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Michael Schnetzer

2025 Volkswagen GTI · GS · All clubs · 2025–2026
Also: 2018 Porsche Cayman GTS (AS, 4 events)

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Gap to PAX winner+7.28%Median across 12 events
Run 1 pace+10.24%+2.96% off own best
Cones per event0.41 DNF/DSQ run
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%HOU #2 ’25HOU #4 ’25HOU #7 ’25HOU #1 ’25HOU #9 ’25HOU #12 ’25SPK #7 ’26Each event · HOU #2 ’25: +5.91%Each event · HOU #3 ’25: +7.20%Each event · HOU #4 ’25: +7.36%Each event · SPK #4 ’25: +12.70%Each event · HOU #7 ’25: +8.66%Each event · HOU #8 ’25: +10.06%Each event · HOU #1 ’25: +7.64%Each event · SPK #8 ’25: +3.60%Each event · HOU #9 ’25: +6.19%Each event · SPK #9 ’25: +5.52%Each event · HOU #12 ’25: +6.02%Each event · SPK #7 ’26: +10.19%RollingEach event
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%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Michael · Run 1: +10.24%Michael · Run 2: +8.12%Michael · Run 3: +7.57%Michael · Run 4: +7.37%Michael · Run 5: +7.36%Michael
Median across 12 events

Cones & DNFs

55 runs across 12 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event0.45 total
Clean events7 / 12No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned9%89% of runs clean
DNF runs11.8% of runs
Costly cones1Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%10%20%30%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Coned · Run 1: 0%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 25%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 8%DNF · Run 3: 8%Coned · Run 4: 0%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 14%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

012HOU #2 ’25HOU #3 ’25HOU #4 ’25SPK #4 ’25HOU #7 ’25HOU #8 ’25HOU #1 ’25SPK #8 ’25HOU #9 ’25SPK #9 ’25HOU #12 ’25SPK #7 ’26cleancleancleancleancleancleancleanCones · HOU #2 ’25: 0DNFs · HOU #2 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #3 ’25: 0DNFs · HOU #3 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #4 ’25: 0DNFs · HOU #4 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #4 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #4 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #7 ’25: 1DNFs · HOU #7 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #8 ’25: 1DNFs · HOU #8 ’25: 1Cones · HOU #1 ’25: 0DNFs · HOU #1 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #8 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #8 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #9 ’25: 1DNFs · HOU #9 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #9 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #9 ’25: 0Cones · HOU #12 ’25: 0DNFs · HOU #12 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’26: 1DNFs · SPK #7 ’26: 0
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

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

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
HOU #8 ’25 Aug 3, 2025242.400+143.1000.700 s71st (was 84th)

By club

Field depth differs by club, so compare gaps within a club
ClubEventsPAX winsMedian gapBest gap
Houston Region SCCA8—+7.28%+5.91%
Spokes / SASCA4—+7.85%+3.60%

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 1, 2026 · listed as “Michael S”
GS51 / 15440.31832.617+10.19%1
Regional #12
Houston Region SCCA · Dec 7, 2025
GS42 / 15047.82937.976+6.02%0
Autocross #9 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 12, 2025 · listed as “Michael S”
GS39 / 12265.78252.230+5.52%0
Regional #9
Houston Region SCCA · Oct 5, 2025
GS40 / 14949.67839.444+6.19%1
Autocross #8
Spokes / SASCA · Sep 27, 2025
GS24 / 19046.63437.027+3.60%0
Regional #1
Houston Region SCCA · Sep 21, 2025
GS52 / 16552.85041.963+7.64%0
Regional #8
Houston Region SCCA · Aug 3, 2025
GS84 / 16343.10034.221+10.06%1 · 1 DNF
Regional #7
Houston Region SCCA · Jul 6, 2025
GS65 / 15949.14839.024+8.66%1
Autocross #4 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · May 4, 2025 · listed as “Michael S”
AS89 / 15173.04560.335+12.70%1
Regional #4
Houston Region SCCA · Apr 6, 2025
AS49 / 15752.24543.154+7.36%0
Regional #3
Houston Region SCCA · Mar 2, 2025
AS56 / 16655.24845.635+7.20%0
Regional #2
Houston Region SCCA · Feb 2, 2025
AS37 / 16845.50837.590+5.91%0

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +10.24% off the PAX winner; Michael finishes around +7.28%, so about 3.0 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Michael is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 2.
  • Trending faster: median gap went from +8.01% in the first half of these events to +6.11% in the second half.
  • Run 2 is where mistakes happen most: 25% of run 2s were coned or DNF.
  • 1 coned run was faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at HOU #8, would have been 0.700 s quicker and 13 PAX places higher clean.