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Galen Smith

2015 Volkswagen Golf R · SM · Texas Region SCCA · 2025–2026
Also: 2015 Volkswagen Golf R (XB, 1 event), 2015 Volkswagen Golf R (GST, 1 event)

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Gap to PAX winner+12.71%Median across 17 events
Run 1 pace+17.29%+4.76% off own best
Cones per event1.17 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%10%20%30%TXR E1 ’25TXR E3 ’25TXR E5 ’25TXR E7 ’25TXR E9 ’25TXR E2 ’26TXR E4 ’26TXR E6 ’26TXR E8 ’26Each event · TXR E1 ’25: +13.01%Each event · TXR E2 ’25: +8.96%Each event · TXR E3 ’25: +6.80%Each event · TXR E4 ’25: +21.99%Each event · TXR E5 ’25: +14.82%Each event · TXR E6 ’25: +14.34%Each event · TXR E7 ’25: +13.55%Each event · TXR E8 ’25: +13.28%Each event · TXR E9 ’25: +11.68%Each event · TXR E1 ’26: +12.71%Each event · TXR E2 ’26: +11.72%Each event · TXR E3 ’26: +11.88%Each event · TXR E4 ’26: +10.15%Each event · TXR E5 ’26: +16.07%Each event · TXR E6 ’26: +13.20%Each event · TXR E7 ’26: +9.43%Each event · TXR E8 ’26: +12.67%Each eventRolling
Each event4-event rolling median

Pace by run number

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

0%5%10%15%20%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Galen · Run 1: +17.29%Galen · Run 2: +16.05%Galen · Run 3: +13.55%Galen · Run 4: +12.72%Galen · Run 5: +11.80%Galen · Run 6: +8.96%Galen
Median across 17 events

Cones & DNFs

81 runs across 17 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.119 total
Clean events4 / 17No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned19%73% of runs clean
DNF runs78.6% of runs
Costly cones5Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%10%20%30%40%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Coned · Run 1: 24%DNF · Run 1: 18%Coned · Run 2: 24%DNF · Run 2: 6%Coned · Run 3: 0%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 19%DNF · Run 4: 19%Coned · Run 5: 25%DNF · Run 5: 0%Coned · Run 6: 33%DNF · Run 6: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

0246TXR E1 ’25TXR E3 ’25TXR E5 ’25TXR E7 ’25TXR E9 ’25TXR E2 ’26TXR E4 ’26TXR E6 ’26TXR E8 ’26cleancleancleancleanCones · TXR E1 ’25: 1DNFs · TXR E1 ’25: 0Cones · TXR E2 ’25: 0DNFs · TXR E2 ’25: 1Cones · TXR E3 ’25: 1DNFs · TXR E3 ’25: 1Cones · TXR E4 ’25: 2DNFs · TXR E4 ’25: 0Cones · TXR E5 ’25: 0DNFs · TXR E5 ’25: 1Cones · TXR E6 ’25: 3DNFs · TXR E6 ’25: 0Cones · TXR E7 ’25: 0DNFs · TXR E7 ’25: 0Cones · TXR E8 ’25: 1DNFs · TXR E8 ’25: 0Cones · TXR E9 ’25: 0DNFs · TXR E9 ’25: 1Cones · TXR E1 ’26: 0DNFs · TXR E1 ’26: 1Cones · TXR E2 ’26: 0DNFs · TXR E2 ’26: 0Cones · TXR E3 ’26: 0DNFs · TXR E3 ’26: 0Cones · TXR E4 ’26: 1DNFs · TXR E4 ’26: 1Cones · TXR E5 ’26: 4DNFs · TXR E5 ’26: 0Cones · TXR E6 ’26: 0DNFs · TXR E6 ’26: 0Cones · TXR E7 ’26: 4DNFs · TXR E7 ’26: 0Cones · TXR E8 ’26: 2DNFs · TXR E8 ’26: 1
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

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

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
TXR E5 ’26 Jun 6, 2026577.542+179.2791.737 s46th (was 52nd)
TXR E5 ’26 Jun 6, 2026478.046+179.2791.233 s50th (was 52nd)
TXR E8 ’26 Oct 4, 2026566.185+167.0000.815 s45th (was 50th)
TXR E3 ’25 Apr 27, 2025642.736+143.2350.499 s22nd (was 34th)
TXR E8 ’25 Oct 5, 2025258.527+158.7490.222 s49th (was 53rd)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Event 8
Texas Region SCCA · Oct 4, 2026
SM50 / 13567.00058.290+12.67%2 · 1 DNF
Event 7
Texas Region SCCA · Aug 2, 2026
SM45 / 12555.71048.467+9.43%4
Event 6
Texas Region SCCA · Jul 12, 2026
SM66 / 14377.83067.712+13.20%0
Event 5
Texas Region SCCA · Jun 6, 2026
SM52 / 10979.27968.972+16.07%4
Event 4
Texas Region SCCA · May 17, 2026
SM70 / 14338.98033.912+10.15%1 · 1 DNF
Event 3
Texas Region SCCA · Apr 19, 2026
SM66 / 12642.06836.599+11.88%0
Event 2
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 29, 2026
SM73 / 13535.56530.941+11.72%0
Event 1
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 1, 2026
SM61 / 14661.24753.284+12.71%0 · 1 DNF
Event 9
Texas Region SCCA · Nov 23, 2025
SM56 / 13259.48151.629+11.68%0 · 1 DNF
Event 8
Texas Region SCCA · Oct 5, 2025
SM53 / 12058.74950.994+13.28%1
Event 7
Texas Region SCCA · Sep 14, 2025
SM66 / 11459.45051.602+13.55%0
Event 6
Texas Region SCCA · Aug 3, 2025
SM72 / 12452.30245.398+14.34%3
Event 5
Texas Region SCCA · Jul 6, 2025
SM60 / 11381.02170.326+14.82%0 · 1 DNF
Event 4
Texas Region SCCA · May 25, 2025
XB103 / 12241.10234.854+21.99%2
Event 3
Texas Region SCCA · Apr 27, 2025
GST34 / 13743.23535.020+6.80%1 · 1 DNF
Event 2
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 23, 2025
SM56 / 12758.19150.509+8.96%0 · 1 DNF
Event 1
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 2, 2025
SM45 / 11551.26444.497+13.01%1

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +17.29% off the PAX winner; Galen finishes around +12.71%, so about 4.6 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Galen is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 3.
  • Trending faster: median gap went from +13.28% in the first half of these events to +12.28% in the second half.
  • 1.1 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 1 is where mistakes happen most: 41% of run 1s were coned or DNF.
  • 5 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at TXR E5, would have been 1.737 s quicker and 6 PAX places higher clean.