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an American motor sport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (with Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine). Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the big-time in NASCAR's premier division. 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. Geoff is best known for his NASCAR Winston Cup (now Cup) career. He ran his first Cup race in 1979 driving the #47 Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile for Jack Bebee in the Daytona 500. He started 16th; but at the half way mark Bodine's motor gave out and he ended up finishing 29th. It was unfortunate, because Bodine had moved up nicely from his starting spot and was in a battle for the lead; having led six laps just before his motor failure. His first full season in Winston Cup came in 1982 when he earned the Rookie of the Year title driving the #50 Performance Connection sponsored Pontiac owned by Cliff Stewart. In 1983 Stewart convinced Gatorade to come on as a sponsor and Bodine would have a best finish of second; just getting beat out of the win by Bobby Allison. Bodine went to drive for Rick Hendrick in 1984 driving the #5 All Star Racing Chevy. His first win would come at Martinsville where he edged out Ron Buchard to get his first

career Cup win. This would be the initial win for car owner Rick Hendrick on his way to great success. Later in the year Bodine would also claims wins at Nashville and Riverside; and finish ninth in the points. His next win would come while still driving for Hendrick as he picked up the win in the 1986 Daytona 500 where he won driving his Levi Garrett Chevy. He won twice more before going to drive for Junior Johnson in 1990 piloting the Budweiser livery. He'd capture three wins his initial season with Johnson and post his career best finish of third in the points chase. He won again for Johnson in 1991 and then depart to drive the #21 Motorcraft Ford for the Bud Moore

in 1992. This season saw him win twice; back to back races at Martinsville and North Wilkesboro; and in 1993 Bodine won on the road course of Sonoma. In 1994 Bodine started his own race team which showed immediate success. He posted three wins that season but went win-less in 1995. In 1996 he would claim his final Cup win on the road course at Watkins Glen edging out Terry Labonte by less than 1/2 second. Bodine would race full time the following three seasons. In 1997 he'd finish second on two occasions; but in all three years combined he would only post five top 5 finishes. From 2000-2011 he raced part-time and over that span only posted one top 5

finish; a third in the 2002 Daytona 500. His final Cup race would come in 2011 at Homestead. He would start 42nd but complete the race and finish 30th. He would also race 14 seasons (94 races) in the Xfinity series; however never more than a few races per season. His first Xfinity win came at Darlington in 1982. He'd post six wins in the series; three of them coming at Darlington; including the final Xfinity win. He was always competitive in the NASCAR Truck Series also. He raced 22 races there over a 15 year span. He usually just raced a couple races per year. Bodine was involved in a vicious, fiery accident at Daytona International Speedway in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on February 18, 2000. Geoff was on the outside of two other trucks (one of which was driven by Kurt Busch, a rookie at the time) on the front stretch tri-

oval during the 57th lap. Kurt Busch and Rob Morgan made contact, resulting in Morgan's truck swerving into Bodine's truck. This caused Bodine's truck to become airborne and hit the catch fencing, completely destroying it (and rupturing the fuel cell in the process), leaving nothing but the roll cage intact. It then barrel-rolled down the track where it was hit several more times by other trucks before coming to rest on its roof. 13 other trucks were involved in the accident, making it one of the largest wrecks in Truck series history. As a result of the impact, Geoff broke his right wrist, right cheekbone, a vertebra in his back, and his right ankle, and also suffered

a concussion. Nine fans were also injured in the accident. Amazingly, Geoff returned to the track that had nearly claimed his life to finish third behind Elliott Sadler and the race winner Ward Burton in the 2002 Daytona 500. Bodine has always been a great innovator and brought many ideas to the NASCAR Cup Series. Bodine's creativity and innovation are not just limited to NASCAR racing. Bodine is the co-owner of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Company. His bobsled interest started during 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 locally . He felt that he

could help the team win with better bobsled technology derived from his race car engineering background and experience. With these beliefs, Bodine took a few runs in a bobsled at Lake Placid, New York to confirm his feelings and to learn more about the sleds. 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. 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, Canada, American bobsledder Steven Holcomb piloted a Bo-Dyn

Bobsled named "Night Train" to gold. Bodine had 575 starts, 37 poles, 18 wins including the 1986 Daytona 500, and nearly $16 million in winnings during his NASCAR Cup career. He also made 94 Xfinity starts with six wins. He was honored as one of "NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers" during NASCAR's 50th anniversary celebration. Some info from WikiPedia

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GEOFFREY ELI "GEOFF" BODINE - 04/18/1949