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Nick Gruendler

Mazda Miata · RCSP · Spokes / SASCA · 2025–2026
Also: Mazda Miata (RXP, 6 events), Miata (RCSP, 1 event), 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP (CCAMS, 1 event)

Compare with…
Gap to PAX winner+8.59%Median across 17 events
Run 1 pace+12.44%+4.29% off own best
Cones per event1.10 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%20%SPK #1 ’25SPK #3 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #10 ’25SPK #1 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #5 ’26SPK #7 ’26SPK #9 ’26Each event · SPK #1 ’25: +5.56%Each event · SPK #2 ’25: +8.07%Each event · SPK #3 ’25: +8.81%Each event · SPK #4 ’25: +6.22%Each event · SPK #7 ’25: +7.84%Each event · SPK #8 ’25: +8.63%Each event · SPK #10 ’25: +7.40%Each event · SPK #11 ’25: +10.25%Each event · SPK #1 ’26: +9.67%Each event · SPK #2 ’26: +7.74%Each event · SPK #3 ’26: +7.30%Each event · SPK #4 ’26: +6.94%Each event · SPK #5 ’26: +14.40%Each event · SPK #6 ’26: +8.84%Each event · SPK #7 ’26: +11.16%Each event · SPK #8 ’26: +8.59%Each event · SPK #9 ’26: +14.41%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 5Run 6Nick · Run 1: +12.44%Nick · Run 2: +9.15%Nick · Run 3: +8.63%Nick · Run 4: +8.81%Nick · Run 5: +8.84%Nick · Run 6: +10.25%Nick
Median across 17 events

Cones & DNFs

72 runs across 17 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.119 total
Clean events7 / 17No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned22%78% of runs clean
DNF runs00.0% of runs
Costly cones6Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%10%20%30%40%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Coned · Run 1: 12%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 24%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 29%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 31%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 14%DNF · Run 5: 0%Coned · Run 6: 0%DNF · Run 6: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

01234SPK #1 ’25SPK #3 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #10 ’25SPK #1 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #5 ’26SPK #7 ’26SPK #9 ’26cleancleancleancleancleancleancleanCones · SPK #1 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #1 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #2 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #2 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #3 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #3 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #4 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #4 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #7 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #8 ’25: 3DNFs · SPK #8 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #10 ’25: 2DNFs · SPK #10 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #11 ’25: 3DNFs · SPK #11 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #1 ’26: 1DNFs · SPK #1 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #2 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #2 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #3 ’26: 3DNFs · SPK #3 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #4 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #4 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #5 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #5 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #6 ’26: 2DNFs · SPK #6 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #7 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #8 ’26: 1DNFs · SPK #8 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #9 ’26: 2DNFs · SPK #9 ’26: 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 ’26 Oct 4, 2026457.810+158.7420.932 s25th (was 38th)
SPK #10 ’25 Nov 1, 2025445.234+145.6980.464 s29th (was 43rd)
SPK #10 ’25 Nov 1, 2025345.264+145.6980.434 s31st (was 43rd)
SPK #8 ’25 Sep 27, 2025243.415+243.6230.208 s70th (was 75th)
SPK #7 ’25 Aug 9, 2025344.896+145.0230.127 s55th (was 57th)
SPK #2 ’25 Mar 1, 2025346.119+146.1960.077 s76th (was 78th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #9
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 31, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP61 / 17045.24838.822+14.41%2
Autocross #8 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 4, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP38 / 9158.74250.400+8.59%1
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 1, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP66 / 15438.35132.905+11.16%0
Autocross #6
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 27, 2026
RCSP60 / 17440.17234.467+8.84%2
Autocross #5
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 6, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP69 / 15736.54531.355+14.40%0
Autocross #4
Spokes / SASCA · May 9, 2026
RCSP30 / 17246.90940.247+6.94%0
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 28, 2026
RCSP48 / 19650.23643.102+7.30%3
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 28, 2026
RCSP37 / 18446.81440.166+7.74%0
Autocross #1
Spokes / SASCA · Jan 31, 2026 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP46 / 12143.72437.515+9.67%1
Autocross #11
Spokes / SASCA · Dec 13, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RCSP64 / 13437.24231.990+10.25%3
Autocross #10
Spokes / SASCA · Nov 1, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RXP43 / 12145.69840.671+7.40%2
Autocross #8
Spokes / SASCA · Sep 27, 2025
RXP75 / 19043.62338.824+8.63%3
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 9, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RXP57 / 17845.02340.070+7.84%1
Autocross #4 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · May 4, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RXP41 / 15163.89856.869+6.22%0
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 29, 2025
CCAMS66 / 21548.18040.663+8.81%0
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 1, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RXP78 / 15546.19641.114+8.07%1
Autocross #1
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 1, 2025 · listed as “Nick G”
RXP40 / 14841.41136.855+5.56%0

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +12.44% off the PAX winner; Nick finishes around +8.59%, so about 3.8 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Nick is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 2.
  • Median gap went from +8.07% in the first half of these events to +8.72% in the second half.
  • 1.1 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 4 is where mistakes happen most: 31% of run 4s were coned or DNF.
  • 6 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #8, would have been 0.932 s quicker and 13 PAX places higher clean.