BoP Lab / Buttonwillow Raceway Park

F500 vs FB vs F5 pace at Buttonwillow Raceway Park

Quickest here: F500 1:58.561 Lance Spiering, Super Tour Feb 2022 race · FB 1:38.870 Gary Hickman, Super Tour Apr 2018 race · F5 1:51.129 Jeff Jorgenson, Super Tour Apr 2017 race

Lap times% of F500

F500FBF5solid race · dashed qualifying · slower is lower

F500FBF5solid race · dashed qualifying · each class's best lap as a share of F500's at the same event (the reference class, changeable above); 100% is level, higher is quicker

	Event	F500			FB					F5
	Event	Qual best	Race best	Trap	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs F500	% of F500	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs F500	% of F500
	Super Tour Feb 2022 CALCL222022-02-17	2:03.309Lance Spiering · only car	1:58.561Lance Spiering · only car	111.9Lance Spiering
11 rule changes (F5: 11)2 engine · 1 cars added · 1 induction · 1 weight · 5 wording · 1 other · F5 cars must install AIM part #X47KPFSOLO2R0 data box mount for Majors and Runoffs. · F5 clarifies mechanical shifting only; throttle-cut and flat-shifter devices permitted if driver retains full control. · F5 single-seat open-wheel cars: rigid suspension becomes limited suspension in class definition. · F500 Rotax 593 HO engine now permitted; 875 lbs minimum weight, MA0242SP1020A or MA0242SP1063A restrictor, specific intake boots and piston required. · F500 Suzuki GSXR600 engine years extended from 2003-2013 to 2003-2019. · F5 request to adjust external jetting device cockpit control denied; no rule change made. · F5 driver adjustable carburettor mixture: refer to separate Fastrack letter #28359 for ruling. · F5 cockpit adjustment request response published in Fastrack letter 28359. · F500 Honda CBR600RR, Suzuki GSXR600, Yamaha R6 restrictor reduced to 28mm from 29mm. · F500 Honda CBR600RR, Suzuki GSXR600, and Yamaha R6 minimum weights increase to 900 lbs.showhide 2022-01-01 F5 Data Box Mounting Plate #31638otheraddedF5 cars must install AIM part #X47KPFSOLO2R0 data box mount for Majors and Runoffs. 2021-08-01 F5 Clarify allowable assisted shifting systems #30871wordingwordingF5 clarifies mechanical shifting only; throttle-cut and flat-shifter devices permitted if driver retains full control. 2021-08-01 F5 Request to correct terminology #30976wordingwordingF5 single-seat open-wheel cars: rigid suspension becomes limited suspension in class definition. 2021-06-01 F5 Request to Allow Rotax 593 HO Engine #30712cars addedaddedF500 Rotax 593 HO engine now permitted; 875 lbs minimum weight, MA0242SP1020A or MA0242SP1063A restrictor, specific intake boots and piston required. 2020-10-01 F5 Request to Update Suzuki Engine Years for F500 #29453engineadded · engineF500 Suzuki GSXR600 engine years extended from 2003-2013 to 2003-2019. 2020-07-01 F5 Request for Cockpit Adjustment of External Jetting Devices #28359wordingunclearF5 request to adjust external jetting device cockpit control denied; no rule change made. 2020-07-01 F5 Two Stroke Motors (reply to #28359 WDYT) #28816engine 2020-07-01 F5 Re letter requesting driver adjustable carb mixture #28840wordingunclearF5 driver adjustable carburettor mixture: refer to separate Fastrack letter #28359 for ruling. 2020-07-01 F5 #28359 WDYT Request for Cockpit Adjustment #28875wordingunclearF5 cockpit adjustment request response published in Fastrack letter 28359. 2020-01-01 F5 Change 600cc restrictor size #27883inductionslower · inductionF500 Honda CBR600RR, Suzuki GSXR600, Yamaha R6 restrictor reduced to 28mm from 29mm. 2019-08-31 F5 Request for Weight Increase for Motorcycle Powered Cars #27214weight +25 lbsslower · weightF500 Honda CBR600RR, Suzuki GSXR600, and Yamaha R6 minimum weights increase to 900 lbs.
	Super Tour Apr 2018 BUTTRA182018-04-27				1:39.142Gary Hickman · fastest of 2-3.130s (-3.06%)	1:38.870Gary Hickman · fastest of 2-1.241s (-1.24%)
No rule changes on record between these events
	Super Tour Apr 2017 BUTTRA172017-04-28				1:42.272John LaBrie · fastest of 2	1:40.111Gary Hickman · fastest of 2				1:52.268Jeff Jorgenson · fastest of 2	1:51.129Jeff Jorgenson · fastest of 2

About this data

Best is the class's fastest lap in that event's qualifying or race sessions, with the driver who set it, how many cars set a time that session and how close the top five were; a best from fewer than three cars is greyed. With two or more classes, "vs" is the gap of each class's best to the first class's at the same event. "% of F500" is the class's best as a share of F500's best at the same event (100% is level, less is quicker): weather and track condition move every class together, so this compares across years where the raw times do not. It still breaks when F500's own field changes or one session was wet and another dry. Newest event first. The coloured figure under each value is the change from the previous event that has one (green is quicker, red slower). Whole laps only, so events with different sector layouts still compare. Weather and track condition are not accounted for.