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STU 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: STU 81.2% of the field Franklin Church, Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 2018 qualifying
| Event | STU | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qual best | Race best | Trap | % of the field | |||
| Road America Runoffs 20262026-09-28 | 2:24.912Richard Astacio · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 2.6s+1.829s (+1.28%) | 2:26.416Richard Astacio · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 1.5s+1.919s (+1.33%) | 145.1Hugh Stewart+0.8 mph (+0.5%) | 93.0%qual 92.2% | ||
15 rule changes (STU: 15)7 weight · 4 induction · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 engineshow
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| Road America Runoffs 20252025-09-29 | 2:23.083Peter Cunningham · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.6s-3.144s (-2.15%) | 2:24.497Chip Herr · fastest of 15 · top 5 within 3.8s-1.327s (-0.91%) | 144.3Chip Herr-1.0 mph (-0.7%) | 91.4%qual 91.2% | ||
18 rule changes (STU: 18)7 weight · 3 engine · 3 tyres & wheels · 1 cars added · 1 induction · 1 wording · 2 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20242024-10-01 | 2:26.227Thomas Noble · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 2.3s-1.656s (-1.12%) | 2:25.824Thomas Noble · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 2.4s-2.586s (-1.74%) | 145.3Thomas Noble+1.1 mph (+0.8%) | 93.0%qual 93.7% | ||
| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20232023-09-23 | 2:00.389Johan Schwartz · fastest of 13 · top 5 within 2.3s-0.226s (-0.19%) | 2:02.302Mark Liller · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 1.6s-30.055s (-19.73%) | 144.0Mark Liller+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | 92.3%qual 91.7% | ||
3 rule changes (STU: 3)1 cars added · 1 induction · 1 weightshow | ||||||
| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20222022-09-24 | 2:00.615Johan Schwartz · fastest of 21 · top 5 within 2.6s+0.667s (+0.56%) | 2:32.357Mark Liller · fastest of 19 · top 5 within 4.3s+31.874s (+26.46%) | 143.9Johan Schwartz+0.1 mph (+0.1%) | 104.4%qual 92.4% | ||
21 rule changes (STU: 21)8 weight · 4 engine · 2 cars added · 2 induction · 1 aero · 1 tyres & wheels · 3 othershow
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| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20212021-09-25 | 1:47.078Joe Moser · fastest of 30 · top 5 within 2.0s-1.843s (-1.69%) | 1:47.441Joe Moser · fastest of 28 · top 5 within 1.8s-1.946s (-1.78%) | 146.9Kip VanSteenburg | 89.4%qual 92.1% | ||
12 rule changes (STU: 12)4 weight · 2 tyres & wheels · 1 aero · 1 cars added · 1 engine · 1 suspension & brakes · 1 wording · 1 othershow
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| Road America Runoffs 20202020-10-02 | 2:27.883David Fiorelli · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 4.1s | 2:28.410Anthony Geraci · fastest of 14 · top 5 within 3.1s | 144.2David Fiorelli | 93.4%qual 94.0% | ||
17 rule changes (STU: 17)6 induction · 5 weight · 3 engine · 2 aero · 1 othershow
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| Virginia International Raceway Runoffs 20192019-10-05 | 1:59.948Kevin Boehm · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 3.5s | 2:00.483Kevin Boehm · fastest of 25 · top 5 within 2.5s | 143.8Kevin Boehm | 89.7%qual 91.7% | ||
22 rule changes (STU: 22)6 induction · 5 weight · 3 aero · 3 cars added · 2 suspension & brakes · 1 engine · 1 tyres & wheels · 1 wordingshow
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| Sonoma Raceway Runoffs 20182018-10-10 | 1:19.234Franklin Church · fastest of 10 · top 5 within 21.5s | 1:46.514Kevin Boehm · fastest of 9 · top 5 within 7.4s | 103.0Franklin Church | 106.1%qual 81.2% | ||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway Runoffs 20172017-09-25 | 1:48.921Rob Huffmaster · fastest of 34 · top 5 within 2.0s | 1:49.387Rob Huffmaster · fastest of 31 · top 5 within 2.4s | 93.2%qual 93.5% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Runoffs 20162016-09-19 | 1:32.738Joe Moser · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 2.5s | 1:34.597Cameron Maugeri · fastest of 16 · top 5 within 0.8s | 93.6%qual 92.9% | |||
| No rule changes on record between these events | ||||||
| Daytona International Speedway Runoffs 20152015-09-21 | 2:05.494Eric Heinrich · fastest of 18 · top 5 within 4.6s | 2:06.756Eric Heinrich · fastest of 17 · top 5 within 3.5s | 92.6%qual 92.5% | |||
By track
| Track | Events | Typical % of the field | Best | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road America | 4 | 93.0% | 91.4%Runoffs 2025 | 93.0%Runoffs 2026 |
| Virginia International Raceway | 3 | 92.3% | 89.7%Runoffs 2019 | 92.3%Runoffs 2023 |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 2 | 89.4% | 89.4%Runoffs 2021 | 89.4%Runoffs 2021 |
| Daytona International Speedway | 1 | 92.6% | 92.6%Runoffs 2015 | 92.6%Runoffs 2015 |
| Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | 1 | 93.6% | 93.6%Runoffs 2016 | 93.6%Runoffs 2016 |
| Sonoma Raceway | 1 | 106.1% | 106.1%Runoffs 2018 | 106.1%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.