BoP Lab / Classes / HP
HP vs FB vs SM vs FC pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of HP is each class's best lap as a share of HP'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: HP 100.0% of HP Alan (Aj) Hulse, Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 2015 race · FB 77.7% of HP J R Osborne, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 qualifying · SM 97.8% of HP Preston Pardus, Road America Runoffs 2020 race · FC 79.8% of HP Robert Allaer, Road America Runoffs 2020 race
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs HP | % of HP | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs HP | % of HP | Qual best | Race best | Trap | vs HP | % of HP | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:39.406Chris Schaafsma · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 7.7s+0.621s (+0.39%) | 2:38.036Steve Sargis · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 4.6s-0.234s (-0.15%) | 122.7Jesse Prather-2.2 mph (-1.8%) | 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%) | +4.689squal +2.767s | 103.0%qual 101.7% | 2:10.686Brandon Dixon · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 4.0s-0.573s (-0.44%) | 2:11.389Brandon Dixon · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.7s-1.435s (-1.08%) | 143.3Dean Kiriluk-1.8 mph (-1.2%) | -26.647squal -28.720s | 83.1%qual 82.0% | |||||||
33 rule changes (HP: 29, SM: 2, FC: 2)8 weight · 7 engine · 4 induction · 3 cars added · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 suspension & brakes · 4 wording · 3 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:38.785Steve Sargis · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 1.9s+0.340s (+0.21%) | 2:38.270Steve Sargis · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.4s+0.539s (+0.34%) | 124.9Chris Schaafsma+2.1 mph (+1.7%) | 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%) | +6.160squal +4.326s | 103.9%qual 102.7% | 2:11.259Brandon Dixon · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.7s-0.367s (-0.28%) | 2:12.824Brandon Dixon · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.3s+1.290s (+0.98%) | 145.1Brandon Dixon+0.9 mph (+0.6%) | -25.446squal -27.526s | 83.9%qual 82.7% | |||||||
23 rule changes (HP: 17, SM: 4, FC: 2)9 weight · 3 induction · 2 cars added · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 4 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:38.445Chuck Mathis · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 3.4s-1.250s (-0.78%) | 2:37.731Chuck Mathis · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 2.3s-9.713s (-5.80%) | 122.8William Trainer-0.3 mph (-0.2%) | 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%) | +3.755squal +2.661s | 102.4%qual 101.7% | 2:11.626Timothy Minor · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.3s-1.018s (-0.77%) | 2:11.534Michael Varacins · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 1.8s-2.074s (-1.55%) | 144.2Michael Varacins+1.8 mph (+1.2%) | -26.197squal -26.819s | 83.4%qual 83.1% | |||||||
28 rule changes (HP: 22, SM: 4, FC: 2)13 weight · 5 engine · 2 cars added · 1 induction · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 wording · 4 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:14.029Chris Schaafsma · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 2.7s+0.077s (+0.06%) | 2:14.681Chris Schaafsma · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 2.5s+2.878s (+2.18%) | 119.4William Trainer-0.8 mph (-0.7%) | 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%) | +1.548squal +0.957s | 101.1%qual 100.7% | 1:50.281Nolan Allaer · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.3s+0.386s (+0.35%) | 1:51.169Nolan Allaer · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.5s-16.690s (-13.05%) | 143.5Robert Allaer+2.3 mph (+1.7%) | -23.512squal -23.748s | 82.5%qual 82.3% | |||||||
11 rule changes (HP: 7, SM: 1, FC: 3)4 weight · 3 induction · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:13.952Steve Sargis · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 3.9s-0.870s (-0.65%) | 2:11.803Vesa Silegren · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 6.3s-3.259s (-2.41%) | 120.2Chris Schaafsma-4.7 mph (-3.8%) | 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%) | +7.304squal +0.712s | 105.5%qual 100.5% | 1:49.895Nolan Allaer · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.5s-1.305s (-1.17%) | 2:07.859Nolan Allaer · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 3.8s+15.685s (+13.98%) | 141.2Tim Minor-0.6 mph (-0.4%) | -3.944squal -24.057s | 97.0%qual 82.0% | |||||||
