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  Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine is a former NASCAR driver, known for his successful career and participation in various forms of racing, spanning fifty-one years from 1954 to 2005 (including a twenty-seven year stint from 1978 to 2005 as a NASCAR driver).
Bodine's rookie year was in 1982, when he participated in twenty-five of thirty events, collecting four top-five finishes, ten top-ten finishes, and two poles, as well as finishing twenty-second in the standings driving a Buick in his first race and a Pontiac in the rest.
Bodine's breakout year and the start of the 'legendary' period of his career was in 1984, when he participated in all thirty events, getting three wins, seven top-fives, fourteen top-tens, and three poles, while finishing ninth in the standings driving a Chevrolet.
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 Geoff Bodine Biography
Geoff Bodine was born as Geoffrey Bodine in Chemung, New York on April 18, 1949.
Geoff's racing career seemed to be on track right from the start as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr.
Geoff was the victim of one of the worst crashes in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck race at Daytona on February 18, 2000.
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 Geoff Bodine at Langley
Bodine, 56, competed at Langley one more season before he drove off to NASCAR glory, winning 37 poles and 18 races, including the 1986 Daytona 500.
Bodine is part owner of Hammerhead Cleaning Frenzy of Virginia Beach, which manufactures and distributes the wax.
Bodine now feels that it is time for his fellow NASCAR drivers to have a chance to drive a sled like he has and he wants to use the race as a fundraiser for the
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  Geoffrey Bodine - NASCAR on Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geoffrey Bodine (born April 18, 1949 in Chemung, New York) is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine) who are all NASCAR drivers.
Geoff was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the big-time in NASCAR's premier division, the Winston Cup series (now Nextel Cup series) with his first start in 1979.
Geoff was the victim of one of the worst crashes in history at Daytona International Speedway in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck race on February 18, 2000.
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 Geoff Bodine
He and Geoff met with drivers and press to promote the upcoming Bobsled Challenge in January.
Geoff is headed to Bristol to race Saturday.
Hopefully, Geoff will be able to secure sponsorship needed to run competitively.
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 NASCAR drivers competitive on the ice - Boston.com
Todd Bodine won the first pole of the new year on Friday, and he was greeted with hisses and catcalls when he crossed the finish line.
The Bodine Bobsled Challenge is an event bringing pro race car drivers to Lake Placid to compete in modified bobsleds to benefit the production of new bobsled technology for the U.S. bobsled team.
The unique event is an effort by Geoff Bodine to raise funds to keep the U.S. men's and women's bobsled teams at the forefront of international racing.
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 Sports: Bodine takes 'wild ride'
Geoff Bodine's truck goes airborne and bursts into flame as it collides with Rob Morgan's truck in the Daytona 25 Truck Series race.
Bodine was conscious when removed from the wreck and taken to Halifax Medical Center.
March said Bodine's truck knocked the catch fence toward the stands and into the man, who was walking in the aisle and thrown into a railing.
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 NASCAR.COM - Where is ... G. Bodine? - Aug 16, 2007
Geoffrey Bodine will say it flat out, with not the faintest hint of doubt in his voice, that his greatest accomplishment in racing has been the simple act of surviving.
Bodine splits his time these days between a couple of interests.
Bodine grew up in Chemung, N.Y., the son of a racetrack operator.
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 Daytona Beach News-Journal Online -- Racing News
Geoff Bodine won 18 Cup races over his career, which ranged from 1979-2004.
Geoff was a Winston Cup regular with much past success in 1994; little brother Brett was a Winston Cup regular with moderate past success.
Geoff's car was wrecked out of the race, and during his post-wreck TV interview, he told the world that he and Brett had been having some problems with each other off the track.
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 Geoff Bodine continues to help U.S. bobsled team - USATODAY.com
The Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, which relies on Whelen Engineering for substantial sponsorship, made its debut in Lake Placid in January 2006 and was staged again the first weekend of this year.
