Brett Bodine and wife have tough weekend: The wife of NASCAR driver Brett Bodine was “sore but OK” after a one-car accident here over the weekend, Brett Bodine Racing officials said Monday. While Diane Bodine, 43, was unhurt, her car sustained $10,000 [actually totalled] damage when it flipped and hit a utility pole Sunday morning, said spokeswoman Carolyn Carrier. “She’s mad and upset because she lost her favorite car. Now it’s pretty much junk.” After Saturday night’s Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Diane and Brett Bodine decided to wait out traffic before heading back to their beachside condo. They took separate cars, and Brett followed his wife, Carrier said. Just after 5:00am, Diane Bodine told police she swerved to avoid a small animal that ran in front of her and lost control of her car. It hit a curb and crashed into a utility pole in the 1400 block of Peninsula Drive, knocking out power to 33 nearby homes. Police said Bodine was not charged in the accident.(Daytona Beach News Journal) PLUS And Brett Bodine’s #11 car burst into flames after coming to a stop following the 14-car accident [The Big One] on Lap 136, a spokesman for Bodine’s team said Bodine’s car burned some seven minutes before firefighters came to douse the flames. But Bodine’s car re-ignited and basically fried the Ford. Bodine is ok, but sore.(7-9-2002)
