Here is my two cents worth:

my %abbrev = (
    G => 'Green',
    Y => 'Yellow',
    R => 'Red',
    C => 'Checkered',
    U => 'Unflagged',
    );

sub get_state {
    my ( $self, $contents ) = @_;
    $contents =~ tr/\r//d;
    my %session;
    for ( split /\n/, $contents ) {
        if ( /^ *\d+\+*\|/ ) {
            # Data record
            my @values = split /\|/, $_, -1;
            s/^ *// for @values;
            my %stats;
            @stats{ @{ $self->{ fields } } } = @values;
            # do some clean up / bring to common values
            $stats{ position } =~ tr/+//d;    # sometimes there is a "
++"
            $stats{ best_speed } =~ tr/+//d;  # sometimes there is a "
++" at end
            $stats{ driver } =~ s/ *\(R\)$//; # I don't care if rookie
            unless ( length $stats{ status } ) {   # not all the serie
+s track run, pit, etc
                $stats{ status } = 'Run'
                }
            $stats{ status } =~ s/In Pit/Pit/ig;
            $stats{ status } =~ s/Active/Run/;
            $stats{ status } =~ s/Pace_Laps/Pace/;
            # convert time from MM:SS to seconds
            $stats{ last_lap } = $self->time_to_dec( $stats{ last_lap 
+} );
            $stats{ best_lap } = $self->time_to_dec( $stats{ best_lap 
+} );
            $stats{ id } = $stats{ car };
            #Logger->log( Dumper( %stats ) );
            push @{ $session{ positions } }, \%stats;
            }
        elsif ( /^</ ) {
            # Header
            my ( $event, $flag, $msg ) = ( split /\|/, $_, -1 )[ 0, 5,
+ 16 ];
            ( $session{ event } = $event ) =~ s/<!//;
            if ( length $flag ) {
                $session{ flag } = exists $abbrev{ $flag } ? $abbrev{ 
+$flag } : $flag;
                }
            $msg =~ s/^>?.* : //;
            $session{ control_message } = $msg if $msg !~ /^\S+ flag/i
+;
            }
        else {
            #print "garbage: $_\n";
            }
        }
    Logger->log( "series: |$session{series}| event: |$session{event}| 
+flag: |$session{flag}| time: |$session{time}|" );
    return %session;
    }
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