Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Eli Bodine (born April 18, 1949) is a retired American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (with Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine), and sister Denise. Bodine lives in West Melbourne, Florida.

Geoff Bodine
Bodine in 2007
Born	Geoffrey Eli Bodine (1949-04-18) April 18, 1949 (age 73) Chemung, New York
Achievements	1986 Daytona 500 Winner 1987 IROC Champion 1994 The Winston Winner 1992 Busch Clash Winner
Awards	1982 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) Named one of NASCAR's all-time Top 10 modified Drivers Listed in the Guinness World Records for "Most wins in one season" (55 wins in modifieds)^[1]
NASCAR Cup Series career
575 races run over 27 years
Best finish	3rd (1990)
First race	1979 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2011 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win	1984 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville)
Last win	1996 The Bud at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 18 190 37
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
94 races run over 13 years
Best finish	19th (1982)
First race	1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win	1982 TranSouth 200 (Darlington)
Last win	1989 County Squire 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 39 13
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
22 races run over 5 years
Best finish	20th (1995)
First race	1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race	2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 9 1
Statistics current as of December 20, 2012.

Bodine's racing career seemed to be on track right from the start as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr. and Sr. built Chemung Speedrome just a year after he was born. He began learning his racing skills at this track in the micro-midget division when he was only five years old. He had such an itch to race that he disguised himself as a lady and entered an event known as the Powder Puff Derby when he was 15.^[1]

NASCAR Modified driver

Bodine was an accomplished driver before he hit the big-time in NASCAR's premier division, the Winston Cup Series, with his first start in 1979.^[2] By this time, Bodine was well known as a Modified driver in the Northeast, racing against popular drivers like Richie Evans, Jerry Cook, Jimmy Spencer, Ron Bouchard, and others. Bodine earned Modified championships at Stafford Speedway, Shangri-La Speedway, Spencer Speedway, and Utica-Rome Speedway. He has won many of the big races in Modifieds including the Lancaster 200 (1978, 1981), Race of Champions (1972 – Trenton), the Stafford 200 (1978), the Trenton Dogleg 200 (1979), the Thompson 300, the Spring Sizzler (1980 – Stafford Speedway), Oswego Classic (1981), Cardinal Classic (1975 – Martinsville Speedway), Oxford 250 (1980, 1981), and other modified events.^[3]

In 1978, Bodine won more races than any other Modified driver in recorded history. Driving cars owned by Dick Armstrong with Billy Taylor and Ralph Hop Harrington as crew chief, Bodine started 84 feature events and won 55 of them. Among the most prestigious of these victories were the Race of Champions at Pocono, the Spring Sizzler at Stafford, the Budweiser 200 at Oswego, both major events at Martinsville, the Thompson 300, and a sweep of the six-race Yankee All-Star League series.^[4] For these fifty-five victories, Bodine is credited in the Guinness Book of World Records with "Most wins in one season".^[5]

Bodine's racing background also included wins in the Late Model division, Nationwide Series division, and others. He has six Busch Grand National wins to his credit.^[6]

NASCAR Winston Cup career

 

Bodine's Cup car in the 1983 Van Scoy Diamond Mine 500

 

1985 Levi Garrett car

Bodine is best known for his NASCAR Winston Cup career, and in his first full season in Winston Cup came in 1982 he earned the Rookie of the Year title. His first Winston Cup pole that year on his 19th start (1982 Firecracker 400) and scored his first Winston Cup victory two years later on his 69th start at Martinsville in 1984. This win was also the first win for Hendrick Motorsports, which was the team Bodine was racing for at the time.^[7] Bodine's biggest win came at the 1986 Daytona 500, NASCAR's premier event. Other career highlights include the 1987 International Race of Champions championship, the 1992 Busch Clash, the 1994 Winston Select (despite a first segment spinout), and the 1994 Busch Pole Award (now Budweiser Pole Award).^[6] Bodine's final win in NASCAR's highest division came in the "Bud At The Glen" in August 1996 when fortuitous pit stop timing led to him taking the lead in his QVC Thunderbird while the other drivers pitted. Bodine managed to hold off the field the rest of the way beating Terry Labonte to the line by 0.44 seconds to claim victory.^[8]

Cup career highlights

 

Bodine in 1996.

