheels · 2 cars added · 2 induction · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 1:54.710Mark Snyder · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.3s | 1:55.648Mark Snyder · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 0.9s | 135.5James Libecco | 2:02.938Gregory Eaton · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:03.900James Jost · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.1s | 153.9James Jost | +8.252squal +8.228s | 107.1%qual 107.2% | 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 | +20.811squal +19.842s | 118.0%qual 117.3% | 2:04.624Brian Schofield · fastest of 54 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:04.755Bobby Sak · fastest of 53 · top 5 within 0.3s | 132.4Bobby Sak | +9.107squal +9.914s | 107.9%qual 108.6% | ||
16 rule changes (FE: 5, AS: 4, SM: 4, SRF3: 3)4 tyres & wheels · 3 suspension & brakes · 2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 wording · 4 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:37.517Mark Snyder · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.4s | 1:38.504Lee Rackley · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 0.8s | 124.7Quinten Nelson | 1:47.782Andrew McDermid · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.9s | 1:50.345John Heinricy · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.3s | 105.0Kevin Fandozzi | +11.841squal +10.265s | 112.0%qual 110.5% | 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 | +16.774squal +16.838s | 117.0%qual 117.3% | 1:46.117Robeson Clay Russell · fastest of 36 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:47.053TJ Acker · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 0.2s | 110.2Steve Fogg | +8.549squal +8.600s | 108.7%qual 108.8% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:39.177Elliot Finlayson · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 1.3s | 1:39.726Elliot Finlayson · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:45.220James Jost · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 6.7s | 1:51.507Bryan Long · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.9s | +11.781squal +6.043s | 111.8%qual 106.1% | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +19.374squal +19.129s | 119.4%qual 119.3% | 1:49.824John Black · fastest of 101 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:49.782Tray Ayres · fastest of 94 · top 5 within 0.4s | +10.056squal +10.647s | 110.1%qual 110.7% | ||||||
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| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:27.636Scott Rettich · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.7s | 1:30.563Hanna Zellers · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.2s | 1:30.651Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 3.6s | 1:33.424Edward Hosni · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.0s | +2.861squal +3.015s | 103.2%qual 103.4% | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +10.201squal +12.878s | 111.3%qual 114.7% | 1:34.363John Black · fastest of 41 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:34.947Cliff White · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 0.3s | +4.384squal +6.727s | 104.8%qual 107.7% | ||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 1:57.824Scott Rettich · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:59.040Scott Rettich · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.3s | 2:01.746Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 2.6s | 2:02.922Andy McDermid · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.2s | +3.882squal +3.922s | 103.3%qual 103.3% | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +25.027squal +20.837s | 121.0%qual 117.7% | 2:08.557Kerry Jacobsen · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 1.1s | 2:10.215Chad Galloway · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 0.3s | +11.175squal +10.733s | 109.4%qual 109.1% | ||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FE | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 4 | 0 of 4 with FE | ||
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 100.0%1 of 3 with FE | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 100.0%1 of 2 with FE | 100.0%Runoffs 2017 | 100.0%Runoffs 2017 |
| 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 FE'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.