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Jim Boudreau was protested yesterday and today had to take his motor out. Crank, rod and Pistons came out along with everything on the top end. This was a $2,000 protest with a list of 10 specific things to be looked at. I am happy to say my friend Jim passed with flying colors, and you wouldn't believe who was helping in the tear down barn. Maybe a well known Pro Stock racer.

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Is a protest lodged by another racer in same class and how does the 2 g,s come in play?

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Good to hear he passed. He's got a fast car

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Jim is a stand up and solid guy. And so is his engine builder.

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Does the 2 G's go to Jim since he passed?? Should put name of Protester up as well....

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Jim will get the money.

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glad to hear he was 100% legal. it proves that good old fashioned hard work can get the job done.

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Way to Go Jimbo. No one works harder then Jim at going fast !!

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GD job MR JIM !!!! WHO WAS THE PROTESTER ????

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Division One stockers, Fast and Legal. Good luck the rest of the week Jim. The division one Brew Crew.

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Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I guess the helper was Greg Stanfield

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Hmmmm!! Could that be considered as a $2,000 investment in R&D on the part of a protestor to find out what makes something fast tick? Not likely but something to think about.

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they dont tell the protester what they found just that its legal

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Absolutely.
MB

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saw Jason Line in Randi Lyn's video.

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Jason Line was in the barn because his brother is the engine builder on Jim's car.

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Was it this car?

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We were initially told the fee was $200.00 per item being protested but that figure was a bit off. In the end some rather sneaky fellers wound up putting a $1,000.00 in Jim's pocket and providing further proof that Jim is a straight up racer and that the Line's are building absolutely legal bullets.

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Jim exemplifies everything that is great about class racing!

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The protester was BHO, right Mickey? Hope Jim has a good meal with some of the proceeds.

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There's a reason Jim the Butchers,Gary Parker and the others go fast. They are relentless in their pursuit of perfection, I am proud to call them my friend s ,

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"Dead-ON" Lee, X2

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I am glad that someone finally put up some money to protest instead of trying to start rumors. Then Jim SHOWS that he is legal! and gets some money for his troubles. Good for Jim hard work and dedication equals results! Question I thought John Armstrong built his engines? If not who?

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X3, what a great guy and fast car!!!

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I hope the people who protested Jim got what they wanted? I know there wallets are a little lighter. Working along side Lance and Jason Line and crew, Bruce Noland, Steve Hutar, and Jim was a pleasure.

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It's good for class racing that it happened, especially at Indy, although Jim had to work hard for the 2k, he is a class act has been for a very long time.
Congratulations to Jim and the Line group.

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Rod,

Since you apparently know Jim pretty well, can you ask him why he wants to get HP added to the 396? Seems like Jim runs over 1 second under at every race for some reason. Does he want to be the only person running this combination? You seem to have the knowledge to slow you car down and speed it up when needed (based on your record run and runs at Indy) so maybe you could teach him how to do this.

I don't run Stock and am just curious as to why someone continually wants to beat up a combination. Jim didn't win class at Indy and does he think if the 396 gets HP added over the winter he will have a better chance of outrunning the Corvettes and Dodges?

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I would have bet all the gravel in my driveway ( in Ky. having a gravel driveway is a real status symbol ) that Jim and the boys from Wright, Min. would go through the barn without any problems.


Every year I judge my progress on my combination against Jim. Some years I think I may have made some small gains, other years not so much. We talked at Bowling Green and he described the piece from Line as a "Real Animal", I knew my goose was cooked.


Congrats on passing the protest! Those that know Jim never had any doubt of the car or anything else being wrong.

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Because racing his car is his passion. He can damn well do what he pleases with it.

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Jim has the most impressive stocker I have seen in a very long time. Very good job to his engine builder, who is also a really good guy.

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Bruce thanks for the smart *** comment. I just looked through the stock qualifying sheets for the last few years and see you like to play the class HP game by changing classes and slowing your car down intentionally. Maybe you could speak to Jim on how you do this. As an fan of stock eliminator older model year cars, I think it's sad when someone continually and intentionally beats up on a combination and eventually makes the combination uncompetitive and of no interest for a new comer to the stocker eliminator class to build. Everyone knows Jim has a fast car and has always had fast cars but wouldn't a competitor like to keep a little something in his "pocket" when needed?

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There isnt any reason I can think of that he cant race his car however he wants to within the rules. He obviously just proved he is within the rules. He has an extremely fast car, and he should be able to show it whenever he wants without someone telling him otherwise.

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Are you on crack? Jim is racing the way that it should be!

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Did Line Performance build his engine? He is bad fast, I don't know if enough for the vette but bad fast.

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Too bad EVERYONE isn't racing that way

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way to go JIM. I love to see that car brings back a lot of good memories of dad.

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amen to that

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