After a few tumultuous years in Winston Cup, Bodine saw his career launch off the ground when he ran the #5 car for Hendrick Motorsports. He spent over 28 years in the sport, with his most successful years being between 1984 to 1996. Bodine has driven for some of the best car owners in NASCAR, including Junior Johnson, Bud Moore and Rick Hendrick as well as owning his own cars, which he ran for several seasons after buying the assets of Alan Kulwicki's race team after his death in 1993. He has 565 starts, 37 poles, 18 wins, and nearly $16 million in winnings during his Winston Cup/Nextel Cup career. He was honored as one of "NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers" during NASCAR's 50th anniversary celebration. Bodine has always been a great innovator and brought many ideas to Winston Cup. He introduced power steering and full-faced helmets to Winston Cup. He was also the last driver to win a race and lap the field, in the fall 1994 race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. He holds the track record at Atlanta Motor Speedway from his polesitting run after the track was repaved in 1997, with a speed of over 197 mph.

Rivalry with Dale Earnhardt

During the late 1980s, Bodine and seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt became embroiled in a rivalry. An incident in the 1987 running of The Winston triggered harsh feelings when Earnhardt knocked Bodine and Bill Elliott out of the way to win the $200,000 purse. NASCAR later fined Bodine $1,000 and put him on probation for three weeks. Six days later, the rivalry intensified when Bodine tagged Earnhardt in a Busch Grand National Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bodine and team owner Rick Hendrick claimed the wreck was unintentional, but NASCAR disagreed, fining Bodine another $15,000 and extending his probation to the end of 1987. Bodine later appealed and the penalty was revoked.^[9]

At the same Busch race in 1988, Earnhardt spun Bodine, and the New Yorker later retired from the race, later going over to Earnhardt's Cup car and drawing an "X" in the air over the car with his hand. The following day, while being passed by Bodine in the 1988 Coca-Cola 600, Earnhardt wrecked Bodine's car, leading NASCAR to assess a five-lap penalty on Earnhardt. Bodine's car owner, Rick Hendrick, claimed the penalty was too light, while Earnhardt's car owner Richard Childress thought the penalty was too harsh.^[9] Two days later, officials from the sanctioning body brought both drivers and car owners together for a meeting in Daytona Beach, Florida, where all involved parties settled their disputes.^[9]

Bodine would later say, in a 2015 article with the Racing Experts website, that he and Earnhardt were friends and got along well in their early racing days. They had dinner parties and their children played with each other. However, when both drivers joined the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, their relationship changed, and they grew distant from each other. By the time the rivalry had begun, both drivers were at the prime of their careers, which partly contributed to the heated incidents with each other. Although the rivalry was put to an end by the NASCAR dinner meeting, both teams, and Bodine still have a difference of opinion on who was mostly responsible for it.(6)(7)

Daytona crash

See also: 2000 Daytona 250

While competing the inaugural Daytona 250 Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway, on February 18, 2000, Bodine was involved in a vicious, fiery accident on the 57th lap of the race while driving the No. 15 Ford F-150 for Billy Ballew.

The crash started when then-rookie Kurt Busch, Rob Morgan, and Lyndon Amick were racing three-wide through the tri-oval front straightaway. In the exact moment Bodine moved to get around the outside of the trio, Morgan was turned across Busch's nose into the side of Amick's truck, who was at the bottom. Amick's truck was damaged in the contact, which caused it to veer hard right, pushing Morgan into Bodine who was on the outside. The contact between Morgan's front right tire and Bodine's front left tire caused the front of Bodine's truck to vault upwards over the outside retaining wall, sending his truck into the catch fencing nose first, at a speed of nearly 190 mph (310 km/h).^[10]

The force of the impact completely tore the front of the truck into pieces and ruptured its fuel cell, leaving only small parts of the roll cage intact. Just as Bodine was coming back down to the track, it was hit driver's side by Lonnie Rush, Jr., which caused it to roll down the frontstretch. As it tumbled, it got hit yet again, this time by Jimmy Kitchens, which ignited the fuel that was spilling out of the tank. Bodine rolled nine times before coming to rest on his roof. The accident was so severe, the announcers, crew members and fans all believed that Bodine had been killed. Thirteen other trucks were involved, making it one of the largest wrecks in NASCAR Truck Series history. As a result of the collision, Bodine suffered fractures in his right wrist, right cheekbone, a vertebra in his back, and his right ankle; he also suffered a concussion. Kitchens was also hospitalized after his contact with Bodine. However, he suffered no serious injuries. Nine spectators were also injured in the crash.^{[citation needed]}

