BoP Lab / Classes / FF
FF vs P1 vs SMX pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FF is each class's best lap as a share of FF'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: FF 100.0% of FF Rick Payne, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · P1 73.7% of FF Todd Slusher, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2019 race · SMX 107.8% of FF Cam Ebben, Road America Runoffs 2025 qualifying
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FF | % of FF | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FF | % of FF | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:23.047David Ybarra · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.4s-1.858s (-1.28%) | 2:23.686Nathan Down · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.6s-1.855s (-1.27%) | 138.9Tazio Stefanelli+0.5 mph (+0.3%) | 2:36.472Skyler Cottrell · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 0.4s+0.240s (+0.15%) | 2:36.414Cam Ebben · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.677s (-0.43%) | 128.4Christian Hoagland-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | +12.728squal +13.425s | 108.9%qual 109.4% | |||||||
| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:24.905Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 1.1s+2.353s (+1.65%) | 2:25.541Calvin Kautz · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.5s+3.484s (+2.45%) | 138.4Tazio Stefanelli-2.3 mph (-1.6%) | 2:36.232Cam Ebben · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.581s (+0.37%) | 2:37.091Michael Tinis · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.3s+0.813s (+0.52%) | 129.1Camden Gruber-0.4 mph (-0.3%) | +11.550squal +11.327s | 107.9%qual 107.8% | |||||||
9 rule changes (FF: 4, SMX: 5)3 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 1 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:22.552Calvin Kautz · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.364s (-0.25%) | 2:22.057Sebastian Mateo Naranjo · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.6s-2.211s (-1.53%) | 140.7Calvin Kautz+2.6 mph (+1.9%) | 2:00.476Chip Romer · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.5s-0.625s (-0.52%) | 2:00.418Matt Romer · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.1s-1.452s (-1.19%) | 168.3Jason Miller+8.7 mph (+5.4%) | -21.639squal -22.076s | 84.8%qual 84.5% | 2:35.651Ethan Lampe · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 0.7s | 2:36.278Ethan Jacobs · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 0.7s | 129.5Michael Borden | +14.221squal +13.099s | 110.0%qual 109.2% | ||
12 rule changes (FF: 2, P1: 6, SMX: 4)4 engine · 2 induction · 2 weight · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 1:59.249Nolan Allaer · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.8s+0.034s (+0.03%) | 2:00.583Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 0.4s-17.775s (-12.85%) | 138.4Calvin Kautz+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | 1:42.602Todd Vanacore · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 0.9s+1.001s (+0.99%) | 1:44.329Todd Vanacore · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 0.7s-9.766s (-8.56%) | 158.5Jason Miller+1.2 mph (+0.8%) | -16.254squal -16.647s | 86.5%qual 86.0% | 2:11.435Nathan Nicholson · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:12.616Noah Harmon · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.1s | 127.8Noah Harmon | +12.033squal +12.186s | 110.0%qual 110.2% | ||
8 rule changes (FF: 1, P1: 7)3 induction · 2 aero · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 engineshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 1:59.215Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.2s-0.348s (-0.29%) | 2:18.358Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 2.4s-2.116s (-1.51%) | 138.3Tim Kautz+2.2 mph (+1.6%) | 1:41.601Todd Slusher · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.3s-1.073s (-1.05%) | 1:54.095John Mcaleer · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.4s+10.597s (+10.24%) | 157.2Jason Miller+1.3 mph (+0.8%) | -24.263squal -17.614s | 82.5%qual 85.2% | |||||||
3 rule changes (P1: 3)1 induction · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weightshow | |||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:44.359Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.242s (-0.23%) | 1:55.676Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.8s+11.152s (+10.67%) | 141.6Nicholas Sheppard | 1:29.011Lee Alexander · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.5s-1.783s (-1.96%) | 1:29.225Lee Alexander · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 3.5s-2.274s (-2.49%) | 160.1Jason Miller | -26.451squal -15.348s | 77.1%qual 85.3% | |||||||
14 rule changes (FF: 3, P1: 11)7 engine · 4 weight · 1 induction · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:22.916Simon Sikes · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.6s | 2:24.268Jeffrey Bartz · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 0.4s | 138.1Jeffrey Bartz | 2:01.101James French · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 1.1s | 2:01.870James French · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 1.8s | 159.7David Locke | -22.398squal -21.815s | 84.5%qual 84.7% | |||||||
8 rule changes (FF: 4, P1: 4)3 engine · 2 induction · 2 weight · 1 tyres & wheelsshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 1:59.563Tyler O'Connor · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.4s | 2:20.474Jonathan Kotyk · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 6.3s | 136.2Derek Ketchie | 1:42.674Todd Slusher · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:43.498Todd Slusher · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.0s | 155.9Jim Devenport | -36.976squal -16.889s | 73.7%qual 85.9% | |||||||
17 rule changes (FF: 3, P1: 14)7 engine · 4 induction · 1 removed · 1 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 2 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:41.612Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.7s | 1:42.049Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.3s | 115.7Denny Renfrow | 1:27.714Todd Slusher · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.1s | 1:28.786Perry Richardson · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.9s | 144.0Johnnie Crean | -13.263squal -13.898s | 87.0%qual 86.3% | |||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:44.601Zach Holden · fastest of 36 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:44.524Jonathon Kotyk · fastest of 36 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:30.794Jim Devenport · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.8s | 1:31.499Jim Devenport · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.2s | -13.025squal -13.807s | 87.5%qual 86.8% | |||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:29.213Neil Verhagen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.1s | 1:30.133Neil Verhagen · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.4s | 1:17.308James Devenport · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.7s | 1:19.407Gianpaolo Ciancimino · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 1.8s | -10.726squal -11.905s | 88.1%qual 86.7% | |||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:02.489Tim Kautz · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 1.1s | 2:03.383Rick Payne · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:49.219Jim Downing · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.2s | 1:49.792Gianpaolo Ciancimino · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.7s | -13.591squal -13.270s | 89.0%qual 89.2% | |||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FF | 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% | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 | 100.0%Runoffs 2023 |
| 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 FF'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.