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Vivek Goel

Mazda MX5 · XAST · Spokes / SASCA · 2025–2026
Also: Mazda MX5 (XSSC, 1 event)

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Gap to PAX winner+1.72%Median across 17 events
Run 1 pace+4.88%+3.16% off own best
Cones per event1.33 DNF/DSQ runs
PAX wins416 top-10 finishes

Gap to PAX winner, by event

Higher on the chart is faster

0%2%4%6%SPK #1 ’25SPK #4 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #9 ’25SPK #21 ’25SPK #1 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #6 ’26SPK #9 ’26Each event · SPK #1 ’25: +0.66%Each event · SPK #2 ’25: +0.42%Each event · SPK #4 ’25: +0.00%Each event · SPK #5 ’25: +2.58%Each event · SPK #7 ’25: +0.60%Each event · SPK #8 ’25: +1.07%Each event · SPK #9 ’25: +0.00%Each event · SPK #10 ’25: +0.00%Each event · SPK #21 ’25: +4.90%Each event · SPK #11 ’25: +0.00%Each event · SPK #1 ’26: +3.13%Each event · SPK #2 ’26: +3.41%Each event · SPK #3 ’26: +1.72%Each event · SPK #5 ’26: +3.70%Each event · SPK #6 ’26: +2.35%Each event · SPK #7 ’26: +3.81%Each event · SPK #9 ’26: +4.63%RollingEach event
Each event4-event rolling median

Pace by run number

Median best-so-far gap to the PAX winner after each run

0%2%4%6%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Vivek · Run 1: +4.88%Vivek · Run 2: +3.16%Vivek · Run 3: +1.72%Vivek · Run 4: +1.72%Vivek · Run 5: +2.35%Vivek · Run 6: +0.00%Vivek
Median across 17 events

Cones & DNFs

78 runs across 17 events · a cone is +2 s
Cones per event1.322 total
Clean events4 / 17No cones and no DNFs
Runs coned23%73% of runs clean
DNF runs33.8% of runs
Costly cones4Coned runs faster than the one that counted

By run number

0%10%20%30%40%Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Run 5Run 6Coned · Run 1: 18%DNF · Run 1: 0%Coned · Run 2: 35%DNF · Run 2: 6%Coned · Run 3: 24%DNF · Run 3: 6%Coned · Run 4: 12%DNF · Run 4: 0%Coned · Run 5: 33%DNF · Run 5: 11%Coned · Run 6: 0%DNF · Run 6: 0%
% of runs coned% of runs DNF

By event

0246SPK #1 ’25SPK #4 ’25SPK #7 ’25SPK #9 ’25SPK #21 ’25SPK #1 ’26SPK #3 ’26SPK #6 ’26SPK #9 ’26cleancleancleancleanCones · SPK #1 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #1 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #2 ’25: 3DNFs · SPK #2 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #4 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #4 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #5 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #5 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #7 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #8 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #8 ’25: 1Cones · SPK #9 ’25: 1DNFs · SPK #9 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #10 ’25: 2DNFs · SPK #10 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #21 ’25: 0DNFs · SPK #21 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #11 ’25: 3DNFs · SPK #11 ’25: 0Cones · SPK #1 ’26: 2DNFs · SPK #1 ’26: 1Cones · SPK #2 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #2 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #3 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #3 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #5 ’26: 1DNFs · SPK #5 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #6 ’26: 3DNFs · SPK #6 ’26: 0Cones · SPK #7 ’26: 0DNFs · SPK #7 ’26: 1Cones · SPK #9 ’26: 4DNFs · 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 #9 ’26 Oct 31, 2026342.057+142.4670.410 s5th (was 6th)
SPK #7 ’25 Aug 9, 2025344.582+144.8230.241 s2nd (was 3rd)
SPK #10 ’25 Nov 1, 2025545.337+145.4080.071 sSame (1st)
SPK #6 ’26 Jun 27, 2026538.737+138.7710.034 s7th (was 8th)

Events

Newest first
EventClassPAX posBest rawPAXGapCones
Autocross #9
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 31, 2026 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST6 / 17042.46735.502+4.63%4
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 1, 2026 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST7 / 15436.76030.731+3.81%0 · 1 DNF
Autocross #6
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 27, 2026
XAST8 / 17438.77132.412+2.35%3
Autocross #5
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 6, 2026 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST5 / 15733.99928.423+3.70%1
Autocross #3
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 28, 2026
XAST5 / 19648.88040.863+1.72%0
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 28, 2026
XAST5 / 18446.11638.553+3.41%0
Autocross #1
Spokes / SASCA · Jan 31, 2026 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST11 / 12142.20035.279+3.13%2 · 1 DNF
Autocross #11
Spokes / SASCA · Dec 13, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST1 / 13434.79229.016Win3
Autocross #21 (Harris Hill)
Spokes / SASCA · Nov 23, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST7 / 8163.41952.891+4.90%0
Autocross #10
Spokes / SASCA · Nov 1, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST1 / 12145.40837.870Win2
Autocross #9 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · Oct 12, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST1 / 12259.35049.497Win1
Autocross #8
Spokes / SASCA · Sep 27, 2025
XAST6 / 19043.31336.123+1.07%0 · 1 DNF
Autocross #7
Spokes / SASCA · Aug 9, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST3 / 17844.82337.382+0.60%1
Autocross #5
Spokes / SASCA · Jun 7, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST7 / 13546.94039.148+2.58%1
Autocross #4 (Beeville)
Spokes / SASCA · May 4, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST1 / 15164.19553.538Win1
Autocross #2
Spokes / SASCA · Mar 1, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XAST2 / 15545.81138.206+0.42%3
Autocross #1
Spokes / SASCA · Feb 1, 2025 · listed as “Vivek G”
XSSC2 / 14843.82135.144+0.66%0

Observations

Computed
  • Run 1 is typically +4.88% off the PAX winner; Vivek finishes around +1.72%, so about 3.2 points come over the remaining runs.
  • Vivek is typically within 1 point of final pace by run 3.
  • Median gap went from +0.60% in the first half of these events to +3.27% in the second half.
  • 1.3 cones per event. Each cone is 2 s, about 3–4% on a 55 s course.
  • Run 5 is where mistakes happen most: 44% of run 5s were coned or DNF.
  • 4 coned runs were faster than the time that counted. The biggest, at SPK #9, would have been 0.410 s quicker and 1 PAX place higher clean.