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Derek Penner

Volkswagen beetle · REM · All clubs · 2025–2026
Also: Firefly (REM, 1 event), Bug Exocet (REM, 1 event)

Compare with…
Gap to PAX winner+18.75%Median across 5 events
Run 1 pace+23.11%+4.79% off own best
Cones per event3.62 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%10%20%30%SPK #4 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #9 ’25SPK #21 ’25SPK #3 ’26Each event · SPK #4 ’25: +18.37%Each event · SPK #7 ’25: +19.75%Each event · SPK #9 ’25: +18.75%Each event · SPK #21 ’25: +20.93%Each event · SPK #3 ’26: +15.21%Each eventRolling
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%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Derek · Run 1: +23.11%Derek · Run 2: +19.75%Derek · Run 3: +19.75%Derek · Run 4: +19.06%Derek · Run 5: +20.93%Derek
Median across 5 events

Cones & DNFs

19 runs across 5 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event3.618 total
Clean events0 / 5No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned47%42% of runs clean
DNF runs210.5% of runs
Costly cones6Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%80%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 50%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 40%DNF · Run 2: 20%Coned · Run 3: 60%DNF · Run 3: 20%Coned · Run 4: 50%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 0%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

051015SPK #4 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #9 ’25SPK #21 ’25SPK #3 ’26Cones · SPK #4 ’25: 11DNFs · SPK #4 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’25: 5DNFs · SPK #7 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #9 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #9 ’25: 1Cones · SPK #21 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #21 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #3 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #3 ’26: 1
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

Coned runs that were faster than the time that counted, before the penalty.

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
SPK #4 ’25 May 4, 2025266.734+369.1842.450 s97th (was 117th)
SPK #4 ’25 May 4, 2025367.158+369.1842.026 s99th (was 117th)
SPK #4 ’25 May 4, 2025467.184+169.1842.000 s99th (was 117th)
SPK #7 ’25 Aug 9, 2025447.922+248.5790.657 s135th (was 139th)
SPK #4 ’25 May 4, 2025168.558+469.1840.626 s110th (was 117th)
SPK #7 ’25 Aug 9, 2025348.192+248.5790.387 s137th (was 139th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 28, 2026
REM126 / 19650.52846.283+15.21%0 · 1 DNF
Autocross #21 (Harris Hill)
Spokes / SASCA · Nov 23, 2025 · listed as “Derek P”
REM65 / 8166.56860.976+20.93%1
Autocross #9 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 12, 2025 · listed as “Derek P”
REM110 / 12264.16658.776+18.75%1 · 1 DNF
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 9, 2025 · listed as “Derek P”
REM139 / 17848.57944.498+19.75%5
Autocross #4 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · May 4, 2025 · listed as “Derek P”
REM117 / 15169.18463.372+18.37%11

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +23.11% off the PAX winner; Derek finishes around +18.75%, so about 4.4 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Derek is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 4.
  • Trending faster: median gap went from +18.75% in the first half of these events to +18.07% in the second half.
  • 3.6 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 3 is where mistakes happen most: 80% of run 3s were coned or DNF.
  • 6 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #4, would have been 2.450 s quicker and 20 PAX places higher clean.