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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 (2.26 mi)	SM	18	+1.211s (1.20%)	+0.845s (0.84%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.26 mi)	STL	6	+5.851s (5.26%)	+5.154s (5.26%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.40 mi)	SM	10	+0.408s (0.39%)	+0.138s (0.13%)
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	SM	1
Virginia International Raceway (3.27 mi)	SM	10	+1.802s (1.33%)	+0.904s (0.67%)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.59 mi)	SM	5	+1.229s (1.03%)	+0.967s (0.81%)
Unknown track (2.59 mi)	SM	3	+0.551s (0.46%)	+0.355s (0.29%)
Road America (4.05 mi)	SM	4	+2.347s (1.43%)	+0.933s (0.57%)
Circuit of the Americas (3.41 mi)	SM	5	+1.792s (1.12%)	+1.123s (0.70%)
Grattan Raceway (2.00 mi)	SM	4	+1.942s (2.21%)	+1.701s (1.93%)
Unknown track (2.14 mi)	SM	2	+1.689s (1.60%)	+1.689s (1.60%)
Unknown track (4.05 mi)	SM	4	+2.938s (1.80%)	+1.385s (0.84%)
Unknown track (4.05 mi)	STL	5	+9.937s (6.30%)	+9.493s (6.04%)
Blackhawk Farms Raceway (1.95 mi)	SM	5	+2.381s (2.90%)	+1.404s (1.72%)
Blackhawk Farms Raceway (1.95 mi)	STL	5	+3.456s (4.33%)	+0.676s (0.66%)
Sebring International Raceway (3.74 mi)	SM	5	+3.469s (2.21%)	+3.022s (1.93%)
Daytona International Speedway (3.56 mi)	SM	5	+6.701s (4.83%)	+3.658s (2.61%)

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 (2.26 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
GL RoC OVR Hoosier SCCA Super Tour (Ohio Valley Region)	Grp 5 SM Race 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata	8/29	1:42.508	1:41.151Jim Drago	+1.357s (1.34%)	109.316/28	111.8Charlie Campbell	-2.5 mph (-2.3%)
GL RoC OVR Hoosier SCCA Super Tour (Ohio Valley Region)	Grp 5 SM Race 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata	9/30	1:43.027	1:42.163Jared Thomas	+0.864s (0.85%)	112.312/30	114.2Michael Carter	-1.9 mph (-1.6%)
GL RoC OVR Hoosier SCCA Super Tour (Ohio Valley Region)	Grp 5 SM Qual 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata	13/30	1:42.929	1:41.349Jared Thomas	+1.580s (1.56%)	110.914/30	113.7Jim Drago	-2.8 mph (-2.4%)
GL RoC OVR Hoosier SCCA Super Tour (Ohio Valley Region)	Grp 5 SM Qual 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata	13/30	1:43.043	1:41.579Jared Thomas	+1.464s (1.44%)	109.625/30	113.1Jonathan Davis	-3.5 mph (-3.1%)
GL RoC OVR Hoosier SCCA Super Tour (Ohio Valley Region)	Grp 5 SM Prac	SM	04	Mazda Miata	13/26	1:43.555	1:41.731Jim Drago	+1.824s (1.79%)	110.615/26	113.4Brian Henderson	-2.8 mph (-2.4%)
Runoffs 2016	SM Race	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	17/44	1:41.609	1:40.764Michael Carter	+0.845s (0.84%)
Runoffs 2016	SM Qual 4	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	20/42	1:41.794	1:40.688Justin Hille	+1.106s (1.10%)
Runoffs 2016	SM Qual 3	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	24/42	1:41.848	1:40.514Justin Hille	+1.334s (1.33%)
Runoffs 2016	SM Qual 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	21/42	1:41.943	1:40.732Justin Hille	+1.211s (1.20%)
Runoffs 2016	SM Qual 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	21/45	1:41.884	1:40.847Justin Hille	+1.037s (1.03%)
Runoffs 2016	SUN 2 - Gp8 SM/B-Spec	SM	04	Mazda Miata	13/25	1:42.231	1:41.075Jim Drago	+1.156s (1.14%)
Runoffs 2016	SUN 1 - Gp8 SM/B-Spec	SM	04	Mazda Miata	13/26	1:42.215	1:41.223Justin Hille	+0.992s (0.98%)
Runoffs 2016	SAT 2 - Gp5 SM/T3/T4/B-Spec	SM	04	Mazda Miata	8/10	1:43.467	1:41.654Jim Drago	+1.813s (1.78%)
Runoffs 2016	SAT 1 - Gp5 SM/T3/T4/B-Spec	SM	04	Mazda Miata	7/8	2:28.157	2:03.830Charles Campbell	+24.327s (19.65%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 4 Race 2	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	22/27	1:43.172	1:38.018Cliff Ira	+5.154s (5.26%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 2 Race 2	SM	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	41/47	1:48.726	1:42.337Justin Hille	+6.389s (6.24%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 4 Race 1	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	28/27		1:37.919John Schmitt
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 2 Race 1	SM	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	49/50	1:43.327	1:41.248Alex Bolanos	+2.079s (2.05%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 4 Qualifying 2	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	15/27	1:56.987	1:51.136Kevin Ruck	+5.851s (5.26%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 2 Qualifying 2	SM	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	8/43	1:43.472	1:42.312Evan Pecore	+1.160s (1.13%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 4 Qualifying 1	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	23/28	1:43.163	1:37.655John Schmitt	+5.508s (5.64%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 2 Qualifying 1	SM	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	17/51	1:42.087	1:41.212Justin Hille	+0.875s (0.86%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Group 4 Practice	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	16/25	1:43.555	1:38.179Jeromey Mizer	+5.376s (5.48%)
@Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2016	Practice	STL	04	Nicholasvillle,KY	2