Incredibly, Bodine missed only ten races of the 2000 Winston Cup season while recovering from his injuries, returning at Richmond International Raceway on May 6 and finishing 13th in a 400-lap race. However, Bodine's struggles over the ensuing months led to his dismissal from the team in September. In a feat of great accomplishment, he returned in the 2002 Daytona 500 to finish third behind race winner Ward Burton and second-placer finisher Elliott Sadler. However, including that race, Bodine only managed to make 18 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series between 2001 and 2004, with only one Top 5 and two Top 10's both in 2002. He attempted to qualify for the 2004 Brickyard 400 driving for Gary Trout Autosports, but was unable to and made no more attempts at any other races that year.^{[citation needed]}

Racing twilight

Geoff, brother Todd, and Larry Gunselman started a race team in 2009. Geoff attempted to qualify the No. 64 Toyota for the 2009 Daytona 500. In 2010, Geoff returned to the Camping World Truck Series for the first time since 2004 with Team Gill Racing at Atlanta. He finished 26th with engine problems despite qualifying an impressive 8th. In 2011, he drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series, alternating between the Nos. 35 and 36 teams, with sponsorship from Luke & Associates.

Retirement

In October 2012, Bodine announced through TheRacingExperts.Com that he was retiring from NASCAR after 27 seasons. Bodine said he wanted to spend time with his family and do charitable deeds.

In June 2012 he opened a Honda Power Sports dealership in West Melbourne, Florida, where he currently resides.^[11]

As of August 2014, Bodine is a Driver Analyst for The Racing Experts, the website that announced his retirement in 2012. He is a contributing columnist with articles published monthly.

Bo-Dyn bobsleds

Main article: Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project

Bodine is the co-owner of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Company. His bobsled interest came about while watching the 1992 Winter Olympics when the U.S. Bobsled team was having a tough time during competition. Bodine learned that the sleds being used were all imported and not built domestically. He felt that he could help the team win with better technology derived from his race car experience, engineering background, as well as the abundant design and construction resources offered to him through his NASCAR connections. With his interest captured, Bodine took a few runs in a bobsled at Lake Placid to confirm his feelings and to learn more about the sleds.^[12]

