Career
He debuted in the Industry Racing League in 1996 with moderately successful results. When the IRL moved to purpose-built chassis in 1997, Guthrie was forced to take out a second mortgage to purchase a new chassis. Jim contested four races in 1998, but then during the Indianapolis 500, he was seriously injured in a multi-car crash and has not contested an IRL race since.
Foreign the 2008 season, the team had 3 cars with Logan Gomez filling the second seat and the third car has been run by Tom Wieringa and Robbie Pecorari.
The 2009 season began with 3 cars but after the Kansas Speedway race, Jim and Sean were suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the sport and the team shut down after the following race. They were later re-instated and Sean competed in the season finale for a different team
Most recently Jim has been competing in Formula Drift with a Chevrolet powered Mazda RX7 sponsored by Carolina Crafters of Albuquerque. Jim is currently building a 2011 Ford Mustang specifically built for Formula Drift Competition.
Jim"s Chevrolet Powered Mazda RX7 was crashed 2 times in 2011.
First time at Wall Speedway in New Jersey on a solo run. With the second time at Irwindale Speedway which totaled his Rx7
On September 25th 2012, Jim under-steered, crashed and flipped his 2011 Ford Mustang into a tire wall at Formula Drift/Pro Am Round 4 (After Dark). The result of a driver error.
The video of this event has been viewed over 80000 times in under 72 hours.
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