Jim Pastorius is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for Chevrolet Camaro. Pastorius has recorded 3 wins and 15 podiums from 46 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 647 ranks Pastorius 38601th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2013-02-17 | Virginia International Raceway CMC | P5 | +49 |
| 2013-02-16 | Virginia International Raceway CMC | P7 | −90 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +164 | Summit Point Motorsports Park 2009 | NASA | P1 |
| +146 | Virginia International Raceway 2010 | NASA | P1 |
| +133 | Virginia International Raceway 2010 | NASA | P1 |
| +117 | Virginia International Raceway 2011 | NASA | P2 |
| +117 | Virginia International Raceway 2009 | NASA | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | ▸NASA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P49 | −41 | 647 | |
| 2012 | ▸NASA | Chevrolet Camaro | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +43 | 688 |
| 2011 | ▸NASA | Chevrolet Camaro | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | −530 | 645 |
| 2010 | ▸NASA | 127409 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +107 | 1,175 |
| 2009 | ▸NASA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +252 | 1,069 | |
| 2008 | ▸NASA | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −533 | 817 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Mike Morris | 1,121 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 27% |
| 🏳️ Marc Bennett | 400 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 62% |
| 🏳️ Bill Purdy | 830 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🏳️ Mike Tharpe | 1,303 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🏳️ David DeJarnette | 983 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 22% |
| 🏳️ Wade Witmer | 883 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🏳️ Kent Lydic | 1,397 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| 🏳️ Shawn Stern | 1,016 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% |
| 🏳️ Al Wheatley | 1,152 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🏳️ Colin Jevens | 1,098 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% |
| 🏳️ Brian CatesHigher-rated | 2,020 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Matt DemingHigher-rated | 1,864 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Timothy BennettHigher-rated | 1,563 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38,591 | 🏳️ Paul Osnes | NASA | 648 |
| 38,592 | 🏳️ Russ Dalba | NASA | 648 |
| 38,593 | 🏳️ Scott Kuehne | SVRA | 648 |
| 38,594 | 🏳️ Steve Zawadzki | PCA Club Racing | 648 |
| 38,595 | 🏳️ Tony Weir | PCA Club Racing | 648 |
| 38,596 | 🏳️ Andrew Rikke | NASA | 647 |
| 38,597 | 🏳️ Anthony Jernigon | PCA Club Racing | 647 |
| 38,598 | 🏳️ Fred Georgiadis | SCCA Regionals | 647 |
| 38,599 | 🏳️ Jack Lugus | SVRA | 647 |
| 38,600 | 🏳️ Jason Sherwood | PCA Club Racing | 647 |
| 38,601 | 🏳️ Jim Pastorius | NASA | 647 |
| 38,602 | 🏳️ Marc Bertucco | SCCA Regionals | 647 |
| 38,603 | 🏳️ Matt Crane | SCCA Regionals | 647 |
| 38,604 | 🏳️ Mike Rousch | NASA | 647 |
| 38,605 | 🏳️ Bradley Raum | NASA | 646 |
| 38,606 | 🏳️ Brian Shafranek | SVRA | 646 |
| 38,607 | 🏳️ Cal Townsend | PCA Club Racing | 646 |
| 38,608 | 🏳️ John Stutsman | NASA | 646 |
| 38,609 | 🏳️ Jonathan Greenfeld | NASA | 646 |
| 38,610 | 🏳️ Mike Cooper | NASA | 646 |
| 38,611 | 🏳️ Richard Gray | SCCA Regionals | 646 |
Jim Pastorius is a developing amateur racer who competed in NASA, a national multiclass championship mixing amateur and professional drivers in a single field. He raced Chevrolet Camaros in the CMC and CMC2 classes, which run modified American pony cars, across six seasons from 2008 to 2013.[1]
Over 46 starts in NASA, Pastorius took three wins and fifteen podiums. His most recent activity came in 2013, when he finished 49th in the championship standings across two rounds. He was closely matched against Marc Bennett, another developing driver with 71 NASA starts, and typically finished behind Mike Morris, who also races at the developing level. Among stronger opposition, Pastorius beat Brian Cates, a competitive amateur with extensive experience in NASA and SCCA road racing, once, and finished ahead of Matt Deming, a club-level driver, four times across their meetings.[2]