Bo-Dyn Bobsleds (Bo for Bodine, "Dyn" for Chassis Dynamics) was created in 1992 by Bodine and his good friend and chassis builder, Bob Cuneo of Chassis Dynamics. Bodine founded the USA Bobsled Project to help create a winning bobsled for the U.S. teams. The U.S. National Team first used their sleds in 1994.^[13] Ten years after Bo-Dyn's inception, the U.S. team won three medals in Bo-Dyn Bobsleds during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, American bobsledder Steven Holcomb piloted a Bo-Dyn Bobsled named "Night Train" to gold.^[14] Every January from 2006 to 2010 at the Lake Placid, New York track, a charity run is held with the US bobsled team and NASCAR drivers to raise money for the sled project. Participants have included Todd Bodine (one of Bodine's brothers) and Tony Stewart.^[15]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
1979	Race Hill Farm Team	47	Olds	RSD	DAY 29	CAR 22	RCH	ATL 35	NWS	BRI	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	ATL	ONT						83rd	139
1981	Bahre Racing	23	Pontiac	RSD	DAY 22	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR 30	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV												45th	420
	Zervakis Enterprises	01	Buick																										MAR 23	NWS	CLT 7	CAR	ATL 30	RSD
1982	Bahre Racing	23	Buick	DAY 42	RCH	BRI	ATL	CAR	DAR																															22nd	2654
	Cliff Stewart Racing	50	Pontiac							NWS 15	MAR 25	TAL 33	NSV 21	DOV 21	CLT 25	POC 8	RSD 3	MCH 9	DAY 6	NSV 6	POC 11	TAL 15	MCH 4	BRI 10	DAR 7	RCH 28	DOV 4	NWS 5	CLT 13	MAR 11	CAR 27	ATL 19	RSD 11
1983		88		DAY 30	RCH 4	CAR 19	ATL 41	DAR 9*	NWS 5	MAR 25	TAL 21	NSV 20	DOV 35	BRI 25	CLT 36	RSD 29	POC 30	MCH 9	DAY 6	NSV 16	POC 39	TAL 6	MCH 36	BRI 4	DAR 13	RCH 21	DOV 2	MAR 5	NWS 11	CLT 28	CAR 33	ATL	RSD							17th	3019
1984	All-Star Racing	5	Chevy	DAY 8	RCH 9	CAR 6	ATL 13	BRI 25	NWS 14	DAR 35	MAR 1	TAL 34	NSV 3	DOV 10	CLT 5	RSD 4	POC 36	MCH 7	DAY 12	NSV 1*	POC 12	TAL 26	MCH 34	BRI 22	DAR 12	RCH 4	DOV 9	MAR 28	CLT 6	NWS 23	CAR 19	ATL 24*	RSD 1							9th	3734
1985	Hendrick Motorsports			DAY 7	RCH 2	CAR 12	ATL 2	BRI 18	DAR 7	NWS 5	MAR 3	TAL 11	DOV 11	CLT 16	RSD 22	POC 4*	MCH 11	DAY 14	POC 4	TAL 23	MCH 23	BRI 25	DAR 3	RCH 7	DOV 25	MAR 24	NWS 2	CLT 3	CAR 5	ATL 11	RSD 6									5th	3862
1986				DAY 1*	RCH 8	CAR 20	ATL 10	BRI 24	DAR 40	NWS 3	MAR 17	TAL 27	DOV 1	CLT 31	RSD 39	POC 9	MCH 3	DAY 29	POC 3*	TAL 23	GLN 19*	MCH 4	BRI 3	DAR 8	RCH 13	DOV 28	MAR 2*	NWS 2*	CLT 6	CAR 32	ATL 38	RSD 3*								8th	3678
1987				DAY 14	CAR 32	RCH 2	ATL 15	DAR 11	NWS 28	BRI 19	MAR 3	TAL 40	CLT 18	DOV 28	POC 9	RSD 27	MCH 11	DAY 39	POC 34	TAL 13	GLN 15	MCH 10	BRI 6	DAR 18	RCH 6	DOV 6	MAR 20	NWS 5	CLT 31	CAR 8	RSD 10*	ATL 31								13th	3328
1988				DAY 14	RCH 13	CAR 18	ATL 33	DAR 7	BRI 3	NWS 9	MAR 15	TAL 3*	CLT 24	DOV 8	RSD 34	POC 1*	MCH 5	DAY 16	POC 4	TAL 2	GLN 32	MCH 10	BRI 3	DAR 7	RCH 22	DOV 5	MAR 5	CLT 31	NWS 3	CAR 30	PHO 6	ATL 15								6th	3799
1989				DAY 4	CAR 4	ATL 19	RCH 18*	DAR 3	BRI 3	NWS 7	MAR 16	TAL 12	CLT 4	DOV 29	SON 20	POC 35	MCH 27	DAY 22	POC 17	TAL 35	GLN 21	MCH 5	BRI 16	DAR 12	RCH 3	DOV 27	MAR 16	CLT 22	NWS 1	CAR 7	PHO 28	ATL 2								9th	3600
1990	Junior Johnson & Associates	11	Ford	DAY 9	RCH 33	CAR 2	ATL 7	DAR 4*	BRI 24	NWS 8	MAR 1*	TAL 24	CLT 10	DOV 15	SON 4	POC 3*	MCH 3	DAY 25	POC 1*	TAL 17	GLN 2	MCH 7	BRI 11	DAR 8	RCH 9	DOV 36	MAR 1	NWS 16	CLT 36	CAR 4	PHO 8	ATL 2								3rd	4017
1991				DAY 32	RCH 13	CAR 12	ATL 23	DAR 9	BRI 24	NWS 28	MAR 20	TAL 6	CLT	DOV			MCH 39	DAY 2	POC 3	TAL 30	GLN 22	MCH 35	BRI 31	DAR 7	RCH 14	DOV 2	MAR 23	NWS 15	CLT 1	CAR 4	PHO 8	ATL 8								14th	3277
		97													SON 8	POC 5
1992	Bud Moore Engineering	15	Ford	DAY 3	CAR 14	RCH 16	ATL 6	DAR 8	BRI 12	NWS 4	MAR 32	TAL 13	CLT 32	DOV 17	SON 10	POC 14	MCH 11	DAY 4	POC 30	TAL 38	GLN 27	MCH 40	BRI 11	DAR 19	RCH 5	DOV 14	MAR 1	NWS 1*	CLT 10	CAR 35	PHO 39	ATL 3								16th	3437
1993				DAY 3	CAR 9	RCH 12	ATL 6	DAR 8	BRI 18	NWS 28	MAR 6	TAL 27	SON 1	CLT 10	DOV 23	POC 24	MCH 17	DAY 37	NHA 12	POC 12	TAL 16	GLN 16	MCH 24	BRI 8	DAR 20	RCH 34														16th	3338
	Geoff Bodine Racing	7	Ford																								DOV 30	MAR 14	NWS 31	CLT 13	CAR 10	PHO 43	ATL 39
1994				DAY 11	CAR 15	RCH 32	ATL 38	DAR 40	BRI 4	NWS 7	MAR 34	TAL 41	SON 2	CLT 3	DOV 41	POC 19	MCH 28	DAY 6	NHA 31	POC 1*	TAL 33	IND 39	GLN 29	MCH 1*	BRI 23*	DAR 27	RCH 18	DOV 5*	MAR 18	NWS 1*	CLT 32*	CAR 40	PHO 8	ATL 34						17th	3297
1995				DAY 20	CAR 21	RCH 11	ATL 30	DAR 13	BRI 23	NWS 14	MAR 35	TAL 7	SON 22	CLT 26	DOV 27	POC 14	MCH 21	DAY 14	NHA 35	POC 6	TAL 24	IND 15	GLN 9	MCH 27	BRI 12	DAR 35	RCH 19	DOV 24	MAR 5	NWS 11	CLT 16	CAR 15	PHO 16	ATL 11						16th	3357
1996				DAY 34	CAR 39	RCH 33	ATL 23	DAR 22	BRI 19	NWS 19	MAR 27	TAL 26	SON 40	CLT 10	DOV 30	POC 3	MCH 21	DAY 34	NHA 15	POC 11	TAL 6	IND 20	GLN 1	MCH 12	BRI 39	DAR 21	RCH 17	DOV 11	MAR 7	NWS 30	CLT 20	CAR 15	PHO 6	ATL 26						17th	3218
1997				DAY 34	CAR 8	RCH 2	ATL 20	DAR 9	TEX 14	BRI 33	MAR 29	SON 44	TAL 43	CLT	DOV 42	POC 8	MCH 40	CAL 35	DAY DNQ	NHA 10	POC 17	IND DNQ	GLN 2	MCH 11	BRI 9	DAR 12	RCH 4	NHA 16	DOV 14	MAR 28	CLT 43	TAL 8	CAR 19	PHO 10	ATL 33					22nd	3046
1998	Mattei Motorsports			DAY 31	CAR 5	LVS 13	ATL 22	DAR 41	BRI 39	TEX 32	MAR 35	TAL DNQ	CAL 7	CLT 23	DOV 23	RCH 28	MCH 23	POC 40	SON 35	NHA 37	POC 14	IND 37	GLN 32	MCH 21	BRI 30	NHA 23	DAR 9	RCH 13	DOV 14	MAR 39	CLT 9	TAL 25	DAY 41	PHO 34	CAR 11	ATL 10				27th	2864
1999	Joe Bessey Motorsports	60	Chevy	DAY 39	CAR 8	LVS 32	ATL 38	DAR 17	TEX 36	BRI 28	MAR 38	TAL 17	CAL 37	RCH 17	CLT 41	DOV 15	MCH 20	POC 33	SON 28	DAY 28	NHA 32	POC 13	IND 25	GLN 35	MCH 17	BRI 13	DAR 24	RCH 23	NHA 35	DOV 24	MAR 3	CLT 20	TAL 23	CAR 31	PHO 22	HOM 11	ATL 18			27th	3053
2000				DAY DNQ	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH 13	CLT 29	DOV 40	MCH 38	POC 24	SON DNQ	DAY 34	NHA 13	POC DNQ	IND 12	GLN 24	MCH DNQ	BRI 25	DAR 39	RCH 41	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO					45th	1039
	MacPherson Motorsports	98	Ford																																	HOM 41
	Andy Petree Racing	35	Chevy																																		ATL 43
2001	Brett Bodine Racing	09	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI 27	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MAR	TAL	PHO	CAR	HOM 37	ATL	NHA	68th	52
2002	Phoenix Racing			DAY 3	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL 12	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC			DAY 10	CHI			IND 40	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH 38	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL DNQ	CLT		ATL DNQ	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ	43rd	803
	Haas-Carter Motorsports	26	Ford															MCH 19	SON				POC 34																HOM 32
		66																				NHA 43
	Bill Davis Racing	23	Dodge																																MAR 39
2003	Brett Bodine Racing	11	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	TAL	MAR	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH 39	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	PHO	CAR	HOM	70th	46
2004	Mach 1 Motorsports	98	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI 39	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	POC 28	MCH 32	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC							NHA 41	DOV 39	TAL	KAN	CLT DNQ	MAR	ATL				56th	278
	Gary Trout Autosports	34	Dodge																					IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH
	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	93	Chevy																																		PHO DNQ	DAR	HOM Wth
2005				DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	CHI	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	NHA	DOV	TAL	KAN	CLT	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-
2009	Gunselman Motorsports	64	Toyota	DAY DNQ	CAL	LVS	ATL DNQ	BRI	MAR	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	72nd	0
2010	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC 41	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	73rd	40
2011		35		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 38	KEN	NHA	IND	POC DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL DNQ	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT DNQ	TAL DNQ	MAR				44th	33
		36																																			TEX 38	PHO 37	HOM 30

