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Analyzing the FM track day times
Are you the sort of person who feels the need to crunch every number in sight? Well, even if you're not, Mark Blusiewicz is. He's taken the stats from the last 5 years of FM Open House track days and poked around inside. It's pretty interesting stuff.
The most obvious in the drop in times. The fastest time in 2004 wouldn't even be in the top 10 in 2008 - and the second-fastest time would have barely cracked the top 20. But we're seeing a greater spread in times as can be seen by the change in standard deviation. That's mostly due to the proliferation of really fast little cars.
Class A cars are highly modified. Most are forced induction or very light (or both), but naturally aspirated cars with built engines are also included. Class B are mostly-stock, usually with just suspension and tire changes.
| 2004 (CW) |
2005 (CW) |
2006 (CCW) |
2007 (CCW) |
2008 (CCW) |
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| 1 | John Hunter | 1:06.5 | A | 1 | Keith Tanner | 1:05.6 | A | 1 | Keith Tanner | 1:02.5 | A | 1 | Keith Tanner | 1:03.7 | A | 1 | Keith Tanner | 1:01.9 | A |
| 2 | Skip Cannon | 1:08.8 | A | 2 | Skip Cannon | 1:06.3 | A | 2 | John Hunter | 1:03.7 | A | 2 | Bill Cardell | 1:03.9 | A | 2 | Brandon Fitch | 1:01.9 | A |
| 3 | Jason Smith | 1:09.1 | A | 3 | Mark Wingerter | 1:06.6 | A | 3 | Brant Bauman | 1:05.8 | A | 3 | Skip Cannon | 1:05.4 | A | 3 | Bill Cardell | 1:02.1 | A |
| 4 | Mark Jansen | 1:09.5 | A | 4 | Brant Baumann | 1:06.8 | A | 4 | Skip Cannon | 1:06.2 | A | 4 | Russ DeCosta | 1:05.4 | A | 4 | Russ DaCosta | 1:03.7 | A |
| 5 | Keith Tanner | 1:09.6 | A | 5 | Joshua Roach | 1:06.8 | A | 5 | Bill Cardell | 1:07.4 | A | 5 | Teri Cardell | 1:07.1 | A | 5 | Keith Tanner (Miata) | 1:04.7 | A |
| 6 | Mark Wingerter | 1:09.8 | B | 6 | Bill Cardell | 1:07.1 | A | 6 | Mark Iannacito | 1:08.1 | A | 6 | Brandon Fitch | 1:07.3 | A | 6 | Mark Iannacito | 1:04.7 | A |
| 7 | Ed Kallio | 1:10.0 | A | 7 | Jeremy Ferber | 1:07.4 | A | 7 | Teri Cardell | 1:08.2 | A | 7 | Keith Tanner (Miata) | 1:08.0 | A | 7 | Teri Cardell | 1:04.9 | A |
| 8 | Bill Cardell | 1:10.0 | A | 8 | Teri Cardell | 1:08.1 | A | 8 | Josh Roach | 1:08.7 | A | 8 | Darryl Alleman | 1:08.3 | A | 8 | Skip Cannon | 1:05.4 | A |
| 9 | Leo Jansen | 1:10.0 | A | 9 | Mark Jansen | 1:08.8 | A | 9 | Mark Wingerter | 1:08.9 | B | 9 | Chris Bond | 1:08.4 | A | 9 | Daryl Alleman | 1:05.9 | A |
| 10 | Teri Cardell | 1:10.8 | A | 10 | Geremy Kornreich | 1:09.6 | A | 10 | Darryl Alleman | 1:09.2 | A | 10 | Alvin Ma | 1:08.4 | A | 10 | Sean Archer | 1:06.4 | A |
