Glossary / General

BOP

16 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

BOP is a way to make different cars race against each other by adjusting things like weight or engine power so no single car has a huge advantage.

Technical Definition

BOP stands for Balance of Performance, a set of rules used by racing series to equalize cars with different powerplants and setups so they compete fairly.

Hear It Discussed

"It's hard to BOP that, because it will show the performance, but it's just, it's probably gonna fall off less, and so forth and so on."
Our Race Recap w/ Tommy Kendall and Mateo Siderman The Smoking Tire 15:16

"But, you know, coming back to BOP, it's it was it was a necessity ... So we needed BOP."
Alwin Springer: ‘Mr Porsche Motorsport’ talks to 9WERKS - Part 2 9WERKS Radio : The Porsche and Car Podcast 18:21

"I think the BOP is just down to a fine art as well now, and the drivers are at such a level."
Nürburgring 24 Hours: first-hand tales of the world's most challenging race | Episode 49 The evo podcast 25:50