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Against the front of the class, by track and class

Track	Class	Sessions	Typical gap to class best	Closest
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.40 mi)	EP	5	+5.789s (5.98%)	+0.877s (0.87%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.40 mi)	GTL	3	+5.631s (5.63%)	+2.381s (2.36%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.53 mi)	GTL	1	+34.162s (29.92%)	+34.162s (29.92%)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.59 mi)	GTL	4	+10.941s (9.74%)	+10.941s (9.74%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.26 mi)	EP	10	+6.616s (6.95%)	+5.337s (5.51%)
Grattan Raceway (2.00 mi)	EP	3	+3.284s (3.77%)	+3.284s (3.77%)
Unknown track (2.14 mi)	EP	2
Blackhawk Farms Raceway (1.95 mi)	EP	3	+2.027s (1.97%)	+2.027s (1.97%)

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.

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.40 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Great Lakes Champions 2024	Grp 6 GTL EP FP HP B-Spec Race 2	GTL	88	Toyota Tercel	3/5	1:43.453	1:41.072Graham Fuller	+2.381s (2.36%)
Great Lakes Champions 2024	Grp 6 GTL EP FP HP B-Spec Race 1	GTL	80	Toyota Tercel	7/7	1:45.677	1:40.046Graham Fuller	+5.631s (5.63%)
Great Lakes Champions 2024	Grp 6 GTL EP FP HP B-Spec Qual	GTL	80	Toyota Tercel	5/9	1:45.888	1:40.010Michael Lewis	+5.878s (5.88%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 5 GTL,EP,FP,HP,B-Spec Race 2	EP	31	385466	8/9	1:49.718	1:37.248Joe Moser	+12.470s (12.82%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 5 GTL,EP,FP,HP,B-Spec Race 1	EP	31	385466	3/11	1:42.146	1:36.415Joe Moser	+5.731s (5.94%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 5 GTL,EP,FP,HP,B-Spec Qual 2	EP	31	385466	2/10	1:42.188	1:41.311Jason Albright	+0.877s (0.87%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 5 GTL,EP,FP,HP,B-Spec Q1	EP	31	385466	4/11	1:42.540	1:36.751Joe Moser	+5.789s (5.98%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 5 GTL,EP,FP,HP,B-Spec	EP	31	385466	3/11	1:43.902	1:36.379Joe Moser	+7.523s (7.81%)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.53 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
Great Lakes Champions 2024	Grp 6 GTL EP FP HP B-Spec Prac	GTL	88	Toyota Tercel	7/7	2:28.323	1:54.161Michael Lewis	+34.162s (29.92%)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.59 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
Runoffs 2021	GTL Race	GTL	6	Toyota Tercel	22/19		1:51.952Scott Twomey
Runoffs 2021	GTL Qual 3	GTL	6	Toyota Tercel	21/20		1:51.819Christopher Bovis
Runoffs 2021	FP/GTL Qual 2	GTL	6	Toyota Tercel	22/20		1:53.603Peter Zekert
Runoffs 2021	GTL Qual 1	GTL	6	Toyota Tercel	14/20	2:03.309	1:52.368Christopher Bovis	+10.941s (9.74%)	114.216/20	125.1James Gregorius	-10.9 mph (-8.7%)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.26 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Runoffs 2016	EP Race	EP	31	Toyota MR-2 (1986)	23/23	1:41.187	1:34.266Michael Galati	+6.921s (7.34%)
Runoffs 2016	EP Qual 4	EP	31	Toyota MR-2 (1986)	13/22	1:39.242	1:33.847Michael Galati	+5.395s (5.75%)
Runoffs 2016	EP Qual 3	EP	31	Toyota MR-2 (1986)	24/21		1:34.330Joe Moser
Runoffs 2016	EP Qual 2	EP	31	Toyota MR-2 (1986)	23/21		1:34.049Michael Galati
Runoffs 2016	EP Qual 1	EP	31	Toyota MR-2 (1986)	14/24	1:40.104	1:34.288Joe Moser	+5.816s (6.17%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 6 Race 2	EP	31	Union,OH	5/15	1:42.237	1:36.900Breton Williams	+5.337s (5.51%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 6 Race 1	EP	31	Union,OH	16/16	4:12.387	1:48.725Joe Moser	+143.662s (132.13%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 6 Qualifying 2	EP	31	Union,OH	10/6		1:36.891Breton Williams
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 6 Qualifying 1	EP	31	Union,OH	10/16	1:41.829	1:35.213Breton Williams	+6.616s (6.95%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 6 Practice	EP	31	Union,OH	8/16	1:42.190	1:35.489Joe Moser	+6.701s (7.02%)

Grattan Raceway (2.00 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp3 Race 2	EP	31	WOR	6/5		1:25.227Michael Galati
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp3 Qualifying 2	EP	31	WOR	6/5		1:25.837Michael Galati
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp3 Race 1	EP	31	WOR	4/6	1:30.425	1:27.141Michael Galati	+3.284s (3.77%)

Unknown track (2.14 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
Majors @ GingerMan Raceway	Grp 5 Race Sat	EP	31	WOR	10/9		1:39.331Joe Moser
Majors @ GingerMan Raceway	Grp 5 Sat Qualifying	EP	31	WOR	10/9		1:38.879Joe Moser

Blackhawk Farms Raceway (1.95 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Majors Apr 2016	Group 4 Race 2=EP,FP,HP,GTL	EP	31	WOR	6/5		1:17.754Jon Brakke
Majors Apr 2016	Group 4 Race 1=EP,FP,HP,GTL	EP	31	WOR	2/6	1:45.153	1:43.126Breton Williams	+2.027s (1.97%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 4 Qualifying 1=EP,FP,HP,GTL	EP	31	WOR	5/6	1:39.487	1:29.622Breton Williams	+9.865s (11.01%)

Letters to Fastrack

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#36581 from Michael Helm · No action required · Minutes (2024-12 Fastrack)

Michael, Thank you for your letter. The Club Racing Board appreciates your comments and numerous suggestions, especially
that of National Class Representatives. A similar concept has been discussed previously, but was not implemented.

GTL 9.1.2 GTL Spec Line Mazda 12A SIR incorrect

#30841 from Michael Helm · No action required · Minutes (2021-08 Fastrack)

Thank you for your letter. Please see response to letter #30778 in current Fastrack.