| 11 | Mark Iannacito | 1:11.2 | A | 11 | Leo Jansen | 1:09.7 | A | 11 | Larry Dennstedt | 1:09.4 | A | 11 | Brian Baumbach | 1:08.6 | B | 11 | Alvin Ma | 1:07.0 | A |
| 12 | Dave Osborne | 1:12.0 | A | 12 | Don Pettygrove | 1:10.1 | A | 12 | Byron McNew | 1:09.7 | A | 12 | Nick Gruendler | 1:08.6 | A | 12 | Jason Miller | 1:07.0 | A |
| 13 | Les Schaub | 1:12.0 | A | 13 | Brian Baumbach | 1:10.5 | B | 13 | Don Pettygrove | 1:09.8 | A | 13 | Mark Iannacito | 1:08.9 | A | 13 | Les Schaub | 1:07.1 | A |
| 14 | Jeff Schmoyer | 1:12.7 | A | 14 | Mark Iannacito | 1:11.0 | A | 14 | Brian Baumbach | 1:09.8 | B | 14 | Les Schaub | 1:09.2 | A | 14 | Duane Harding | 1:07.4 | A |
| 15 | Darry Alleman | 1:13.2 | B | 15 | Jeff Schmoyer | 1:11.2 | A | 15 | Ed Kallio | 1:10.3 | A | 15 | Richard Dekker | 1:09.9 | B | 15 | Brian Baumbach | 1:07.5 | B |
| 16 | D.E. Adin | 1:13.5 | B | 16 | David Adin | 1:11.5 | A | 16 | Dwayne Harding | 1:10.5 | A | 16 | Dave Wetherald | 1:10.0 | B | 16 | Brad Rogers | 1:08.0 | B |
| 17 | Geremy Kornreich | 1:13.6 | A | 17 | Les Schaub | 1:11.5 | A | 17 | Jeff Schmoyer | 1:10.6 | A | 17 | Stuart Conkwright | 1:10.3 | B | 17 | David Moon | 1:08.5 | A |
| 18 | Brian Baumbach | 1:13.7 | B | 18 | Brad Rogers | 1:11.6 | B | 18 | Geoff Pangrac | 1:10.8 | A | 18 | Nathan Noble | 1:10.3 | A | 18 | Stuart Conkwright | 1:08.7 | B |
| 19 | Adam Freeman | 1:13.9 | B | 19 | Jeremy Nickell | 1:11.7 | B | 19 | Howard Carey | 1:10.9 | B | 19 | Dave Merry | 1:10.6 | A | 19 | Chip Clark | 1:09.1 | B |
| 20 | Jim McBride | 1:13.9 | B | 20 | Daryl Alleman | 1:12.1 | B | 20 | Nick Gruendler | 1:11.3 | A | 20 | James Garton | 1:10.7 | B | 20 | Howard Carey | 1:09.9 | B |
| 21 | Jim Peters | 1:14.0 | B | 21 | Michael Whitehouse | 1:12.4 | B | 21 | Dave Wetherald | 1:11.4 | B | 21 | Chris Wood | 1:10.9 | A | 21 | Cody Payne | 1:09.9 | B |
| 22 | Rob Godby | 1:14.1 | B | 22 | Jim McBride | 1:13.9 | B | 22 | Nathan Noble | 1:11.4 | A | 22 | Kevin Wick | 1:11.5 | B | 22 | Geremy Kornreich | 1:10.6 | A |
| 23 | Wesley Powell | 1:14.5 | B | 23 | Mark Blusiewicz | 1:13.9 | B | 23 | Heather Gavry | 1:11.5 | A | 23 | Steve FMOH | 1:11.7 | A | 23 | Nathan Noble | 1:10.7 | A |
| 24 | Jake Snider | 1:15.6 | B | 24 | Bob Foncannon | 1:14.1 | A | 24 | Chris Wood | 1:11.6 | A | 24 | Mark Blusiewicz | 1:12.1 | B | 24 | Ken Watters | 1:11.2 | A |
| 25 | Penny Alleman | 1:16.1 | B | 25 | Chris Wood | 1:14.4 | A | 25 | Les Schaub | 1:11.7 | A | 25 | Jason Miller | 1:12.3 | B | 25 | Zandr Milewski | 1:11.4 | B |
| 26 | Shawn Keeling | 1:16.6 | B | 26 | Howard Carey | 1:14.5 | B | 26 | Mark Blusiewicz | 1:12.0 | B | 26 | Berck Nash | 1:12.8 | B | 26 | Glenn Johnson | 1:11.5 | B |
| 27 | Mark Blusiewicz | 1:17.7 | B | 27 | Penny Alleman | 1:14.8 | B | 27 | Eric Schaub | 1:12.1 | A | 27 | Glenn Johnson | 1:13.0 | B | 27 | Mark Blusiewicz | 1:11.5 | B |
