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EP pace at every track
Lap times across years say as much about the weather as the class. % of the field is each class's best lap as a share of the field's on the same day (every class that ran that day but the ones shown, each scaled by its usual pace against SM and averaged, with each shown class's own track character taken out, so one figure reads the same across years and tracks), 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.
Closest to the field: EP 90.0% of the field Jesse Prather, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2019 race
| Event | EP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qual best | Race best | Trap | % of the field | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:29.239Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s+1.946s (+1.32%) | 2:27.869Jon Brakke · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 5.2s-0.887s (-0.60%) | 137.0Jon Brakke-3.8 mph (-2.7%) | 93.4%qual 94.5% | ||
21 rule changes (EP: 21)6 weight · 5 induction · 4 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 3 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:27.293Jon Brakke · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 2.1s+0.490s (+0.33%) | 2:28.756Tyler Ladd · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 1.9s+0.887s (+0.60%) | 140.8Jon Brakke+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | 93.5%qual 93.4% | ||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)7 weight · 3 induction · 1 cars added · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:26.803Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 4.1s-0.519s (-0.35%) | 2:27.869Tyler Ladd · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 3.6s-1.178s (-0.79%) | 140.7Bill Miller-1.0 mph (-0.7%) | 93.7%qual 93.4% | ||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)7 weight · 2 cars added · 2 engine · 1 induction · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:03.215John Hainsworth · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 4.3s+0.889s (+0.73%) | 2:04.050Greg Ira · fastest of 22 · top 5 within 5.3s-26.805s (-17.77%) | 144.6Greg Ira+3.1 mph (+2.2%) | 93.0%qual 93.2% | ||
13 rule changes (EP: 13)3 engine · 3 induction · 2 suspension & brakes · 2 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:02.326Jesse Prather · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.2s+1.339s (+1.11%) | 2:30.855Jesse Prather · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 2.5s+29.224s (+24.03%) | 141.5Jesse Prather-6.0 mph (-4.1%) | 102.6%qual 93.0% | ||
21 rule changes (EP: 21)6 induction · 4 engine · 3 cars added · 3 weight · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:48.181Jesse Prather · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 3.2s-1.416s (-1.29%) | 1:49.928Jesse Prather · fastest of 27 · top 5 within 0.9s-0.468s (-0.42%) | 143.4Jon Brakke | 91.3%qual 92.9% | ||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)5 weight · 3 cars added · 2 engine · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 induction · 1 wordingshow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:27.322Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.5s | 2:29.047Jesse Prather · fastest of 20 · top 5 within 2.8s | 141.7Jesse Prather | 93.2%qual 93.1% | ||
14 rule changes (EP: 14)5 induction · 4 engine · 2 cars added · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wordingshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 2:00.987Jesse Prather · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 2.2s | 2:01.631Jesse Prather · fastest of 24 · top 5 within 1.4s | 147.5Kip Van Steenburg | 90.0%qual 91.9% | ||
10 rule changes (EP: 10)2 induction · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 weight · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:45.828Glen McCready · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.3s | 1:46.518Glen McCready · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.8s | 106.5Aaron Downey | 91.6%qual 94.6% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:49.597Matt Reynolds · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 1.2s | 1:50.396Matt Reynolds · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.5s | 93.9%qual 94.0% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:33.847Michael Galati · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 0.8s | 1:34.266Michael Galati · fastest of 23 · top 5 within 1.3s | 92.3%qual 93.0% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:03.794Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 29 · top 5 within 3.2s | 2:05.109Kip Van Steenburg · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 3.3s | 92.2%qual 92.1% | |||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of the field | Best | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road America | 4 | 93.4% | 93.2%Runoffs 2020 | 93.4%Runoffs 2026 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 93.0% | 90.0%Runoffs 2019 | 93.0%Runoffs 2023 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 91.3% | 91.3%Runoffs 2021 | 91.3%Runoffs 2021 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 92.2% | 92.2%Runoffs 2015 | 92.2%Runoffs 2015 |
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 92.3% | 92.3%Runoffs 2016 | 92.3%Runoffs 2016 |
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 91.6% | 91.6%Runoffs 2018 | 91.6%Runoffs 2018 |
About this data
Every event the class ran, at any track, oldest to newest on the chart and newest first in the table. Each point is the class's best lap as a share of the field's best on the same day (every class that ran that day but the ones shown, each scaled by its usual pace against SM and averaged, with each shown class's own track character taken out, so one figure reads the same across years and tracks): the weather and the day cancel out, so one figure compares across years where lap times cannot, and across tracks too, since the class's own character at each track is taken out. A track with only one or two events on record is corrected less, since there is less to go on. A best from fewer than three cars is greyed. The rule changes that took effect between two events are folded between their rows.