31 rule changes (HP: 25, SM: 1, FC: 5)7 engine · 6 induction · 5 cars added · 5 weight · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 wording · 2 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:54.417Steve Sargis · fastest of 42 · top 5 within 3.7s-3.004s (-2.56%) | 1:56.188Steve Sargis · fastest of 42 · top 5 within 2.9s-1.381s (-1.17%) | 122.0William Trainer | 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 | +2.649squal +3.278s | 102.3%qual 102.9% | 1:36.787Trent Walko · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 1.7s+0.451s (+0.47%) | 1:36.980Simon Sikes · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 2.0s+0.090s (+0.09%) | 141.6Tim Minor | -19.208squal -17.630s | 83.5%qual 84.6% | |||||||
23 rule changes (HP: 21, SM: 1, FC: 1)8 cars added · 6 weight · 3 suspension & brakes · 2 engine · 2 induction · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:39.695Daniel Meller · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 3.3s | 2:47.444Steve Sargis · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 6.1s | 123.1William Trainer | 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 | -3.696squal +2.514s | 97.8%qual 101.6% | 2:12.644Robert Allaer · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.1s | 2:13.608Robert Allaer · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 1.2s | 142.4Robert Allaer | -33.836squal -27.051s | 79.8%qual 83.1% | |||||||
27 rule changes (HP: 21, SM: 2, FC: 4)8 engine · 5 induction · 3 cars added · 3 weight · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 2 wording · 3 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 2:14.822Steve Sargis · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 1.1s | 2:15.062Ron Bartell · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.2s | 124.9William Trainer | 1:54.469Pete Frost · only car | 1:57.688Pete Frost · only car | 145.9Pete Frost | -17.374squal -20.353s | 87.1%qual 84.9% | 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 | +1.397squal -0.270s | 101.0%qual 99.8% | 1:51.200Robert Allaer · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 3.1s | 1:52.174Robert Allaer · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.7s | 141.8Robert Allaer | -22.888squal -23.622s | 83.1%qual 82.5% | ||
16 rule changes (HP: 10, SM: 4, FC: 2)4 weight · 3 tyres & wheels · 2 induction · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 2 wording · 2 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:54.070Brian Linn · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.8s | 1:54.434Jason Isley · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.3s | 109.3Michael H Miller | 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 | -23.245squal -25.458s | 79.7%qual 77.7% | 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 | +0.844squal +0.285s | 100.7%qual 100.2% | 1:32.571Timothy de Silva · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.8s | 1:34.053Mitch Egner · fastest of 12 · top 5 within 1.6s | 133.1Robert Armington | -20.381squal -21.499s | 82.2%qual 81.2% | ||
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:57.421Jason Isley · fastest of 46 · top 5 within 0.9s | 1:57.569Vesa Silegren · fastest of 40 · top 5 within 1.1s | 1:33.746Gary Hickman · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 3.3s | 1:33.702Alex Mayer · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.0s | -23.867squal -23.675s | 79.7%qual 79.8% | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | +1.531squal +0.885s | 101.3%qual 100.8% | 1:36.336Austin McCusker · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 2.3s | 1:36.890Tim Minor · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 3.8s | -20.679squal -21.085s | 82.4%qual 82.0% | ||||||
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| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:39.954Jason Isley · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:40.442Jason Isley · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 0.4s | 1:19.886Alex Mayer · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.5s | 1:21.015Jeremy Hill · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 1.2s | -19.427squal -20.068s | 80.7%qual 79.9% | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | +0.322squal +0.560s | 100.3%qual 100.6% | 1:21.962John LaRue · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 2.6s | 1:22.049Nigel Saurino · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 3.0s | -18.393squal -17.992s | 81.7%qual 82.0% | ||||||
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| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:17.369Jason Isley · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.5s | 2:17.981Alan (Aj) Hulse · fastest of 17 · 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 | -26.365squal -26.658s | 80.9%qual 80.6% | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | +6.086squal +1.292s | 104.4%qual 100.9% | 1:54.477Yufeng Luo · fastest of 11 · top 5 within 2.5s | 1:55.135Yufeng Luo · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.1s | -22.846squal -22.892s | 83.4%qual 83.3% | ||||||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of HP | 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 HP'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.