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David E. Almanzan

2013 Ford Focus ST · GST · Houston Region SCCA · 2025–2026

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Gap to PAX winner+14.75%Median across 3 events
Run 1 pace+34.41%+18.08% off own best
Cones per event1.71 DNF/DSQ run
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%10%20%30%HOU #2HOU #3HOU #4Each event · HOU #2: +14.75%Each event · HOU #3: +12.76%Each event · HOU #4: +19.23%RollingEach event
Each event4-event rolling median

Pace by run number

Median best-so-far gap to the PAX winner after each run

0%10%20%30%40%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5David · Run 1: +34.41%David · Run 2: +21.38%David · Run 3: +18.72%David · Run 4: +15.30%David · Run 5: +14.75%David
Median across 3 events

Cones & DNFs

14 runs across 3 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.75 total
Clean events0 / 3No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned29%64% of runs clean
DNF runs17.1% of runs
Costly cones0Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%80%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 33%DNF · Run 1: 33%Coned · Run 2: 0%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 67%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 0%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 33%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

0123HOU #2HOU #3HOU #4Cones · HOU #2: 1DNFs · HOU #2: 0Cones · HOU #3: 2DNFs · HOU #3: 0Cones · HOU #4: 2DNFs · HOU #4: 1
ConesDNF runs

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Regional #4
Houston Region SCCA · Apr 6, 2025
GST117 / 15759.16747.925+19.23%2 · 1 DNF
Regional #3
Houston Region SCCA · Mar 2, 2025
GST103 / 16659.26048.001+12.76%2
Regional #2
Houston Region SCCA · Feb 2, 2025
GST120 / 16850.28540.731+14.75%1

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +34.41% off the PAX winner; David finishes around +14.75%, so about 19.7 points come over the remaining runs.
  • David is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 4.
  • Median gap went from +13.76% in the first half of these events to +19.23% in the second half.
  • 1.7 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 1 is where mistakes happen most: 67% of run 1s were coned or DNF.