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SMSE vs SSM pace at every track

Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of SMSE is each class's best lap as a share of SMSE'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: SMSE 100.0% of SMSE Frederick Baker, Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta SARRC 2020 race

% of SMSELap times

SMSESSMsolid race · dashed qualifying · slower is lower

SMSESSMsolid race · dashed qualifying · each class's best lap as a share of SMSE's at the same event (the reference class, changeable above); 100% is level, less is quicker, so up the chart is quicker

	Event	SMSE			SSM
	Event	Qual best	Race best	Trap	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs SMSE	% of SMSE
	Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta SARRC 20202020-07-25	1:47.184Frederick Baker · fastest of 4 · top 4 within 4.9s	1:48.433Frederick Baker · fastest of 4 · top 4 within 6.3s	107.4Ken Steagall
No rule changes on record between these events
	Summit Point Raceway Majors Apr 20162016-04-29				1:31.569Alan Olson · fastest of 26 · top 5 within 1.9s	1:29.237Kevin Kopp · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 0.3s

By track

Track	Events	Typical % of SMSE	Best	Latest
Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta	1	100.0%	100.0%SARRC 2020	100.0%SARRC 2020
Summit Point Raceway	1	0 of 1 with SMSE

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 SMSE'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.