Geoff Bodine - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Bodine Sponsor? UPDATE

No idea what this means, but I thought Geoff Bodine and Power Team were set - "Geoff Bodine -- well, he wants to be called Geoffrey now -- also returns, this time with the new Joe Bessey team. Also searching for a sponsor, the team makes its first appearance at the...

Heavenly Bodies new shop

Heavenly Bodies Tim Weaver, owner of Heavenly Bodies, has broken ground on a new 3,200-sq. ft. facility in Statesville, N.C., which will house his racing sheetmetal hanging and fabrication business. The new shop will allow Heavenly Bodies to better accommodate its ...

Bessey/Bodine/PowerTeam UPDATE 4

I hear that Joe Bessey is going to operate a Cup team and Geoff Bodine will drive for him in the # 60 Powerteam WC Chevy for the 1999 season. Joe Bessey will continue to drive the #6 Powerteam Chevy in the BGN in 1999. I also hear they signed the deal on Wednesday(...

Snowball Derby Update

From a correspondent: There were twelve drivers there. There were only four trucks. So the drivers decided to run three heat races with the winner of each advancing to the main race. They would draw a name from the second place finishers for the other truck in the ...

Snow Ball Derby

Snow Ball Derby UPDATE 4: The Snowball Derby is set for December 3-6, and Grassmann says that Kyle Petty is very supportive and will run in the race along with his son Adam, the first time they will race against each other. Don Grassmann, of Kannapolis, NC, and his...

Geoff Bodine on TNN

TNN's Inside NASCAR had an interview with Geoff Bodine. It was mentioned that Bodine has talked to five Cup teams, three BGN teams, a CTS(truck) team and Bodine mentioned that he has talked to an IRL team, not an existing one but a possible new IRL team and he is considering...

Philips/Mattei/Bodine?

According to sources, the rumored split between Philips and Mattei Motorsports is not happening, but apparently it is happening. Confused? Supposedly former Mattei driver Geoff Bodine has won over some friends at Philips and will take a significant associate sponsorship...

LJ Racing News

#91 LJ Racing team owner Joe Falk expects to name a sponsor by December 1st and has three good possibilities. Falk hopes to have Todd Bodine in the car, but he would have to miss three Cup races because of his committment to the #30 Phillips 66 BGN team, Falks second...

Philips to Stay?

Michael Waltrip, who now drives for the #7 Mattei Motorsports team, says he is confident that Philips will remain with the team next season. Speculation was that the sponsorship was shaky after 1998 driver Geoff Bodine left the team and that Philips has gone through...

#98 CLOSED UP?

#98 CLOSED UP? UPDATE: Just heard that the #98 Cale Yarborough team is in the process of closing it's shop and laying off the crew. The Philips and Geoff Bodine deal never materialized. Looks like Philips just may leave the sport.(11-20-98) -- Yep, it's true, mid afternoon...

Bodine Info

Geoff Bodine is currently working on a sponsorship deal with the casino that the Cherokee Indians own in North Carolina. If Bodine can work out that deal he would stay in Winston Cup, if not he may stay there anyway waiting for that first pink slip to be handed out...

Shepherd/Stavola’s?

Shepherd/Stavola's? UPDATE 3: I hear that the Stavola Brothers and Morgan Shepherd may be joining forces for the 1999 Winston Cup season. Also added two shot's of the Nokia Chevy Shepherd ran at Atlanta for the Stavola's on Jayski's Paint Scheme Gallery .(11-12-98) -- ...

Bodine/BGN/CTS??

During the 2nd rain delay, ESPN talked to Geoff Bodine who said he has offers to drive in the BGN and Truck series but is looking for a Cup ride. He said the BGN did appeal to him some as his son Barry will drive the series in 1999.(ESPN2)(11-8-98)...

Waltrip to Mattei?

Michael Waltrip is rumored to be the next driver of Jim Mattei's #7. Mattei, who bought out Geoff Bodine's ownership share of the team, also is considering a merger with Felix Sabates' operation(SABCO), but Sabates sources say that is unlikely.( SpeedNet/Ben Blake ) (...

August 27, 1998

WC Today Radio(PRN) reports that although some published reports have Geoff Bodine being let go at anytime from the #7 Philips Mattei Motorsports Ford, Jim Mattei, owner says that is not so. Both Bodine and Mattei are exploring other possibilities for 1999. They ...

Geoff Bodine out?

Jim Mattei of Mattei Motorsports said that he is considering replacing Geoff Bodine in the #7 Philips Ford with Michael Waltrip or Ricky Craven and is thinking about an option to merge with SABCO.( Winston Cup Today Radio ),to cut off these questions: No idea what ...

August 21, 1998

Philips Consumer Communications L.P. has been signed as an Official Marketing Partner for NASCAR's 50th Anniversary celebration, said Clay Zimmerman, vice president of North American Marketing for PCC. As an Official Marketing Partner, PCC will be entitled to use...

August 19, 1998

Geoff Bodine will throw out the first pitch at a NY Yankees game on August 24th...

August 7, 1998

UPDATE: Jim Mattei, majority owner of the #7 Philips team Geoff Bodine drives for, might be in the market to sell his part of the operation, according to sources close to the team.( JournalNow-Mike Mulhern ) (08-07-1998)...

Geoff Bodine and Lincoln Technical Institute

Driver Geoff Bodine and Lincoln Technical Institute have joined forces to create a $300,000 annual scholarship program intended to provide Lincoln Tech students with scholarships. Lincoln Tech consists of eight schools which offer training to prepare students for a...