Brett bodine ford racing, nascar drivers, race cars. Jeff gordon, american racecar driver who dominated the sport in the 1990s and early 2000s. Former nascar star geoff bodine is finally hanging up his racing helmet and admits that dale earnhardt jr. Earnhardt, bodine, darrell waltrip, and larry pearson were involved in the crash. Geoff bodine retires from nascar the racing experts. Nov 29, 20 since the geoff bodine bobsled project began, a fund raiser involving nascar and nhra competitors is held each january at lake placid, new york. Its probably a betterknown fact that eight years later. Todd bodine is an american professional stock car racing driver. All trademarks and s are property of their respective owners. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. And why should he be revered, what is interesting about him.
Aug 11, 2014 nascar driver tony stewart kills kevin ward in sprintcar race in canandaigua, new york. Geoff was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the bigtime in nascars premier division. This outstanding nascar modified, built by eventual daytona 500 champion geoff bodine and bob cuneo, was the very first cavalierbodied tourtype modified race car to compete at a speedway. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Mar 03, 2020 jeff burton, best known as the mayor, is an american former stock car racer and currently a racing commentator. It was owned and operated by former nascar driver geoffrey bodine. Geoff bodine race car driver life, age, zodiac birthday. It is a story about janet bodine, who on most weekends is known as the wife of todd bodine, a twotime truck series champion nicknamed the onion because of. Geoff bodine is a aries and was born in the year of the ox. Despite the horrific nature of the crash, bodine was. He made his busch series debut in 1986, racing for pistone racing at martinsville speedway. He currently competes parttime in the nascar xfinity series, driving the no.
He won hendrick motorsports first race and is a daytona 500 champion, but the rest of his story gets overlooked. Despite the horrific nature of the crash, bodine was able to. For those who dont know him, geoff bodine is a nascar driver who won the daytona 500 in 1986. Nascar driver geoff bodine broke his wrist, cheekbone, ankle and part of his back, in addition to suffering a serious concussion, when his race truck flipped and barreled into the catch fence at. At the conclusion of 1978, bodine headed south, leaving the armstrong car behind, to seek his fortune in nascars winston cup series, driving.
Geoff bodine is a former nascar driver, known for his successful career and participation in various forms of racing, spanning fiftyone years from 1954 to 2005 including a twentyseven year stint from 1978 to 2005 as a nascar driver. Hendrick during a tv special asking them if they wanted to pay me a little something for helping get that team started, bodine said with a laugh. Younger fans might know him as the pace car driver. He ran strong in his debut race, leading six laps and running. Known as the geoff bodine bobsled challenge, the retired nascar sprint cup driver believes it has been instrumental in raising awareness of his project since the speed channel televises it. It was owned and operated by former nascar driver geoffrey bodine following his purchase of the estate of alan kulwicki. As far as racing careers go, geoff bodines was more interesting than most. Jeff had achieved 21 victories in the nascar cup series and 2 cocacola 600s between 1999 to 2001.
Seventeen drivers have gone to victory lane for rick hendrick since geoff bodine first did it at martinsville in 1984. At that time, bodine didnt feel that would be his last start in nascar, but he now is saying he will retire from the sport due to a number of factors. Geoff bodine was cooler than you think race results and. Todd bodine is a pisces and was born in the year of the dragon life. Brett bodine is a former driver longtime fans remember competing in the monster energy nascar cup series for almost two decades. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. Geoff bodine claimed 18 nascar cup series wins during a lengthy.
Bodine is the coowner of the bodyn bobsled company. See more ideas about eion bailey, nascar and terry labonte. Brett now works for nascar after a long driving career and todd also is a former cup driver and a twotime nascar truck series champion. Geoff bodine car numbers by year has results for geoff bodine from the february 18, 1979 daytona 500 to the november 20, 2011 ford 400. Nascars 50th anniversary season as one of its 50 greatest drivers of. Geoff bodine vintage auto racing race car driver playing. He won three pole awards and finished a seasonbest secondplace for the car owner at the fall race at dover international speedway in. Shouldnt geoff bodine make list of nascar hall nominees. Bodine made his craftsman truck series debut in 1995 driving for roush racing s no. History of stafford motor speedway throughout its history, the stafford motor speedway has enjoyed a reputation for the innovative. Geoff bodine vs dale earnhardt 1988 world 600, charlotte motor speedway.
Geoffrey edmond bodine born april 18, 1949 is a retired. Get the best deals on geoff bodine nascar photos when you shop the largest online selection at. Bodine, the 1986 daytona 500 champion who failed to qualify for this years race, was taken to the halifax medical center along with driver jimmy kitchens, who was not seriously hurt. In his debut, bodine qualified 3rd on the road course at heartland park topeka, and finished fourth. His aggressive driving style and knack for publicity helped popularize stockcar racing in the united states. After hard racing for the lead, bodine got into earnhardt on the frontstretch and sent the north carolinian spinning. Geoff was born in 1940s, in the middle of baby boomers generation. Former nascar star geoff bodine, 63, quits racing after. Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the bigtime in nascars premier division, the winston cup series with his first start in 1979. Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoors truck series arca menards west series arca menards east series arca menards series pintys series whelen modified tour weekly racing series peak mexico series whelen euro series ntt indycar series indy lights series formula one series weathertech sportscar champ. 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. The 82 cup series rookie of the year, 87 iroc champion and one of nascars top 50 alltime drivers.
Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Its probably a betterknown fact that eight years later, bodine. Continue to next page below to see how much is geoff bodine really worth, including net worth, estimated earnings, and salary for 2019 and 2020. American race car driver who was the 2010 camping world truck series champion. Todd bodine, nicknamed as the onion because of his bald head, is a famous american professional stock car racing driver. A similar clip was already uploaded by batalionfan888, but racing like this should be seen in highest quality. Former nascar driver talks history, the accident, fans and faith in this exclusive interview with. Grant enfinger born january 22, 1985 is an american professional stock car racing driver.
Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the bigtime in nascars premier division, the winston cup series with his. Bodine and dale jarrett out of the race and brett bodine went on to finish second behind jeff gordon. Bodine stayed with stewart until the end of the 1983 season. Bodine is known for his bald head, which has given him the nickname the onion. Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the bigtime in nascars premier division, the winston cup series now monster energy nascar cup. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Daytona 500 2000 bodine, fans escape serious injury in. We take a look at geoff bodine s net worth, estimated salary for 20192020 and race car drivers recent earnings here. He remained owner of the team until the 1998 season, when he sold the operation to jim mattei and john porter. Aug 05, 2018 the first competition was an exhibition race for nascar trucks won by geoff bodine. Growing up watching his brother geoff race in the modifieds, brett decided to embark on a racing career on his own. Find out is geoff bodine dating anyone right now and who at celebscouples. Its a littleknown fact that geoff bodine helped save hendrick motorsports from abject failure before the company really got going. Jeff burton biography, age, wife, net worth, nascar, nbc and.
Bodine, 63, ran select races in 2011 for tommy baldwin racing. Get the best deals on geoff bodine auto racing cards when you shop the largest online selection at. Hooters came back in 2003, but with far less money. Jan 02, 2020 jeff gordon is the only driver to win with the no. Please remember to support all nascar race sponsors. Drivers drivers by state compare drivers driver rankings owners crew chiefs.
Geoff bodine, jeff burton, jeff gordon, nascar america, nate ryan, team hendrick leave a comment mark martin shares the story of when dale earnhardt made him mad. Younger fans might know him as the pace car driver on sunday. Known as the stafford springs agricultural park, this 100 acre facility was developed to showcase the areas agricultural heritage. Geoff bodines craftsman truck series truck is torn to shreds after being sent into the fence.
Eldest of the three nascar bodine brothers, retired in 2012 after a 27year career that included over 200 topten finishes. Todd bodine was born in new york, united states on thursday, february 27, 1964 baby boomers generation. In his four starts last year, bodine finished with a best of 30 th at the season finale homesteadmiami speedway. I teased jimmie johnson, jeff gordon, terry labonte and some of the other drivers who went on to drive for mr. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course. The first cup race was november 14th, 1999 won by tony stewart driving the no. Bodine attended alfred state college and received an associates degree in mechanical engineering before he became a professional race car driver. He won the 1987 international race of champions iroc championship. Get the latest race results driver geoffrey bodine on. Geoff bodine made his cup debut at the 1979 daytona 500 driving for jack bebee. Top 50 race car drivers celebrity net worth richest.
Geoff bodine daytona 2000 the worst nascar crashes in. Todd is the younger brother of former racers geoffrey and brett bodine. Bodine took the checkered flag in events such as the race of champions in trenton. Geoff bodine born april 18, 1949 is famous for being race car driver. By 1972, he was winning some of the most prestigious events in the sport. He built the chevrolet that junior johnson won the 1960 daytona 500 driving. Geoffrey bodine drove the car in the bud shootout at daytona and brett ran 5 early season races before hooters pulled the plug, leaving the team with no sponsor. Bodine was born to a racing family on april 18, 1949 in chemung, new york.
Geoff bodine ranks as one of the most successful drivers in nascar history, having won 18 races in what is. He won his first nascar nationwide series race at the 1991 budweiser 200 at dover international speedway. Bodine s legendary feuding with dale earnhardt gained him. Geoffs birthstone is diamond and birth flower is sweet peadaisy. Cup driver geoff bodine talks with former cup driver darrell bryant. Aggressive driving terry labonte the intimidator race in america nascar race cars dale earnhardt jr car and driver vintage racing buick. Todd bodine bio, wiki, age, wife, nascar, tabasco, racing.
At the age of fifteen, he pretended to be a woman so he could enter the powderpuff division race. Geoff bodine is a 70 years old race car driver, who was born in april, in the year of the ox and is a aries. Jeff was born and raised in south boston, virginia, usa. A hotly contested race for position in 1987 between dale earnhardt and geoff bodine. Todd bodine born february 27, 1964 is an american professional stock car racing driver. Fox won the 1964 southern 500 as a car owner with johnson as his driver. As a child, gordon raced bmx bicycles before being given a quartermidget race car.
Geoff bodine was cooler than you think posted by nascarman on august 25, 2016 viewed 8339 times tweet. Hey, if your favorite driver in todays nascar is driving for toyota and wants to switch over to ford, all he has to do is put a mustang sticker on the. Nascar driver tony stewart kills kevin ward in sprintcar. Geoff bodine is still inspiring on the track as represented by kasey kahnes paint scheme at last weeks southern 500. Racing aces like michael schumacher, lewis hamilton and dale earnhardt jr. Geoff bodine racing was a nascar winston cup and craftsman truck series team. Thorsport racing hired enfinger to drive in full time in 2017. Geoff bodine is a race car driver from new york, united states. Sep 05, 2019 bodine retired in 2011 after starting 575 cup series races, winning for among others hall of fame owners hendrick, junior johnson and bud moore. Nov 19, 2015 geoff bodine vs dale earnhardt 1988 world 600, charlotte motor speedway. Todd bodines wife, janet, has a story worth telling espn. After creative differences, bodine distanced himself from the olympic program in 11.
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