BoP Lab / Classes / FM
FM vs FE2 vs EP pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FM is each class's best lap as a share of FM'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: FM 100.0% of FM Joseph Burton-Harris, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · FE2 82.6% of FM Liam Snyder, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2019 race · EP 89.6% of FM Jesse Prather, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2019 race
| Event | FM | FE2 | EP | ||||||||||||
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FM | % of FM | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FM | % of FM | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:12.326Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 1.9s-0.149s (-0.11%) | 2:11.881Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 1.6s-1.458s (-1.09%) | 143.5Steve Whitston-5.5 mph (-3.7%) | 2:29.239Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s+1.946s (+1.32%) | 2:27.869Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s-0.887s (-0.60%) | 137.0Jon Brakke-3.8 mph (-2.7%) | |||||||||
22 rule changes (FE2: 1, EP: 21)6 weight · 5 induction · 4 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 3 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:12.475Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 1.4s+0.969s (+0.74%) | 2:13.339Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 0.6s+0.591s (+0.45%) | 149.0Steve Whitston+3.7 mph (+2.6%) | 2:27.293Jon Brakke · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 2.1s+0.490s (+0.33%) | 2:28.756Tyler Ladd · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 1.9s+0.887s (+0.60%) | 140.8Jon Brakke+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | |||||||||
15 rule changes (FE2: 1, EP: 14)7 weight · 3 induction · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:11.506Porter Aiken · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.5s-1.300s (-0.98%) | 2:12.748Porter Aiken · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 2.0s-0.523s (-0.39%) | 145.3Porter Aiken+1.9 mph (+1.3%) | 2:26.803Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 4.1s-0.519s (-0.35%) | 2:27.869Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.6s-1.178s (-0.79%) | 140.7Bill Miller-1.0 mph (-0.7%) | |||||||||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)7 weight · 2 cars added · 2 engine · 1 induction · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 1:50.665Charles Russell Turner · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 2.3s-0.188s (-0.17%) | 1:51.098Franklin Futrelle · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 1.4s-20.947s (-15.86%) | 141.3Franklin Futrelle-0.6 mph (-0.4%) | 2:03.215John Hainsworth · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 4.3s+0.889s (+0.73%) | 2:04.050Greg Ira · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 5.3s-26.805s (-17.77%) | 144.6Greg Ira+3.1 mph (+2.2%) | |||||||||
13 rule changes (EP: 13)3 engine · 3 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 1:50.853Charles Russell Turner · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 1.1s-0.209s (-0.19%) | 2:12.045Jason Conzo · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.8s+19.891s (+17.74%) | 141.9Eric Cruz-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | 2:02.326Jesse Prather · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.2s+1.339s (+1.11%) | 2:30.855Jesse Prather · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 2.5s+29.224s (+24.03%) | 141.5Jesse Prather-6.0 mph (-4.1%) | |||||||||
21 rule changes (EP: 21)6 induction · 4 engine · 3 cars added · 3 weight · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:36.395Max Grau · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.7s | 1:36.655Max Grau · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.7s | 146.2Gray Fowler | 1:48.181Jesse Prather · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 3.2s-1.416s (-1.29%) | 1:49.928Jesse Prather · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 0.9s-0.468s (-0.42%) | 143.4Jon Brakke | |||||||||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)5 weight · 3 cars added · 2 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 1 wordingshow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:12.806Scott Rettich · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:13.271Owen McAllister · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 0.7s | 143.4Owen McAllister | 2:27.322Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.5s | 2:29.047Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.8s | 141.7Jesse Prather | |||||||||
16 rule changes (FE2: 2, EP: 14)5 induction · 4 engine · 2 cars added · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weight · 2 wordingshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 1:55.124Bryce Cornet · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.3s | 2:15.816Bryce Cornet · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 4.9s | 135.7Bryce Cornet | 1:51.062Liam Snyder · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.3s | 1:52.154Liam Snyder · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.7s | 142.6Robert Vanman | -23.662squal -4.062s | 82.6%qual 96.5% | 2:00.987Jesse Prather · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:01.631Jesse Prather · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.4s | 147.5Kip Van Steenburg | -14.185squal +5.863s | 89.6%qual 105.1% | ||
10 rule changes (EP: 10)2 induction · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:37.598Bryce Cornet · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 0.9s | 1:37.909Bryce Cornet · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.3s | 124.1Melvin David Kemper Jr | 1:35.040Flinn Lazier · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:35.563Flinn Lazier · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.7s | 126.8Scott Rettich | -2.346squal -2.558s | 97.6%qual 97.4% | 1:45.828Glen McCready · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.3s | 1:46.518Glen McCready · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.8s | 106.5Aaron Downey | +8.609squal +8.230s | 108.8%qual 108.4% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:41.231Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.7s | 1:41.146Jarret Voorhies · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:49.597Matt Reynolds · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:50.396Matt Reynolds · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.5s | +9.250squal +8.366s | 109.1%qual 108.3% | |||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:26.043Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 3.1s | 1:27.922Jacob Loomis · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.7s | 1:33.847Michael Galati · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:34.266Michael Galati · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.3s | +6.344squal +7.804s | 107.2%qual 109.1% | |||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | |||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 1:57.804Joseph Burton-Harris · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.3s | 1:58.029Joseph Burton-Harris · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.7s | 2:03.794Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 3.2s | 2:05.109Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 3.3s | +7.080squal +5.990s | 106.0%qual 105.1% | |||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FM | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 4 | 0 of 4 with FM | ||
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 100.0%1 of 3 with FM | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 | 100.0%Runoffs 2019 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 100.0%1 of 2 with FM | 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 FM'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.