BoP Lab / Buttonwillow Raceway Park

FM vs F500 vs SRF vs BSpc pace at Buttonwillow Raceway Park

Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of FM is each class's best lap as a share of FM'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.

Quickest here: FM 1:45.954 Mike Anderson, Super Tour Apr 2018 race · F500 1:58.561 Lance Spiering, Super Tour Feb 2022 race · SRF 1:44.060 Vince Balch, Super Tour Apr 2017 qualifying

% of FMLap times

FMF500SRFBSpcsolid race · dashed qualifying · slower is lower

FMF500SRFBSpcsolid race · dashed qualifying · each class's best lap as a share of FM's at the same event (the reference class, changeable above); 100% is level, less is quicker, so up the chart is quicker

	Event	FM			F500					SRF					BSpc
	Event	Qual best	Race best	Trap	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs FM	% of FM	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs FM	% of FM	Qual best	Race best	Trap	vs FM	% of FM
	Super Tour Feb 2022 CALCL222022-02-17				2:03.309Lance Spiering · only car	1:58.561Lance Spiering · only car	111.9Lance Spiering
13 rule changes (SRF: 13)3 suspension & brakes · 3 weight · 2 engine · 2 tyres & wheels · 3 othershowhide 2021-12-01 SRF Three Updates to SRF Rules #31523weight 2021-08-01 SRF SRF Wet Tires #30849tyres & wheels 2021-08-01 SRF SADEV-SRF3 Transmission #30926other 2021-08-01 SRF SRF Update Maintenance, Repairs and Seals #30961engine 2021-06-01 SRF SRF3 Alternator Pulley #30684weight 2021-03-01 SRF Mandatory identification: #30223engine 2020-12-01 SRF SRF Shocks, Springs and Ride Height. #29688suspension & brakes 2020-05-01 SRF SRF Bump Stop Correction #27019suspension & brakes 202-01-01 SRF SRF Rain / Brake Rule - BoD approved as follows #34958suspension & brakes 2019-12-01 SRF SRF Tire Warmer Rule #27622tyres & wheels 2019-12-01 SRF SRF / SRF3 Nose Weight Reduction #27706weight 2019-12-01 SRF SRF / SRF3 Majors & Regional Class Updates #27723other 2019-07-01 SRF SRF Dash Windscreen Kit #27028other
	Super Tour Apr 2019 ST19APR262019-04-26	1:49.608Mike Anderson · fastest of 3 · top 3 within 5.6s+3.285s (+3.09%)	1:49.409Mike Anderson · fastest of 3 · top 3 within 4.9s+3.455s (+3.26%)	121.2Mike Anderson
No rule changes on record between these events
	Super Tour Apr 2018 BUTTRA182018-04-27	1:46.323Mike Anderson · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 2.1s+0.367s (+0.35%)	1:45.954Mike Anderson · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 3.3s-0.317s (-0.30%)
No rule changes on record between these events
	Super Tour Apr 2017 BUTTRA172017-04-28	1:45.956Mike Anderson · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 2.0s	1:46.271Mike Anderson · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 2.1s							1:44.060Vince Balch · fastest of 8 · top 5 within 18.6s	2:01.122Mike Miserendino · fastest of 7 · top 5 within 1.8s		+14.851squal -1.896s	114.0%qual 98.2%

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 FM" is the class's best as a share of FM'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 FM'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.