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Matt Lopes

2017 Volkswagen GTI · NGST · Spokes / SASCA · 2025
Also: Volkswagen GTI (GST, 1 event)

Compare with…
Gap to PAX winner+16.48%Median across 8 events
Run 1 pace+22.80%+7.85% off own best
Cones per event1.94 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 #2SPK #3SPK #4SPK #5SPK #7SPK #8SPK #10SPK #11Each event · SPK #2: +22.32%Each event · SPK #3: +19.50%Each event · SPK #4: +16.21%Each event · SPK #5: +16.75%Each event · SPK #7: +14.90%Each event · SPK #8: +18.15%Each event · SPK #10: +13.87%Each event · SPK #11: +14.95%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%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Matt · Run 1: +22.80%Matt · Run 2: +18.80%Matt · Run 3: +18.80%Matt · Run 4: +16.78%Matt · Run 5: +15.14%Matt · Run 6: +14.95%Matt
Median across 8 events

Cones & DNFs

36 runs across 8 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.915 total
Clean events1 / 8No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned33%56% of runs clean
DNF runs411.1% of runs
Costly cones7Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%80%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Coned · Run 1: 25%DNF · Run 1: 38%Coned · Run 2: 63%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 38%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 25%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 0%DNF · Run 5: 33%Coned · Run 6: 0%DNF · Run 6: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

0246SPK #2SPK #3SPK #4SPK #5SPK #7SPK #8SPK #10SPK #11cleanCones · SPK #2: 0DNFs · SPK #2: 2Cones · SPK #3: 2DNFs · SPK #3: 1Cones · SPK #4: 0DNFs · SPK #4: 0Cones · SPK #5: 3DNFs · SPK #5: 1Cones · SPK #7: 2DNFs · SPK #7: 0Cones · SPK #8: 5DNFs · SPK #8: 0Cones · SPK #10: 1DNFs · SPK #10: 0Cones · SPK #11: 2DNFs · SPK #11: 0
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

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

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
SPK #8 Sep 27, 2025250.131+152.1312.000 s124th (was 153rd)
SPK #5 Jun 7, 2025353.530+255.0051.475 s85th (was 95th)
SPK #8 Sep 27, 2025450.739+152.1311.392 s135th (was 153rd)
SPK #8 Sep 27, 2025350.818+152.1311.313 s135th (was 153rd)
SPK #3 Mar 29, 2025254.162+155.1370.975 s144th (was 158th)
SPK #5 Jun 7, 2025254.282+155.0050.723 s92nd (was 95th)
SPK #3 Mar 29, 2025354.908+155.1370.229 s151st (was 158th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #11
Spokes / SASCA · Dec 13, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
GST91 / 13441.17733.353+14.95%2
Autocross #10
Spokes / SASCA · Nov 1, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
NGST87 / 12153.23843.122+13.87%1
Autocross #8
Spokes / SASCA · Sep 27, 2025
NGST153 / 19052.13142.226+18.15%5
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 9, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
NGST110 / 17852.70942.694+14.90%2
Autocross #5
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 7, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
NGST95 / 13555.00544.554+16.75%3 · 1 DNF
Autocross #4 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · May 4, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
NGST103 / 15176.80962.215+16.21%0
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 29, 2025
NGST158 / 21555.13744.661+19.50%2 · 1 DNF
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 1, 2025 · listed as “Matt L”
NGST138 / 15557.45146.535+22.32%0 · 2 DNF

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +22.80% off the PAX winner; Matt finishes around +16.48%, so about 6.3 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Matt is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 4.
  • Trending faster: median gap went from +18.13% in the first half of these events to +14.92% in the second half.
  • 1.9 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 1 is where mistakes happen most: 63% of run 1s were coned or DNF.
  • 7 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #8, would have been 2.000 s quicker and 29 PAX places higher clean.