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The 2026 Fast Power Index – RD07 Arlington

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Welcome to the We Went Fast Fast Power Index (FPI), a performance-based rating on a rider’s skills and how they’re trending over the last 4 rounds. It’s a power ranking designed to measure a rider’s current competitive strength built for fans to bench race and for team managers to evaluate talent.

450 FPI Rankings (Based on Last 4 Rounds)

The starts have been critical to the Eli Tomac’s last 4 rounds.

* Excludes riders with only one start in the last 4 rounds.

450 FPI Key Stats Leaders (Rolling 4 Rounds Average)
  • Main Event Fastest: Eli Tomac (3.0)
  • Main Event 1st Lap Position: Hunter Lawrence (3.0)
  • Podiums: Cooper Webb (5)
  • Heat Race Fastest: Hunter Lawrence (3.0)
  • Qualifying Fastest: Eli Tomac (1.3)

250 FPI Rankings – West Division

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Latest 4 Rounds

With the East division just one round into their series, we’ll start publishing their FPI after Daytona. Here’s the West division as they headed into the break.

250 West FPI Key Stats Leaders (Rolling 4 Round Average)
  • Main Event Fastest: Haiden Deegan (1.2)
  • Main Event 1st Lap Position: Haiden Deegan (2.7)
  • Podiums: Haiden Deegan (6)
  • Heat Race Fastest: Levi Kitchen (1.7)
  • Qualifying Fastest: Haiden Deegan (1)

Glossary of Terms

Here’s a quick cheat sheet on definitions.

Speed Metrics
  • Main Fast Avg. – This is the average fastest lap rank in a main event.
  • Heat Fast Avg. – This is the average fastest lap rank in heat races.
  • Qualifying Avg. – This is the average qualifying rank.
Start Metrics
  • 1st Lap Pos. – This is the average position when crossing the finish line for the first time.
Results
  • Podiums – The count of top 3 finishes.
  • Starts – The number of times they started a race, either a main event or a triple crown race.
  • Race Minus – This is a race where a rider loses positions between the 1st lap and the finish. Typically represents when a rider has made a mistake. That said, it can also highlight riders where they are great starters but don’t have the speed to maintain position. In either case, it’s not optimal. 
Important Footnotes:
- In-season FPI is based on the last 4 rounds of performances. 
- "Starts" include individual Triple Crown Races. There are 23 gate drops per 17-rd. season.

About the Fast Power Index (FPI)

Welcome to the We Went Fast Fast Power Index (FPI), a performance-based rating built from race results, context, and trend analysis. It’s not a prediction model (we see you RC!) or a championship standings replacement. It’s a power ranking designed to measure current competitive strength.

The FPI is a ranking of the best riders, based on performance, not hype, reputation or last year’s points.

This In-Season FPI will ultimately measure the a riders competitive strength over the last 4 rounds (the first three will be thin on data). Built for fans to bench race and for team managers to evaluate talent, the FPI reduces everything to a single number–backed by detailed on-track performance data. No practice track rumors. No social buzz. Just facts.

The In-season FPI (same as the Pre-season FPI) considers:

  • Recent race results
  • Win and podium frequency
  • Finish quality: where results came from, not just raw position
  • Race craft: includes qualifying, mains, individual Triple Crown races and East/West Showdowns

FPI does not assume improvement, decline, or “new bike magic.” Those things may happen, but they have to be proven on the track before the numbers move.

Special thanks to my co-conspirator Arich Knaub. In addition to being a good friend and great father, he’s a data scientist and engineer and helped with a chunk of the behind-the-scenes work.