Recent “Tweets” from Ray Dunlap on Twitter — late last night: First; ” heard Todd Bodine got FIRED tonight after his 31st place finish. Team GM Mike Hillman had no comment when I called him post race.”
UPDATE: Most recent “Tweet” — “Im told #30 has sponsorship for next race in KY, and its just regular post race frustration when things are going as poorly as they are!!!!”(6-11-2011)
UPDATE: Excerpt from Ray Dunlap’s Blog — Friday night after the Winstar Casino 400 in Texas, I sent a message on Twitter that said, “I heard Todd Bodine got FIRED tonight after his 31st place finish. Team GM Mike Hillman had no comment when I called him post race.” Both of those sentences are true I did hear the rumor – multiple times, and Mike Hillman had no comment. After a little investigation into the truth of the matter (which I should have done before I jumped the gun on the Tweet) here are the facts. Todd Bodine did NOT get fired. Team owner Bob Germain told me, “Todd has a place at Germain racing as long as he chooses to stay with us. Georgia Boot has a big promotion with the team coming up at the next NCWTS race in Kentucky. ( July 7th, 2011). Tire Kingdom will sponsor the two-time champion again in multiple races this season and are looking to expand the deal. I called Bob Germain first thing Saturday morning to apologize for missing the boat on this story. He told me that my info was not that far off.” The bottom line is, if we do not have sponsorship on the truck for some upcoming events, it makes financial sense not to race based on the fact that we are way out of the championship hunt.” He followed up with “If you heard we are parking the truck, that may or may not be the way it ends up. However, that will probably be true.” Bob Germain finished our phone call with these words of wisdom, “I know a lot of stuff gets said at the track in the heat of the moment. It is always best to take some time to reflect after a hot day at the track. This team is solid and we will bounce back, and you can TWEET that all you like.” For complete story, see RayDunlap.net.(6-13-2011)