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.40 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Grp3 SM Race 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata	27/31	1:44.299	1:43.795Michael Gagliardo	+0.504s (0.49%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Grp 3 SM Race 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata	3/34	1:44.370	1:43.300Michael Carter	+1.070s (1.04%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Grp 3 SM Qual 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata	8/34	1:43.827	1:43.137Michael Carter	+0.690s (0.67%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Grp 3 SM Qual 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata	4/33	1:43.566	1:43.224Michael Carter	+0.342s (0.33%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Grp 3 SM Prac	SM	04	Mazda Miata	4/33	1:44.171	1:43.912Michael Carter	+0.259s (0.25%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 4 SM Race 2	SM	04	456678	41/45	1:43.982	1:43.593Eric Strearns	+0.389s (0.38%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 4 SM Race 1	SM	04	456678	9/45	1:43.899	1:43.491Adam Roberts	+0.408s (0.39%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 4 SM Qual 2	SM	04	456678	10/45	1:43.223	1:43.085Eric Strearns	+0.138s (0.13%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 4 SM Q1	SM	04	456678	7/43	1:43.523	1:43.092Michael Carter	+0.431s (0.42%)
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2017	Grp 4 SM	SM	04	456678	5/40	1:43.681	35.614Michael Novak	+68.067s (191.12%)

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
Mid Ohio Sports Car Course 2018	Thursday Test	SM	04	Mazda Miata	4/3		1:44.873Jason Knuteson

Virginia International Raceway (3.27 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best	Trap	Class trap	To class trap
VIRginia International Raceway 2018	Grp 4 SM Race 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	12/40	2:16.766	2:15.650Todd Buras	+1.116s (0.82%)	118.810/40	120.3Preston Pardus	-1.6 mph (-1.3%)
VIRginia International Raceway 2018	Grp 4 SM Race 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	13/42	2:17.051	2:15.791Jim Drago	+1.260s (0.93%)	117.225/42	120.5Todd Buras	-3.3 mph (-2.7%)
VIRginia International Raceway 2018	Grp 4 SM Qual 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	13/43	2:16.826	2:14.978Jim Drago	+1.848s (1.37%)	116.420/43	119.6Jason Connole	-3.2 mph (-2.7%)
VIRginia International Raceway 2018	Grp 4 SM Qual 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	22/43	2:17.635	2:15.799Danny Steyn	+1.836s (1.35%)	117.419/43	120.5Elivan Goulart	-3.1 mph (-2.6%)
VIRginia International Raceway 2018	Grp 4 SM Prac	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	14/43	2:17.300	2:15.498Todd Buras	+1.802s (1.33%)	117.116/43	119.1Todd Buras	-2.0 mph (-1.7%)
Virginia International Raceway 2017	Grp 2 SM Race 2	SM	104		12/47	2:16.074	2:15.170Andrew von Charbonneau	+0.904s (0.67%)
Virginia International Raceway 2017	Grp 2 SM Race 1	SM	104		27/50	2:17.763	2:15.578Jim Drago	+2.185s (1.61%)
Virginia International Raceway 2017	Grp 2 SM Qual 2	SM	104		27/52	2:18.051	2:14.912Tyler Kicera	+3.139s (2.33%)
Virginia International Raceway 2017	Grp 2 SM Qual 1	SM	104		18/52	2:16.745	2:15.014Justin Hille	+1.731s (1.28%)
Virginia International Raceway 2017	Grp 2 SM Prac	SM	104		39/43	2:27.241	2:15.559Selin M. Rollan	+11.682s (8.62%)

Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2.59 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Runoffs 2017	SM Race	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	63/71	2:00.344	1:59.100Michael Gagliardo	+1.244s (1.04%)
Runoffs 2017	SM (Top 60) Qual 4	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	13/60	1:59.393	1:58.306Chris Haldeman	+1.087s (0.92%)
Runoffs 2017	SM (A) Qual 3	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	25/43	2:00.477	1:59.248Chris Haldeman	+1.229s (1.03%)
Runoffs 2017	SM (A) Qual 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	15/39	2:00.796	1:59.829Danny Steyn	+0.967s (0.81%)
Runoffs 2017	SM (A) Qual 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	28/43	2:01.315	1:59.608Chris Haldeman	+1.707s (1.43%)

Unknown track (2.59 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Runoffs 2017	Sat Grp 6 Run 3	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	9/48	2:01.067	2:00.516Chris Haldeman	+0.551s (0.46%)
Runoffs 2017	Sat Grp 6 Run 2	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	5/49	2:00.913	2:00.558Michael Carter	+0.355s (0.29%)
Runoffs 2017	Sat Grp 6 Run 1	SM	04	Mazda Miata (2003)	10/47	2:01.590	2:00.479Michael Carter	+1.111s (0.92%)

Road America (4.05 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
June Sprints® 2017	Grp 1 SM Race 2	SM	04	CKY	13/54	2:45.811	2:35.029Mike Soward	+10.782s (6.95%)
June Sprints® 2017	Grp 1 SM Race 1	SM	04	CKY	14/55	2:45.843	2:44.910Daniel Bender	+0.933s (0.57%)
June Sprints® 2017	Grp 1 SM Qual 2	SM	04	CKY	20/53	2:46.425	2:44.078Chris Haldeman	+2.347s (1.43%)
June Sprints® 2017	Grp 1 SM Practice	SM	04	CKY	51/51	3:53.670	2:44.279Tyler Brown	+69.391s (42.24%)

Circuit of the Americas (3.41 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Circuit Americas 2017	Grp 1 SM Race 2	SM	4	CKY	13/42	2:42.432	2:40.640Jim Drago	+1.792s (1.12%)
Circuit Americas 2017	Grp 1 SM Race 1	SM	4	CKY	11/43	2:42.863	2:40.809Jim Drago	+2.054s (1.28%)
Circuit Americas 2017	Grp 1 SM Qual 2	SM	4	CKY	13/45	2:41.588	2:40.465Andrew Charbonneau	+1.123s (0.70%)
Circuit Americas 2017	Grp 1 SM Qual 1	SM	4	CKY	10/44	2:43.784	2:42.304Jim Drago	+1.480s (0.91%)
Circuit Americas 2017	Grp 1 SM Prac	SM	4	CKY	8/42	2:43.268	2:40.900Jim Drago	+2.368s (1.47%)

Grattan Raceway (2.00 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp5 Race 2	SM	04	CKY	10/23	1:29.855	1:27.913Jordan Smart	+1.942s (2.21%)
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp5 Qualifying 2	SM	04	CKY	14/22	1:29.679	1:27.978Tyler Kicera	+1.701s (1.93%)
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp5 Race 1	SM	04	CKY	22/23	1:29.893	20.312Eric Pratt	+69.581s (342.56%)
Majors @ Grattan Raceway	Grp5 Qualifying 1	SM	04	CKY	8/23	1:31.249	1:29.174Luca Lenzi	+2.075s (2.33%)

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 3 Race Sun	SM	04	CKY	6/27	1:47.252	1:45.563Voytek Burdzy	+1.689s (1.60%)
Majors @ GingerMan Raceway	Grp 3 Race Sat	SM	04	CKY	17/28	1:48.015	1:45.785Jordan Smart	+2.230s (2.11%)

