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Chuck Beach · 12-23-2015, 03:33 PM

In all due respects, Jim is a good guy & a hard worker, had the pleasure of meeting him at Indy several years ago. When running a combo (that has only a few cars in the country running that combo) in such a competitive class (G/SA) it is sometimes very difficult to protect your combo in a performance based class, especially if you are running for class honors. In doing so, when there is no one else to help lower your average, & you don't go to that many races. Not trying to take anything away from Jim or make excuses, but here are the numbers for him from Indy. I am sure he did not come all this way to sandbag. He & his combo are up against pretty tough odds. I would think this combo is a little over factored or there would be much more of them out there.

G/SA 5018 Corey Hopkins, North Branch MN, '69 Dart 10.941 12.00 -1.059
G/SA 4689 Paula Cotten, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Duster 11.025 12.00 -0.975
G/SA 1614 Barry Parker, Southwick MA, '74 Corvette 11.027 12.00 -0.973
G/SA 154 Anthony Fetch, Colonia NJ, '69 Camaro 11.030 12.00 -0.970
G/SA 3428 Tom Rambo, Washington C.H. OH, '68 Camaro 11.072 12.00 -0.928
G/SA 6340 Jim Storms, Renton WA, '72 Barracuda 11.096 12.00 -0.904
G/SA 4041 Verne Buchanan, Conway AR, '73 Mustang 11.112 12.00 -0.888
G/SA 1290 James Perrone, Shirley NY, '69 Camaro 11.114 12.00 -0.886
G/SA 49 Jimmy Hidalgo, Donaldsonville LA, '91 Corvette 11.143 12.00 -0.857
G/SA 1058 James Daniels, Yardley PA, '85 Camaro 11.160 12.00 -0.840
G/SA 2035 Mike Welfel, Nashville TN, '69 Camaro 11.184 12.00 -0.816
G/SA 1028 Mathieu Beriault, Richeliea PQ, '69 Nova 11.224 12.00 -0.776
G/SA 1231 Kelly MacKay, Mineville NS, '72 Demon 11.321 12.00 -0.679

104 6340 G/SA Jim Storms, Renton WA, '72 Barracuda 11.071 12.00 -0.929

1st round
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6340 Jim Storms 5018 Corey Hopkins
E1 0.045 11.046 117.38 ****WINNER**** 0.071 10.958 115.94
G/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.954 G/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -1.042
Qualified: #104 11.071 -0.929 #40 10.941 -1.059

Heads-up!
Corey Hopkins' MOV: 0.0625 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

12-23-2015, 03:33 PM	#9
Chuck Beach Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Delaware, Ohio Posts: 664 Likes: 12 Liked 58 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Horsepowers In all due respects, Jim is a good guy & a hard worker, had the pleasure of meeting him at Indy several years ago. When running a combo (that has only a few cars in the country running that combo) in such a competitive class (G/SA) it is sometimes very difficult to protect your combo in a performance based class, especially if you are running for class honors. In doing so, when there is no one else to help lower your average, & you don't go to that many races. Not trying to take anything away from Jim or make excuses, but here are the numbers for him from Indy. I am sure he did not come all this way to sandbag. He & his combo are up against pretty tough odds. I would think this combo is a little over factored or there would be much more of them out there. G/SA 5018 Corey Hopkins, North Branch MN, '69 Dart 10.941 12.00 -1.059 G/SA 4689 Paula Cotten, Cave Creek AZ, '73 Duster 11.025 12.00 -0.975 G/SA 1614 Barry Parker, Southwick MA, '74 Corvette 11.027 12.00 -0.973 G/SA 154 Anthony Fetch, Colonia NJ, '69 Camaro 11.030 12.00 -0.970 G/SA 3428 Tom Rambo, Washington C.H. OH, '68 Camaro 11.072 12.00 -0.928 G/SA 6340 Jim Storms, Renton WA, '72 Barracuda 11.096 12.00 -0.904 G/SA 4041 Verne Buchanan, Conway AR, '73 Mustang 11.112 12.00 -0.888 G/SA 1290 James Perrone, Shirley NY, '69 Camaro 11.114 12.00 -0.886 G/SA 49 Jimmy Hidalgo, Donaldsonville LA, '91 Corvette 11.143 12.00 -0.857 G/SA 1058 James Daniels, Yardley PA, '85 Camaro 11.160 12.00 -0.840 G/SA 2035 Mike Welfel, Nashville TN, '69 Camaro 11.184 12.00 -0.816 G/SA 1028 Mathieu Beriault, Richeliea PQ, '69 Nova 11.224 12.00 -0.776 G/SA 1231 Kelly MacKay, Mineville NS, '72 Demon 11.321 12.00 -0.679 104 6340 G/SA Jim Storms, Renton WA, '72 Barracuda 11.071 12.00 -0.929 1st round Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed 6340 Jim Storms 5018 Corey Hopkins E1 0.045 11.046 117.38 **WINNER** 0.071 10.958 115.94 G/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -0.954 G/SA Dial: 12.00 (+/-): -1.042 Qualified: #104 11.071 -0.929 #40 10.941 -1.059 Heads-up! Corey Hopkins' MOV: 0.0625 seconds (approximately 11 feet). __________________ Chuck Beach 3340 STK