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1979	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	16	29
1981	Bahre Racing	Pontiac	14	22
1982		Buick	34	42
1983	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	2	30
1984	All-Star Racing	Chevrolet	9	8
1985	Hendrick Motorsports		17	7
1986			2	1
1987			8	14
1988			15	14
1989			10	4
1990	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	3	9
1991			19	32
1992	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	16	3
1993			6	3
1994	Geoff Bodine Racing	Ford	39	11
1995			40	20
1996			38	34
1997			25	34
1998	Mattei Motorsports	Ford	25	31
1999	Joe Bessey Motorsports	Chevrolet	30	39
2000			DNQ
2002	Phoenix Racing	Ford	35	3
2005	GIC-Mixon Motorsports	Chevrolet	DNQ
2009	Gunselman Motorsports	Toyota	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBGNC	Pts
1982	Plessinger Racing	99	Pontiac	DAY 5	RCH 20		MAR 4	DAR 1	HCY 5	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV 8	HCY	CLT 8	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR 20	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	BRI	HCY	RCH											19th	1334
		01	Chevy			BRI 16
		1	Pontiac																										MAR 28	CLT	HCY	MAR
1983		89		DAY 2		CAR 23	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO 16	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT	HCY	MAR	45th	534
		50			RCH 5
1984	All-Star Racing	15	Pontiac	DAY 3	RCH	CAR 24	HCY	MAR											SBO 5	ROU	HCY	IRP 4	LGY	SBO 4	BRI 28	DAR 33	RCH 2	NWS	CLT 4	HCY	CAR 1*	MAR 8							23rd	1554
			Chevy						DAR 2	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU
1985	Hendrick Motorsports	5	Pontiac	DAY 1*	CAR 3	HCY	BRI 16*	MAR	DAR 32	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU													34th	697
		15																									CLT 2*	HCY	CAR	MAR
1986				DAY 2	CAR	HCY	MAR																									CLT 5	CAR	MAR					65th	170
		5						BRI 16	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU
1987		15	Chevy	DAY 1	HCY	MAR	DAR 2	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT 13	DOV	IRP	ROU	JFC	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI 16*	JFC	DAR	RCH 3	DOV	MAR	CLT 39	CAR 2	MAR 19									37th	685
1988				DAY 2	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR 1	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT 29*	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU		DAR 2	RCH 26	DOV	MAR	CLT 2*	CAR 6	MAR 27						31st	1171
	Henderson Motorsports	66	Buick																							BRI 25
1989	Hendrick Motorsports	15	Chevy	DAY 5	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR 1*	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT 10*	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	CAR								53rd	469
	Bill Davis Racing	1	Ford																													MAR 4
1990	Henry Shaw Racing	01	Ford	DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR 28	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY	CLT	DOV	ROU	VOL	MYB																				97th	79
		14	Pontiac																	OXF 24	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR
1999	Shoemaker Racing	64	Chevy	DAY	CAR 8	LVS 17	ATL 7	DAR 14	TEX	NSV	BRI 25	TAL	CAL 16	NHA 41	RCH DNQ	NZH	CLT DNQ	DOV 15	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	PPR																47th	1093
	Joe Bessey Racing	06	Chevy																					GTY 41	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV
	BACE Motorsports	33	Chevy																												CLT 17	CAR	MEM 38	PHO	HOM
2000	Cicci-Welliver Racing	36	Chevy	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSV	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	CLT	DOV	SBO	MYB	GLN	MLW	NZH	PPR	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAR 14	MEM	PHO	HOM				89th	121
2001		66		DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	KEN 41	MLW 17	GLN 20	CHI 23	GTY 19	PPR 18	IRP 8	MCH 40	BRI 14	DAR 34	RCH 4	DOV 22	KAN 26	CLT 33	MEM 35	PHO 30	CAR 18	HOM			34th	1582
2002	Phoenix Racing	51	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	RCH	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	GTY	PPR	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM DNQ		NA	-
2005	MacDonald Motorsports	72	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL 37	NSH 21	BRI 29	TEX 38	PHO 34	TAL DNQ	DAR 42	RCH DNQ	CLT	DOV 21	NSH 31	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	66th	545

