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Michael Smith

2021 Subaru WRX · NGS · All clubs · 2026

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Gap to PAX winner+15.21%Median across 4 events
Run 1 pace+22.57%+4.87% off own best
Cones per event0.81 DNF/DSQ run
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%20%TXR E1TXR E2TXR E3TXR E4Each event · TXR E1: +16.87%Each event · TXR E2: +14.39%Each event · TXR E3: +15.33%Each event · TXR E4: +15.08%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 5Michael · Run 1: +22.57%Michael · Run 2: +18.20%Michael · Run 3: +16.44%Michael · Run 4: +15.98%Michael · Run 5: +15.21%Michael
Median across 4 events

Cones & DNFs

20 runs across 4 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event0.83 total
Clean events1 / 4No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned15%80% of runs clean
DNF runs15.0% 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: 25%DNF · Run 1: 25%Coned · Run 2: 25%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 0%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 0%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 25%DNF · Run 5: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

012TXR E1TXR E2TXR E3TXR E4cleanCones · TXR E1: 1DNFs · TXR E1: 0Cones · TXR E2: 0DNFs · TXR E2: 0Cones · TXR E3: 1DNFs · TXR E3: 0Cones · TXR E4: 1DNFs · TXR E4: 1
ConesDNF runs

Costly cones

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

EventRunRawConesCounted bestTime lostPAX pos clean
TXR E1 Mar 1, 2026567.798+168.2960.498 s85th (was 87th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Event 4
Texas Region SCCA · May 17, 2026
NGS99 / 14343.79635.431+15.08%1 · 1 DNF
Event 3
Texas Region SCCA · Apr 19, 2026
NGS88 / 12646.63637.728+15.33%1
Event 2
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 29, 2026
NGS87 / 13539.15831.678+14.39%0
Event 1
Texas Region SCCA · Mar 1, 2026
NGS87 / 14668.29655.251+16.87%1

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +22.57% off the PAX winner; Michael finishes around +15.21%, so about 7.4 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Michael is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 4.
  • Trending faster: median gap went from +15.63% in the first half of these events to +15.21% in the second half.
  • Run 1 is where mistakes happen most: 50% of run 1s were coned or DNF.
  • 1 coned run was faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at TXR E1, would have been 0.498 s quicker and 2 PAX places higher clean.