Said drove the entire track at Utah Olympic Park and was clocked at around 73 mph, according to John Morgan, a television commentator for the sport and co-organizer of the Bobsled Challenge.
Because of drivers' hectic schedules, Bodine so far has been unable to attract a current Nextel Cup star, such as Tony Stewart or Jeff Gordon, to either of the first two runnings of his unique fundraiser, which again will return to Lake Placid the first weekend in January.
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Bodine was followed by Fedewa and Lepage in second and third, respectively.
Bodine credits much of his successful bobsled driving to the U.S. bobsled athletes saying, "It's great to see our young kids as good as they are.
All 10 drivers as well as their many eager fans are looking forward to the feature race of the Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge beginning at 10 am on Saturday morning, with an afternoon race set for 1 pm.
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 Tribute to Geoff Bodine
Saturday, in sunny Southern California, despite being a few miles from the beach, Geoff Bodine caught a wave, one that he'll be riding all the way to Sunday.
Bodine turned a lap of 179.520 mph around the two-mile track to earn the 26th starting position for Sunday's race.
The infusion of cash and ownership support paid immediate dividends for Geoff and the team, as they put together a string of five straight top-12 finishes, scored poles at Charlotte and Atlanta and pulled to a respectable 22nd-place finish in the 1997 Winston Cup final point standings.
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 NASCAR's Geoff Bodine to be in Montesano, Elma today - Sports Department Blog - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
Geoff Bodine, the 1986 Daytona 500 winner, will be signing autographs at Whitney’s Chevrolet in Montesano this afternoon from 1-3 p.m.
Bodine drove a Chevrolet Monte Carlo when he won Daytona in 1986, and drove a Chevy Camaro to the IROC (International Race of Champions) title in 1987.
Bodine won the 1991 Washington 500 at Evergreen, when it was one 500-lap race.
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 Geoff Bodine goes Old School racing in July | stargazette.com | Star-Gazette
One of Geoff Bodine's prized trophies from his 18 career NASCAR Sprint Cup victories is the guitar he received from Chet Atkins for winning at Nashville Speedway in 1984.
Bodine, 59, hasn't raced in a couple of years but is looking forward to returning to the old Nashville oval with the Old School Racing Series this summer.
Bodine, who won a Nationwide Series race at Darlington in 2003, appeared to have a fast enough car to challenge for the win.
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 Geoff Bodine Speaker Booking Agent — Hire Geoff Bodine for a Celebrity Appearance
Geoff Bodine was quite an accomplished driver before he hit the big-time in NASCAR's premier division, the Winston Cup series (now Nextel Cup series) with his first start in 1979.
Bo-Dyn Bobsleds was created in 1992 by Geoff and his good friend and chassis builder, Bob Cuneo of Chassis Dynamics.
Geoff Bodine talent agent, celebrity appearances, celebrity representation, celebrity talent booking agent, find speakers bureau or booking agent for Geoff Bodine.
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 The Geoff Bodine Fan Club
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 The Geoff Bodine Fan Club
Geoff meets Media and Fans in Lake Placid
Loudon, NH Geoff Bodine - the Original Whelenwacker
Lake Placid, NY Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge
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 Geoff Bodine update - 10 Tenths Motorsport
Geoff Bodine was released from the hospital yesterday but will have surgery sunday to put a plate in his wrist.
Geoff (Geoffrey) said that he had a near-death experience, that he saw and talked to his father who had died several years ago.
He said that seeing and talking to his father may have meant that he his heart stopped or he quit breathing for awhile from that point until he remembered when the track workers were trying to get him out of the car.
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 GEOFF BODINE TO JOIN EVERGREEN FOR WASHINGTON 500 - RacingWest
Evergreen is pleased to announce the appearance of NASCAR Nextel Cup star Geoff Bodine for the prestigious Washington 500 weekend August 4th, 2007.
