BoP Lab / Classes / FV
FV vs FB vs B-Spec vs SM pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FV is each class's best lap as a share of FV'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: FV 100.0% of FV Andrew Whitston, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · FB 78.4% of FV J R Osborne, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 qualifying · B-Spec 102.8% of FV David Daughtery, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2019 race · SM 97.4% of FV Brett Kowalski, Road America Runoffs 2026 qualifying
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FV | % of FV | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FV | % of FV | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FV | % of FV | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 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%) | 2:51.987Josh Schmidt · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.3s-0.224s (-0.13%) | 2:51.633Josh Schmidt · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 1.7s-1.980s (-1.14%) | 112.5Ricky Holmstrom-0.2 mph (-0.1%) | +6.361squal +5.451s | 103.8%qual 103.3% | 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%) | -2.547squal -4.363s | 98.5%qual 97.4% | |||||||
18 rule changes (B-Spec: 16, SM: 2)5 suspension & brakes · 5 weight · 1 engine · 1 induction · 1 wording · 5 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 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%) | 2:52.211Josh Schmidt · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 0.8s+0.184s (+0.11%) | 2:53.613Daniel Conway · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.4s+1.724s (+1.00%) | 112.7Stewart Black-0.4 mph (-0.3%) | +6.877squal +8.110s | 104.1%qual 104.9% | 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%) | -2.306squal -0.990s | 98.6%qual 99.4% | |||||||
27 rule changes (B-Spec: 23, SM: 4)5 induction · 5 suspension & brakes · 3 weight · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 9 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 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%) | 2:52.027Daniel Conway · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.7s-0.006s (-0.00%) | 2:51.889Rob Piekarczyk · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.6s-0.958s (-0.55%) | 113.1Joe McClughan+1.5 mph (+1.4%) | +7.055squal +9.384s | 104.3%qual 105.8% | 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%) | -3.348squal -1.537s | 98.0%qual 99.1% | |||||||
36 rule changes (FV: 2, B-Spec: 30, SM: 4)7 suspension & brakes · 6 tyres & wheels · 4 engine · 4 weight · 3 induction · 2 removed · 1 cars added · 2 wording · 7 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 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%) | 2:22.707Riley Salyer · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 1.0s-0.238s (-0.17%) | 2:23.732Richard Hromin · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 0.4s-0.087s (-0.06%) | 110.7Chris Daughtery-1.6 mph (-1.4%) | +7.121squal +7.068s | 105.2%qual 105.2% | 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%) | -0.382squal -0.653s | 99.7%qual 99.5% | |||||||
22 rule changes (B-Spec: 21, SM: 1)8 weight · 3 induction · 3 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 4 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 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%) | 2:22.945Steve Introne · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 1.3s+0.577s (+0.41%) | 2:23.819Riley Salyer · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 0.8s+1.725s (+1.21%) | 112.3Matt Giuffre+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | +5.726squal +7.829s | 104.1%qual 105.8% | 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%) | +1.014squal -0.452s | 100.7%qual 99.7% | |||||||
15 rule changes (FV: 4, B-Spec: 10, SM: 1)6 suspension & brakes · 4 weight · 3 cars added · 1 induction · 1 wordingshow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 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 | 2:03.121John Phillips · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 1.2s-0.045s (-0.04%) | 2:03.971Steve Introne · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 0.4s-0.079s (-0.06%) | 111.2David Oliveira | +6.737squal +5.642s | 105.7%qual 104.8% | 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 | +1.603squal +0.216s | 101.4%qual 100.2% | |||||||
23 rule changes (B-Spec: 22, SM: 1)6 suspension & brakes · 4 induction · 2 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 2 wording · 5 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 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 | 2:52.033David Daughtery · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 1.9s | 2:52.847Riley Salyer · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.8s | 111.5Robert Iversen | +7.031squal +8.039s | 104.2%qual 104.9% | 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 | -2.068squal -1.785s | 98.8%qual 98.9% | |||||||
25 rule changes (FV: 6, B-Spec: 17, SM: 2)6 tyres & wheels · 4 cars added · 2 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 weight · 1 engine · 5 wording · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 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 | 1:54.469Pete Frost · only car | 1:57.688Pete Frost · only car | 145.9Pete Frost | -20.601squal -21.243s | 85.1%qual 84.3% | 2:22.368Frank Schwartz · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:22.094David Daughtery · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 0.8s | 112.2John Phillips | +3.805squal +6.656s | 102.8%qual 104.9% | 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 | -1.830squal -1.160s | 98.7%qual 99.1% | ||
18 rule changes (FV: 6, B-Spec: 8, SM: 4)2 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 engine · 1 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 weight · 5 wording · 5 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 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 | 1:28.612J R Osborne · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:31.189J R Osborne · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 3.7s | 140.5J R Osborne | -22.450squal -24.025s | 80.2%qual 78.7% | 1:59.321Oscar Jackson · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:59.852Jake Pipal · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.0s | 101.0Frank Schwartz | +6.213squal +6.684s | 105.5%qual 105.9% | 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 | +1.639squal +1.718s | 101.4%qual 101.5% | ||
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:55.759Michael Varacins · fastest of 39 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:55.923Michael Varacins · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 1.3s | 1:33.746Gary Hickman · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:33.702Alex Mayer · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.0s | -22.221squal -22.013s | 80.8%qual 81.0% | 2:03.166David Daughtery · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.5s | 2:04.050David Daughtery · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.3s | +8.127squal +7.407s | 107.0%qual 106.4% | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +3.177squal +2.547s | 102.7%qual 102.2% | ||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:37.942Alex Scaler · fastest of 41 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:38.066Flinn Lazier · fastest of 38 · top 5 within 0.7s | 1:19.886Alex Mayer · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:21.015Jeremy Hill · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.2s | -17.051squal -18.056s | 82.6%qual 81.6% | 1:46.865David Daughtery · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:46.930John Heinricy · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 0.6s | +8.864squal +8.923s | 109.0%qual 109.1% | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +2.698squal +2.572s | 102.8%qual 102.6% | ||||||
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| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:21.167Roger Siebenaler · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 0.8s | 2:21.142Andrew Whitston · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 1.1s | 1:50.711J R Osborne · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.1s | 1:51.616J R Osborne · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.1s | -29.526squal -30.456s | 79.1%qual 78.4% | 2:29.366John Heinricy · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 1.2s | 2:29.465John Heinricy · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 0.4s | +8.323squal +8.199s | 105.9%qual 105.8% | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +2.925squal -2.506s | 102.1%qual 98.2% | ||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FV | 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 FV'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.