A non-profit company that’s used NASCAR racing technology to supply the U.S. Olympic bobsled teams with faster rides is moving to the heart of stock-car country in North Carolina. Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project Inc. says it will move from Connecticut to Concord after next month’s Vancouver Olympics. The corporation was founded by NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine 18 years ago to ensure U.S. sleds would be made in America with racing know-how. Bo-Dyn Bobsled says in Thursday’s statement that the leader of the Colchester, Conn., company that fabricated the metal sleds is retiring and the work will be taken over by technicians who have worked with other NASCAR teams.(Associated Press)(1-29-2010)
UPDATE: For most of his adult life, Bob Cuneo has worked on race cars and bobsleds from his Chassis Dynamics shop in Oxford, Conn. The technological guru behind the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project, Inc., makers of Made-In-America bobsleds, will mostly retire and the United States sled operation will re-locate to the heart of NASCAR country in Concord, N.C. However, he won’t disappear. Cuneo, 62, will remain with the Bo-Dyn Bobsled initiative as designer and consultant, while turning over the hands-on applications to a pair of former colleagues. He will stay active in research and development, and will guide Jim Garde and Mike McLaughlin. Garde, of Concord, is a former Chassis Dynamics employee, who started with Cuneo at age 11. He later became head fabricator for Hendrick Motorsports before starting his own business. McLaughlin, of Mooresville, N.C., was a top modified driver who later competed in the Busch Grand National Series. Now he has gained a further measure of fame as the driving coach for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year Joey Logano.(Bo-Dyn PR)(1-29-2010)