Bodine, winner of the 1986 Daytona 500, and the 1991 Washington 500 (Evergreen's richest 500-lap race ever) will be competing in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series race, the "Wired X Energy Drink 150 presented by Top Food & Haggen Food".
Geoff Bodine has been involved in Bobsled design and competition with our US Olympic team.
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The drivers could not thank Geoff Bodine enough for putting this program together and wished the United States bobsled teams well as they prepared themselves to race again.
Thanking the fans, the U.S. bobsled athletes and coaches, the sled mechanics, and the town of Lake Placid, Geoff Bodine was all smiles at the end of the event.
Bodine said, "I knew the drivers were going to love this.
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One word for you Geoff "Lake Speed." He can win a race and probably will again, but he really has no allies.
Geoff is a person who needs to learn to except responsibility for things rather than blaming his faults on others.
Geoff may or may not finish in the top 10 in points in '98, but I hope he finishes 45 in points.
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 Stanton Barrett goes back to driving school — for bobsleds
Since participating with nine other race car drivers in the inaugural Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge at Lake Placid, N.Y., last January, Barrett, a former ski racer, hasn't been able to get the sport out of his mind.
That he was the only driver to record a top-three finish in each of the event's two races probably has something to do with his newfound passion.
Bodine's efforts have helped provide the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation with sleds designed involving NASCAR technology.
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 ESPN - Bodine Bobsled Challenge brings out the racer in a hurry - Racing
Geoff Bodine knew his racing peers would be attracted to the challenge of bobsledding, and created the Challenge in 2005 to supplement what had already been a decade of dedication to a single goal -- building a better bobsled in the United States that its Olympians could ride to championships.
Bodine traveled to Lake Placid, took a ride in a two-man bobsled and began investigating the sport, discovering that there were no world-class bobsleds being made stateside and that athletes were indeed purchasing their own from overseas.
NASCAR driver Geoff Bodine, front, had a simple goal for his bobsledding endeavor; put American bobsledders in competitive American-made sleds.
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 The Geoff Bodine Fan Club
Geoff believed that American technology could be successfully applied to bobsled fabrication and help make the USA Team more competitive.
Geoff's Mona Vie Team now contains over 2,000 people in his network and continues to grow daily.
Geoff's Virtual Museum site is a work in progress, with the ultimate goal of becoming a one-stop source for information on his racing career, including special accomplishments both on and off the race track.
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 NHRA.com - Lucas to return to Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge
Top Fuel professional Morgan Lucas will once again be going for the gold when he competes at the third annual Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge Jan. 3-5, 2008, at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y. Lucas will represent NHRA Drag Racing against some of motorsports' greatest drivers.
After finishing second to perennial Bodine Bobsled champion Boris Said last year, Lucas is excited about re-sharpening his runners and honing his skills for his second attempt at the tricky, 18-turn course.
After watching the 1992 Winter Olympics, Bodine became interested in helping the U.S. Olympic bobsled team create and design its own sleds instead of relying on the old or outdated bobsleds they were purchasing from other countries.
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 NASCAR's Geoff Bodine Visits Nimitz
Nimitz is the first stop for Bodine, who is on a two-week tour of military installations and ships throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Bodine spent six years in the Army National Guard and his father is a World War II Army veteran.
Bodine was flown over to USS Higgins (DDG 76), a guided-missile destroyer with the Nimitz Strike Group, to spend the day with Sailors May 17.
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 Race 2 Win: Chevrolet Announces Title Sponsorship of the Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge
Bodine has confirmation from a number of drivers who will compete on the Lake Placid course.
Geoff Bodine was watching the 1992 Winter Olympic Games and noticed that American athletes were driving European-made sleds with poor results.
Bodine started on a quest to design a Made in America bobsled, and by the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the U.S. bobsled teams finally got back on the podium with a gold medal in women’s bobsledding and silver and bronze medals in the four-man event.
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