Unknown track (4.05 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
June Sprints 2016	Gr 6 T2,T3, T4, STL, STU, BSpe Race2	STL	04	CKY	15/13		2:37.439Brian Laughlin
June Sprints 2016	Gr 1 SM Race2	SM	04	CKY	13/46	2:46.081	2:43.143Voytek Burdzy	+2.938s (1.80%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 6 T2,T3, T4, STL, STU, BSpe Race1	STL	04	CKY	9/16	2:46.655	2:37.162Danny Steyn	+9.493s (6.04%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 1 SM Race1	SM	04	CKY	16/46	2:45.369	2:43.984Voytek Burdzy	+1.385s (0.84%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 6 T2,T3, T4, STL, STU, BSpe Qual2	STL	04	CKY	10/13	2:47.680	2:35.765Danny Steyn	+11.915s (7.65%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 1 SM Qual2	SM	04	CKY	22/44	2:46.143	2:42.698Jim Drago	+3.445s (2.12%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 6 T2,T3, T4, STL, STU, BSpe Qual1	STL	04	CKY	12/16	2:47.721	2:37.784Danny Steyn	+9.937s (6.30%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 1 SM Qual1	SM	04	CKY	32/46	2:47.657	2:43.455Daniel Bender	+4.202s (2.57%)
June Sprints 2016	Gr 6 T2,T3, T4, STL, STU, BSpec Prac	STL	04	CKY	9/14	2:46.856	2:35.568Danny Steyn	+11.288s (7.26%)

Blackhawk Farms Raceway (1.95 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Majors Apr 2016	Group 6 Race 2=T2,T3,T4,STU,STL,B-Spec,	STL	04	CKY	6/12	1:23.198	1:19.742David Palfenier	+3.456s (4.33%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 2 Race 2=SM	SM	04	CKY	15/34	1:23.076	1:21.672Michael Novak	+1.404s (1.72%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 4,6,7 Qualifying 2=EP,FP,HP,GTL,T1-4,STU-L,B-Spec,AS,GT1-3	STL	04	CKY	6/10	1:26.715	1:08.882James Ebben	+17.833s (25.89%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 1,2 Qualifying 2=SRF,SRF3, SM	SM	04	CKY	17/25	1:24.517	1:22.136Voytek Burdzy	+2.381s (2.90%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 6 Race 1=T2,T3,T4,STU,STL,B-Spec,	STL	04	CKY	2/10	1:44.908	1:42.144John Elder	+2.764s (2.71%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 2 Race 1=SM	SM	04	CKY	14/31	1:43.471	1:35.769Justin Hille	+7.702s (8.04%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 6 Qualifying 1=T2,T3,T4,STU,STL,B-Spec,	STL	04	CKY	4/11	1:43.717	1:43.041Rich Walke	+0.676s (0.66%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 4,6,7 Practice 1=EP,FP,HP,GTL,T1-4,STU-L,B-Spec,AS,GT1-3	STL	04	CKY	7/8	1:40.333	1:23.624John Elder	+16.709s (19.98%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 1,2 Practice 1=SRF,SRF3, SM	SM	04	CKY	15/17	1:24.853	1:22.149Josh Bilicki	+2.704s (3.29%)
Majors Apr 2016	Group 1,2 Practice 1=SRF,SRF3, SM	SM	04	CKY	3

Sebring International Raceway (3.74 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Majors Jan 2016	Group 3 Race 2 PROVISIONAL	SM	04	456678	26/64	2:40.132	2:36.486Todd Lamb	+3.646s (2.33%)
Majors Jan 2016	Group 3 Race 1 PROVISIONAL	SM	04	456678	32/66	2:39.859	2:36.837Dillon MacHavern	+3.022s (1.93%)
Majors Jan 2016	Group 3 Qualifying 2	SM	04	456678	34/66	2:39.065	2:35.650Selin M. Rollan	+3.415s (2.19%)
Majors Jan 2016	Group 3 Qualifying 1	SM	04	456678	32/65	2:40.528	2:37.059Blake Clements	+3.469s (2.21%)
Majors Jan 2016	Group 3 Practice	SM	04	456678	13/26	3:22.433	55.978Todd Lamb	+146.455s (261.63%)

Daytona International Speedway (3.56 mi)

Event	Session	Class	#	Car	Pos	Best lap	Class best	To class best
Runoffs 2015	SM Race	SM	4	CKY	47/59	2:33.623	2:24.067Todd Lamb	+9.556s (6.63%)
Runoffs 2015	SM Qualifying 4	SM	4	CKY	36/59	2:22.686	1:40.989Matt Reynolds	+41.697s (41.29%)
Runoffs 2015	SM Qualifying 3	SM	4	CKY	35/43	2:23.594	2:19.936Jim Drago	+3.658s (2.61%)
Runoffs 2015	SM Qualifying 2	SM	4	CKY	48/59	2:25.362	2:18.661Andrew Carbonell	+6.701s (4.83%)
Runoffs 2015	SM Qualifying 1	SM	4	CKY	44/56	2:24.923	2:19.659Todd Lamb	+5.264s (3.77%)

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