| 28 | Joe Scalmanini | 1:18.5 | B | 28 | Nick Gruendler | 1:15.1 | B | 28 | Duane Gallup | 1:12.5 | A | 28 | Kevin Zamp | 1:13.0 | A | 28 | Jeff Schmoyer | 1:11.5 | B |
| 29 | Holly Scalmanini | 1:22.1 | B | 29 | Marv Dworkin | 1:15.2 | B | 29 | Tim Cupp | 1:12.6 | B | 29 | Bruce Cliffe | 1:14.0 | A | 29 | Joel Swenson | 1:11.6 | A |
| 30 | Michael Garkie | 1:22.6 | B | 30 | Steve Jordan | 1:15.6 | B | 30 | Brad Rogers | 1:12.9 | B | 30 | Bob Foncannon | 1:14.1 | A | 30 | Bob Foncannon | 1:12.2 | A |
| 31 | Dick Johnson | 1:24.5 | B | 31 | Jason McDaniel | 1:15.9 | B | 31 | Steve Miller | 1:12.9 | B | 31 | Shaun Keeling | 1:14.2 | B | 31 | Sam Sharp | 1:12.5 | A |
| 32 | Janel Rinderle | 1:15.9 | A | 32 | Penny Alleman | 1:13.2 | A | 32 | Janel Tanner | 1:14.4 | A | 32 | Geoff Pangrac | 1:12.5 | A | ||||
| AVERAGE | 1:13.5 | 33 | John Caldwell | 1:16.4 | B | 33 | Glenn Johnson | 1:13.2 | B | 33 | Nancy Foncannon | 1:14.5 | A | 33 | Bruce Cliffe | 1:12.7 | A | ||
| Std. Dev. | 00:03.1 | 34 | Judith Carey | 1:17.5 | B | 34 | James Pennington | 1:13.8 | A | 34 | John Caldwell | 1:14.9 | B | 34 | Steve Eppler | 1:13.3 | B | ||
| 35 | James Pennington | 1:17.8 | B | 35 | Judy Carey | 1:14.1 | B | 35 | Joshua Dill | 1:15.2 | B | 35 | Steve Jordan | 1:13.4 | B | ||||
| Class A | 14 | 36 | Matt Blakely | 1:17.9 | B | 36 | Bob Foncannon | 1:15.2 | A | 36 | Tim Evers | 1:15.3 | B | 36 | James Fitzgerald | 1:13.7 | B | ||
| Class B | 17 | 37 | Larry Eckhart | 1:19.7 | B | 37 | Jay Haygood | 1:15.4 | B | 37 | Roger Wick | 1:15.3 | B | 37 | Chris Wilson | 1:13.9 | B | ||
| 38 | John Caldwell | 1:15.8 | B | 38 | Joel Swenson | 1:16.3 | A | 38 | Rusty Radcliffe | 1:16.0 | B | ||||||||
| AVERAGE | 1:12.1 | 39 | Bruce Cliffe | 1:16.1 | A | 39 | Becky Nanney | 1:17.4 | B | 39 | Steven Crawford | 1:17.8 | B | ||||||
| Std. Dev. | 00:03.2 | 40 | Steve Jordan | 1:16.3 | B | 40 | Steve Jordan | 1:18.5 | B | 40 | Cody Henrie | 1:21.3 | B | ||||||
| 41 | Joel Swenson | 1:16.4 | B | 41 | Scott Johnson | 1:19.2 | A | 41 | Janet Hicks | 1:24.5 | B | ||||||||
| Class A | 19 | 42 | Josh Dill | 1:16.5 | B | 42 | Jim Jones | 1:20.3 | B | ||||||||||
| Class B | 18 | 43 | Misa Graff | 1:20.3 | A | 43 | Bill Rauen | 1:20.9 | B | AVERAGE | 1:09.9 | ||||||||
| 44 | Cody Ferber | 1:23.4 | B | 44 | Brad Girard | 1:21.6 | B | Std. Dev. | 00:03.7 | ||||||||||
| AVERAGE | 1:11.7 | AVERAGE | 1:12.0 | Class A | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Std. Dev. | 00:02.9 | Std. Dev. | 00:03.5 | Class B | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Class A | 28 | Class A | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| Class B | 16 | Class B | 20 |