Geoffrey Bodine
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Bodine in 2007
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| Born | Geoffrey Eli Bodine April 18, 1949 Chemung, New York, United States |
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| Achievements |
1986 Daytona 500 Winner 1987 IROC Champion 1994 The Winston Winner 1992 Busch Clash Winner |
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| Awards |
1982 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) Named one of NASCAR's Modified all-time Top 10 Drivers Listed in the Guinness World Records for "Most wins in one season" (55 wins in |
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| Monster Energy 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) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of December 20, 2012. | |||||||
Geoffrey Eli "Geoff" Bodine (born April 18, 1949) is an American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (with Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine). Bodine currently lives in West Melbourne, Florida.
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 a Powderpuff Division Race when he was 15. 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.
Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the big-time in NASCAR's premier division, the Winston Cup series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup series) with his first start in 1979. 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/Williamson 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, 1978 - Pocono), 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.
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