- Todd Bodine
Infobox NASCAR driver
Name = Todd Bodine
Birthdate = birth date and age|1964|2|27
Birthplace = Chemung,New York
Achievements = 2006Craftsman Truck Series Champion
Cup_Top_Tens = 21
Cup_Poles = 5
First_Cup_Race = 1992Budweiser At The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last_Cup_Race = 2006Bass Pro Shops 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway )
Previous_Year = 2006
Prev_Cup_Pos = 59th
Best_Cup_Pos = 20th - 1994 (Winston Cup)
Previous_Year = 2007
Prev_Busch_Pos = 57th
Best_Busch_Pos = 2nd - 1997 (Busch Series)
Busch_Wins = 15
Busch_Top_Tens = 160
Busch_Poles = 7
First_Busch_Race = 1986Nationwise 150 (Martinsville)
First_Busch_Win = 1991Budweiser 200 (Dover)
Last_Busch_Win = 2003darlingtonraceway.com 200 (Darlington)
Last_Busch_Race = 2008Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Truck_Car_Team = #30 -Germain Racing
Previous_Year = 2007
Prev_Truck_Pos = 4th
Best_Truck_Pos = 1st - 2006 (Craftsman Truck Series)
Truck_Wins = 13
Truck_Top_Tens = 65
Truck_Poles = 3
First_Truck_Race = 1995Heartland Tailgate 175 (Topeka)
First_Truck_Win = 2004American Racing Wheels 200 (California)
Last_Truck_Win = 2008Mountain Dew 250 (Talladega)
Updated_On =August 21 ,2008 Todd Bodine (born
February 27 ,1964 inChemung, New York ) is astock car racer . Todd is the younger brother of former racersGeoff Bodine andBrett Bodine . Bodine won the 2006NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series championship while driving the #30Lumber Liquidators /Germain Toyota.Early career
Bodine would make his Busch Series debut in 1986, for Pistone Racing at Martinsville. He qualified and finished 27th in the 30-car field, falling out of the race early with an engine problem.
Bodine went on a three year hiatus from the series until 1990, when he would drive eight races for
Diamond Ridge Motorsports #42/#81 Ames Pontiac, making his season debut at Martinsville. He started 11th and finished in the 8th position. He then followed that up with finishes of 7th at Orange County and 3rd at Dover Downs.In 1991, he signed to drive for
Frank Cicci In his first full season in the series, he won his first career race, one of 15 top-10s in 1991. Bodine also won his first two poles: Back to back at Dublin and South Boston. He ended the year seventh in points.1990s
Bodine's career in Cup started at
Watkins Glen International Raceway onAugust 9 , 1992 when he was 28 years old. He raced the #34Ford Thunderbird forCicci-Welliver Racing , finishing 37th. His first full-time season came in 1994 when he raced for Butch Mock Motorsports. He raced the #75 Ford Thunderbird sponsored byFactory Stores . He missed one race the whole season and scored two Top 5's and 7 Top 10's on his way to a 20th place position in the point standings. He was unable to match those statistics in 1995 as he finished 33rd in the points with only one Top 5 and 3 Top 10s. Following his release from RahMoc, Bodine spent 1996, filling in forBill Elliott in a four-race span, finishing 10th at Pocono. He also drove three races apiece forDavid Blair Motorsports andAndy Petree Racing . In 1997, he filled in forRicky Craven atHendrick Motorsports at Texas and for his brother Geoff atCharlotte Motor Speedway , before he won the pole at Watkins Glen for Cicci-Welliver in a one-race deal. He finished 35th due to engine problems in that race.For 1998, he signed with a new team called
ISM Racing . Unfortunately, the team struggled due to poor equipment, and by July, the team was closed amid allegations of improprieties by the owners. He went back to Cicci-Welliver in the Busch Series, replacing rookieMike Cope in the #30 Slim Jim car. He finished 33rd in points despite running 13 races, and posted a string of five consecutive top-five finishes. He also ran part-time in cup forLJ Racing , posting a fifth at Atlanta.In 1999, his Cicci-Welliver team switched to #66, and he posted ten top-fives en route a fourth-place points finish. In addition, he ran seven races for
Eel River Racing at the Cup level, his best finish being 15th at Bristol. In 2000, he won a pole at Talladega as well as the race at Michigan.2000-2004
He would get back into Cup racing full time in 2001 while racing the #66
K-Mart Ford Taurus which was owned byHaas-Carter Motorsports . Despite getting three poles, he only scored two Top 5's, missed theDaytona 500 , and was plagued with 12 DNFs, causing him to finish 29th in points. He also ran half the schedule in the Busch Series, winning two of the first three races of the season withBuckshot Racing , before ending the season driving forFitz Motorsports . He started 2002 with the 66, but lost his ride after Kmart filed for bankruptcy. He signed on toHerzog Motorsports and won theKroger 300 , finishing 23rd in points. During the season, he rejoined Haas-Carter whenDiscover Card became the team's primary sponsor. He garnered a fifth-place run at Richmond, and finished 38th in points.In 2003, Carter partnered with
Sam Belnavis to field the #54United States National Guard Ford for Bodine. Bodine's best finish that year was an eighth at Pocono and he finished 31st in standings. After that year, Belnavis abandoned the operation and took sponsors National Guard and Subway to Roush Racing and the Carter team closed its doors due to lack of sponsorship. Bodine also got a win at Darlington in the Busch Series for Herzog and led the Busch Series points standings but again a lack of sponsorship forced his team to close. He ended the season atInnovative Motorsports . He split 2004 betweenMach 1 Racing ,Arnold Motorsports , andR&J Racing , his best finish a 23rd at Bristol. He ran five Busch races forGIC-Mixon Motorsports andMarsh Racing , finishing fifth at Homestead.Craftsman Truck Series
, where he finished eighth an 8th place, earned his best start of 2nd and led his first career lap.
Bodine did not run the Trucks again until 2004, when he competed for
Fiddleback Racing at Charlotte, finishing 20th and also ran forHT Motorsports 's #59 Dodge at Kansas with a 15th. Later, he signed with the newGermain-Arnold Racing team, finishing 4th in their debut at Richmond. After losing in Vegas toShane Hmiel , Bodine won his first two career races back-to-back at Fontana and Texas. Competing in ten events, Bodine averaged a 13th place finish in his events, despite falling out of three with mechanical issues. Unfortunately, neither Bodine norcrew chief Mike Hillman Jr. were happy with contract issues and the team leadership. So Bodine parted ways with the team and went back to Fiddleback Racing, where he would drive in 2005. Bodine was able to earn four top-10s with the team in ten starts, but inconsistency was weighing him down to 8th place in points. Fiddleback also had no funding and after a 9th place at Michigan the team was disbanded.Germain Arnold signed to have him come back. He won in his second race with the team at Kansas and rolled to four more victories, including three straight at the end of the season. By winning the final three races of the season, he made a serious run for the title. With four races remaining in the season Todd was fourth in the standings, a dismal 256 points behind leader
Ted Musgrave . With Bodine's three wins, he was able to gain one spot to third and an entire 183 points on Musgrave to finish only 73 points behind.In 2006, Bodine was once again behind the wheel of the #30
Lumber Liquidators Toyota. Bodine won at Atlanta, Gateway, and Texas. Todd Bodine won the 2006 Craftsman Truck Championship onNov 17 ,2006 by 122 points overJohnny Benson it was Bodine's first-ever championship in any division.External links
* [http://www.teamonion.net Todd Bodine Official site]
* [http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=bodinto01 Career Stats]
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