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
1995	Geoff Bodine Racing	7	Ford	PHO 5	TUS	SGS 2	MMR	POR 6	EVG	I70	LVL	BRI 2	MLW	CNS	HPT	IRP 25	FLM	RCH 2*	MAR 15	NWS 3*	SON	MMR 26	PHO 3						20th	1436
1996		07		HOM 33	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH 8	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN 17	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS 39		53rd	364
2000	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Ford	DAY 24	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR	PIR	GTY	MEM	PPR	EVG	TEX	KEN	GLN	MLW	NHA	NZH	MCH	IRP	NSV	CIC	RCH	DOV	TEX	CAL		94th	91
2003	Alvin Thompson Racing	36	Ford	DAY DNQ	DAR 27	MMR	MAR	CLT	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN	KEN	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	CAL	LVS	SBO	TEX	MAR	PHO	HOM	113th	82
2004	Team EJP	03	Chevy	DAY 10	ATL 21	MAR DNQ	MFD 22	CLT 27	DOV	TEX	MEM	MLW	KAN																40th	495
	Ron Rhodes Racing	48	Dodge											KEN 27	GTW	MCH	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS	CAL	TEX	MAR	PHO	DAR	HOM
2010	Team Gill Racing	95	Dodge	DAY	ATL 26	MAR	NSH	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	103rd	85

