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Bruce Carpenter 1 letter to Fastrack

Against the front of the class, by track and class

Track	Class	Sessions	Typical gap to class best	Closest
Buttonwillow Raceway Park (2.92 mi)	FM	9	+5.039s (4.70%)	+4.195s (3.93%)

Gap is the driver's best lap in a session against the fastest lap in their class in that same session (zero is fastest in class), shown as time lost and as a share of the lap, so conditions cancel out and tracks can be compared. Typical is the median session.

Buttonwillow Raceway Park (2.92 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2018	Grp 8 FA,FM Race 2	FM	92	Mazda FM	5/9	1:50.958	1:45.954Mike Anderson	+5.004s (4.72%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2018	Grp 8 FA,FM Race 1	FM	92	Mazda FM	9/9	1:54.300	1:47.377Bill Weaver	+6.923s (6.45%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2018	Grp 8 FA,FM Qual 2	FM	92	Mazda FM	6/8	1:50.804	1:46.609Bill Weaver	+4.195s (3.93%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2018	Grp 8 FA,FM Qual 1	FM	92	Mazda FM	6/9	1:50.811	1:46.323Mike Anderson	+4.488s (4.22%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2017	Grp 2 FA,FM,FB, FE Race 2	FM	92	33	7/9	1:52.312	1:46.271Mike Anderson	+6.041s (5.68%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2017	Grp 2 FA,FM,FB, FE Qual 2	FM	92	33	6/8	1:50.448	1:45.956Mike Anderson	+4.492s (4.24%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2017	Grp 2 FA,FM Race 1	FM	92	33	7/9	1:52.263	1:47.224Larry Mason	+5.039s (4.70%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2017	Grp 2 FA,FB,FE,FM Qual 1	FM	92	33	4/6	1:52.314	1:47.567Jerry Dutch Schultz	+4.747s (4.41%)
Buttonwillow Raceway Park 2017	Test Day	FM	92	33	2/4	1:53.646	1:48.351Ritchie Hollingsworth	+5.295s (4.89%)

Letters to Fastrack

FM Request 1 yr probation

#28217 from Bruce Carpenter · Taken care of · Minutes (2020-03 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see the responses to letters #28044 and #28047 in the February 2020
Fastrack Minutes. The provision for probation relates to the issue of whether a class with fewer than ten
entries may crown a National Champion (see GCR section 3.7.4.C.2), not to the process of incorporating
an underperforming class into another class. Please however note that Formula Mazda's low
participation numbers in 2018 were posted on the SCCA's website and provided competitors with a full
year's notice of the need to improve the class's participation level in accordance with the requirements
of GCR section 9.1.13.A.