BoP Lab / Classes / FX
FX vs AS vs SM vs SMX pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FX is each class's best lap as a share of FX'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: FX 100.0% of FX Jacob Loomis, Road America Runoffs 2020 race · AS 96.8% of FX Gregory Eaton, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2022 race · SM 108.1% of FX Travis Wiley, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2022 race
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FX | % of FX | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FX | % of FX | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs FX | % of FX | |||
| 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%) | 2:36.472Skyler 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%) | |||||||||||
18 rule changes (FX: 1, AS: 13, SM: 2, SMX: 2)5 weight · 4 engine · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 1 removed · 2 wording · 3 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%) | 2:36.232Cam 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%) | |||||||||||
21 rule changes (FX: 1, AS: 11, SM: 4, SMX: 5)5 engine · 4 weight · 2 induction · 2 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 6 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%) | 2:35.651Ethan Lampe · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 0.7s | 2:36.278Ethan Jacobs · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 0.7s | 129.5Michael Borden | |||||||||||
23 rule changes (FX: 4, AS: 11, SM: 4, SMX: 4)6 cars added · 3 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 weight · 2 wording · 7 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%) | 2:11.435Nathan Nicholson · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:12.616Noah Harmon · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.1s | 127.8Noah Harmon | |||||||||||
8 rule changes (FX: 3, AS: 4, SM: 1)3 weight · 2 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 1:51.480Trevor A Russell · fastest of 5 · top 5 within 9.7s | 2:08.711Dimitrios Tsesmetzis · fastest of 4 · top 4 within 6.8s | 137.2Trevor A Russell | 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%) | -4.133squal +10.682s | 96.8%qual 109.6% | 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%) | +10.396squal +23.184s | 108.1%qual 120.8% | |||||||
19 rule changes (FX: 9, AS: 9, SM: 1)4 tyres & wheels · 4 weight · 3 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 2 wording · 3 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:38.596Vaughn Glace · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 4.1s | 1:38.833Vaughn Glace · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 4.3s | 138.6Vaughn Glace | 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 | +11.773squal +11.831s | 111.9%qual 112.0% | 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 | +20.004squal +19.099s | 120.2%qual 119.4% | |||||||
20 rule changes (FX: 5, AS: 14, SM: 1)6 weight · 5 cars added · 3 engine · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 induction · 2 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:16.968Jacob Loomis · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 2.7s | 2:17.553Jacob Loomis · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 3.5s | 139.3Brad Drew | 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 | +10.115squal +10.077s | 107.4%qual 107.4% | 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 | +26.195squal +25.241s | 119.0%qual 118.4% | |||||||
24 rule changes (FX: 6, AS: 16, SM: 2)5 cars added · 4 engine · 3 induction · 3 suspension & brakes · 3 tyres & wheels · 2 weight · 1 aero · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
8 rule changes (AS: 4, SM: 4)2 weight · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:45.220James Jost · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 6.7s | 1:51.507Bryan Long · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.9s | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | ||||||||||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:30.651Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 3.6s | 1:33.424Edward Hosni · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 1.0s | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | ||||||||||||||||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:01.746Tom Sloe · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 2.6s | 2:02.922Andy McDermid · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | ||||||||||||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of FX | Best | Latest |
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| Road America | 4 | 100.0%1 of 4 with FX | 100.0%Runoffs 2020 | 100.0%Runoffs 2020 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 100.0%1 of 3 with FX | 100.0%Runoffs 2022 | 100.0%Runoffs 2022 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 100.0%1 of 2 with FX | 100.0%Runoffs 2021 | 100.0%Runoffs 2021 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 0 of 1 with FX | ||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 0 of 1 with FX | ||
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 0 of 1 with FX |
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 FX'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.