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
1987	Chevy	DAY 1*	MOH 5	MCH 3	GLN 1*	1st	76
1988		DAY 5	RSD 9	MCH 1*	GLN 12	6th	45
1991	Dodge	DAY 6	TAL 12	MCH 5	GLN 10	8th	29
1996	Pontiac	DAY	TAL	CLT	MCH 11	NA	0

References

1. "NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine speeds through life". AARP. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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3. "50 Greatest Modified Drivers – Geoff Bodine". Stafford Motor Speedway. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
4. Bourcier, Bones. "Back to his Roots", Stock Car Racing (ISSN 0734-7340), Volume 24 Number 1, January 1989.
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12. "The Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project". The Bo-Dyn Bobsled.
13. "Switching Pit Stops For Push Starts: How NASCAR Struck Bobsled Gold". Jalopnik. 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
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6. My relationship with Dale Earnhardt, Retrieved from, https://theracingexperts.com/geoffs-journal-my-relationship-with-earnhardt-php

7. Dale Jr. Download: Richard Childress’ fighting advice: ‘Always take off your watch’, https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/04/09/dale-jr-download-richard-childress-fighting-advice-always-take-off-your-watch/

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geoff Bodine.

• Geoff Bodine driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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• NASCAR.com article announcing the Modified all-time Top 10
• Video of the Truck Series crash on YouTube
• Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project
• Geoff's Journal^{[permanent dead link]}

Sporting positions
Preceded by Al Unser Jr.	IROC Champion IROC XI (1987)	Succeeded by Al Unser Jr.
Achievements
Preceded by Bill Elliott	Daytona 500 Winner 1986	Succeeded by Bill Elliott
Preceded by Dale Earnhardt	Busch Clash Winner 1992	Succeeded by Dale Earnhardt