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Geoff Bodine
Bodine in 2007
BornGeoffrey Eli Bodine
(1949-04-18) April 18, 1949 (age 75)
Chemung, New York, U.S.
AchievementsAll-time wins leader in the Yankee All-Star League (11)
All-time championships leader in the Yankee All-Star League (2)
1987 IROC Champion
1976, 1978 Yankee All-Star League Champion
1986 Daytona 500 Winner
1994 The Winston Select Winner
1992 Busch Clash Winner
1980, 1981 Oxford 250 Winner
1981 Dogwood 500 Classic Late Models Winner
1980 Dogwood 500 Classic Modifieds Winner
1975, 1976, 1978, 1981 Cardinal 500 Classic Modifieds Winner
1972, 1978 Race of Champions Winner
1980 Spring Sizzler Winner
Awards1982 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
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 finish3rd (1990)
First race1979 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2011 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win1984 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville)
Last win1996 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 finish19th (1982)
First race1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win1982 TranSouth 200 (Darlington)
Last win1989 County Squire 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 39 13
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 5 years
Best finish20th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 1
Statistics current as of December 20, 2012.

Geoffrey Eli Bodine (born April 18, 1949) is an American retired 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.

Bodine was born into a racing family 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

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Bodine was already 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 such as 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

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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 Rookie of the Year honors. 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

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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 and 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

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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. In his autobiography, Bodine dedicated a chapter about Earnhardt where he spoke about their rivalry and his impact but closed it by stating, “And I found out after Dale’s death that he actually hated me.” [10][11]

Daytona crash

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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).[12]

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

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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

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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.[13]

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.

Bodine has a book coming out in 2024, titled “All Of It,” per his social media pages.

Bo-Dyn bobsleds

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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.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

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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 Ref
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 [18]
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 [19]
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 [20]
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 [21]
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 [22]
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 [23]
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 [24]
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 [25]
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 [26]
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 [27]
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 [28]
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 [29]
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 [30]
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 [31]
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 [32]
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 [33]
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 [34]
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 [35]
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 [36]
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 [37]
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 [38]
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 [39]
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 [40]
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 [41]
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 [42]
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 - [43]
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 [44]
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 [45]
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 [46]
36 TEX
38
PHO
37
HOM
30
Daytona 500
[edit]
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

[edit]
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 Ref
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 [47]
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 [48]
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 [49]
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 [50]
15 CLT
2*
HCY CAR MAR
1986 DAY
2
CAR HCY MAR CLT
5
CAR MAR 65th 170 [51]
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 [52]
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 [53]
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 [54]
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 [55]
14 Pontiac OXF
24
NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR
1999 Shoemaker Racing 64 Chevy DAY
QL
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 [56]
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 [57]
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 [58]
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 - [59]
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 [60]
- Qualified for Barry Bodine

Camping World Truck Series

[edit]
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 Ref
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 [61]
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 [62]
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 [63]
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 [64]
2004 Team EJP 03 Chevy DAY
10
ATL
21
MAR
DNQ
MFD
22
CLT
27
DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN 40th 495 [65]
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 [66]

International Race of Champions

[edit]

(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 [67]
1988 DAY
5
RSD
9
MCH
1*
GLN
12
6th 45 [68]
1991 Dodge DAY
6
TAL
12
MCH
5
GLN
10
8th 29 [69]
1996 Pontiac DAY TAL CLT MCH
11
NA 0 [70]

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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/

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