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Nick Gruendler

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

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Gap to PAX winner+7.95%Median across 8 events
Run 1 pace+11.28%+4.29% off own best
Cones per event1.30 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins00 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%5%10%15%SPK #1SPK #2SPK #3SPK #4SPK #7SPK #8SPK #10SPK #11Each event · SPK #1: +5.56%Each event · SPK #2: +8.07%Each event · SPK #3: +8.81%Each event · SPK #4: +6.22%Each event · SPK #7: +7.84%Each event · SPK #8: +8.63%Each event · SPK #10: +7.40%Each event · SPK #11: +10.25%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: +11.28%Nick · Run 2: +8.49%Nick · Run 3: +8.13%Nick · Run 4: +7.85%Nick · Run 5: +7.40%Nick · Run 6: +10.25%Nick
Median across 8 events

Cones & DNFs

34 runs across 8 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.310 total
Clean events3 / 8No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned26%74% of runs clean
DNF runs00.0% of runs
Costly cones5Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%20%40%60%80%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Coned · Run 1: 13%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 25%DNF · Run 2: 0%Coned · Run 3: 63%DNF · Run 3: 0%Coned · Run 4: 17%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 0%DNF · Run 5: 0%Coned · Run 6: 0%DNF · Run 6: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

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

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
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 +11.28% off the PAX winner; Nick finishes around +7.95%, so about 3.3 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Nick is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 2.
  • Median gap went from +7.14% in the first half of these events to +8.23% in the second half.
  • 1.3 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 3 is where mistakes happen most: 63% of run 3s were coned or DNF.
  • 5 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #10, would have been 0.464 s quicker and 14 PAX places higher clean.