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SM 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: SM 92.8% of the field Travis Wiley, Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 2022 race
| Event | SM | |||||
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| Qual best | Race best | Trap | % of the field | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:42.173Brett Kowalski · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.938s (-0.58%) | 2:42.725Francisco Barroso · fastest of 35 · top 5 within 0.2s-1.705s (-1.04%) | 119.6Wyatt Couch+0.3 mph (+0.3%) | 101.0%qual 100.8% | ||
2 rule changes (SM: 2)1 wording · 1 othershow | ||||||
| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:43.111Bobby Gossett · fastest of 32 · top 5 within 0.3s+2.005s (+1.24%) | 2:44.430Kyle Greenhill · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 0.3s+2.944s (+1.82%) | 119.3Francisco Barroso-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | 101.6%qual 101.6% | ||
| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:41.106Ethan Goulart · fastest of 49 · top 5 within 0.5s-1.103s (-0.68%) | 2:41.486Brett Kowalski · fastest of 43 · top 5 within 0.3s-2.262s (-1.38%) | 119.9Alex Bertagnoli-1.4 mph (-1.2%) | 100.5%qual 100.7% | ||
| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:14.986Danny Steyn · fastest of 52 · top 5 within 0.1s+0.322s (+0.24%) | 2:16.229Julian DaCosta · fastest of 46 · top 5 within 0.3s-2.878s (-2.07%) | 120.3Jim Drago+1.1 mph (+0.9%) | 101.0%qual 100.9% | ||
1 rule change (SM: 1)1 weightshow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:14.664Danny Steyn · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 0.2s+0.112s (+0.08%) | 2:19.107Travis Wiley · fastest of 58 · top 5 within 0.9s+2.648s (+1.94%) | 119.2Jonathan Neudorf-0.6 mph (-0.5%) | 92.8%qual 101.2% | ||
1 rule change (SM: 1)1 suspension & brakesshow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:57.695Brian Henderson · fastest of 90 · top 5 within 0.5s-0.611s (-0.52%) | 1:58.837Brian Henderson · fastest of 88 · top 5 within 0.3s-0.263s (-0.22%) | 119.8Kyle Greenhill | 97.8%qual 100.0% | ||
1 rule change (SM: 1)1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:42.209Kyle Greenhill · fastest of 77 · top 5 within 0.5s | 2:43.748Preston Pardus · fastest of 75 · top 5 within 1.0s | 121.3Kyle Greenhill | 100.6%qual 100.7% | ||
2 rule changes (SM: 2)1 engine · 1 suspension & brakesshow | ||||||
| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 2:14.552Todd Buras · fastest of 60 · top 5 within 0.2s | 2:16.459Elivan Goulart · fastest of 56 · top 5 within 0.4s | 119.8Jim Drago | 99.8%qual 101.0% | ||
| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:54.355Ken Sutherland · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.7s | 1:55.278Michael Carter · fastest of 48 · top 5 within 0.3s | 102.2Danny Steyn | 98.5%qual 101.6% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:58.306Chris Haldeman · fastest of 86 · top 5 within 0.5s | 1:59.100Michael Gagliardo · fastest of 83 · top 5 within 0.6s | 100.3%qual 100.4% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:40.514Justin Hille · fastest of 45 · top 5 within 0.3s | 1:40.764Michael Carter · fastest of 44 · top 5 within 0.3s | 100.4%qual 101.5% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:18.661Andrew Carbonell · fastest of 62 · top 5 within 0.6s | 2:24.067Todd Lamb · fastest of 59 · top 5 within 0.8s | 103.9%qual 100.8% | |||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of the field | Best | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road America | 4 | 100.6% | 100.5%Runoffs 2024 | 101.0%Runoffs 2026 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 99.8% | 92.8%Runoffs 2022 | 101.0%Runoffs 2023 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 97.8% | 97.8%Runoffs 2021 | 97.8%Runoffs 2021 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 103.9% | 103.9%Runoffs 2015 | 103.9%Runoffs 2015 |
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 100.4% | 100.4%Runoffs 2016 | 100.4%Runoffs 2016 |
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 98.5% | 98.5%Runoffs 2018 | 98.5%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.