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Geoff Bodine visits troops in Bahrain:

Touring the Middle East: Former NASCAR Cup driver Geoffrey Bodine, oldest of three driving brothers, has just returned from a 10-day trip which took him to Bahrain, right off Saudi Arabi. Bodine made the trip at the request of the U.S. Navy. "I was there to let our...
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Bodine to add another venue to his Bobsled Challenge:

Geoff Bodine. who last year persuaded 10 race car drivers to get behind the cowls of specially made bobsleds and race to raise money for the U.S. bobsled team, is taking his project to Utah Olympic Park. "We're going to have two," Bodine said Tuesday from Park City...
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Newman heading to a dubious record:

#12-Ryan Newman won the pole for this past Friday for the Atlanta race. Doesn't seem to translate into wins for Newman who is now on the brink of setting a modern-era record that he probably does not want. Newman has gone winless in the last 26 races that he has started...
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Johnson’s win at Vegas #150 for Hendrick Motorsports:

#48-Jimmie Johnson's performance Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway marked the 150th points-paying Nextel Cup Series victory since 1984 for team owner Rick Hendrick. Each Hendrick win has come in a Chevrolet race car. Hendrick Motorsports 150th Cup Series win came ...
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Can Dale Jr, still make the chase?

after two races, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 40th in Nextel Cup Drivers Points, the highest finishing drivers who stood at 40th after 2 races in the past 15 seasons? 2001: Kevin Harvick finished 9th [was 8th after 26 races, The Chase starts race #27], Harvick stepped ...
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Boris Said wins Bodine Bobsled Challenge:

Road race ace Boris Said, whose late father, Bob, drove in the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics for the U.S. bobsled team, overcame a whipping wind and pelting rain on Saturday and won both races in the Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge on the Olympic track at ...
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Boris Said fastest in Bodine Bobsled Challenge Friday:

Boris Said posted the fastest two runs Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg and easily won the qualifying for the Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge. Said bested the driver who organized the unique event by nearly a second and was the target of more than a few barbs...
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Geoff Bodine Daytona 500 deal falls thru:

Geoff Bodine said Wednesday [Dec 13th] he hasn't been able to find a team to run a car in February's Daytona 500 Nextel Cup race. Bodine, who has been in retirement for the past season or so, said in November he has a sponsor -- energy drink Mona Vie -- that wants ...
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Truck Series News & Notes – Homestead:

The Championship comes down to the final race - again. There are no guarantees in Craftsman Truck Series competition but the odds are in Todd Bodine's (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) favor as the battle for the championship goes down to the final race for the 11th ...
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Geoff Bodine to attempt Daytona 500:

Geoffrey Bodine, 57, will attempt to qualify for February's Daytona 500 despite having been out of the Nextel Cup Series for more than two years. Bodine said he has lined up a sponsor for the race but has revealed no details.(Tennessean)(11-8-2006) UPDATE: At 57, Geoff...
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Qualifying Notes Texas:

• Brian Vickers won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Dickies 500, lapping Texas Motor Speedway in 27.518 seconds at 196.235 mph. He broke Bill Elliott’s track-qualifying record of 27.803 seconds, 194.224 mph - set April 5, 2002. The top eight drivers bettered...
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Dover Race News/Notes:

• Jeff Burton won the Dover 400 at Dover International Speedway, scoring his 18th Nextel Cup victory in his 431st career start. • This is his first victory in 2006 and first at Dover in 26 races here. His most recent victory came at Phoenix in October 2001 – 176 races...
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Rumblings – Race Notes Dover:

Jeff Burton has been knocking on the door all season and today the #31 Cingular Wireless team kicked that door in. Burton passed Matt Kenseth with six laps to go today at Dover International Speedway and went on to win the Dover 400 by almost 8 seconds, and we beat...
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Green Light Racing hires new crew chief:

Coming off the announcement of new sponsor "The GPS Store and Garmin", Green Light Racing officials announced today that they have hired veteran crew chief Kevin Cram to oversee operations of the #08 Chevrolet Silverado. Cram comes to Green Light with experience from...
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Rusty joins Reality Racing:

Reality Racing, Inc. has announced that Rusty Wallace has joined its group of racing legends who will be participating in the Reality Racing, The Rookie Challenge television series. Wallace will serve as a consultant to the Reality Racing project. Racing legends Bobby...
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Front Row Motorsports and Race El Paso to team up at Indy:

Race El Paso, the race team based out of El Paso, Texas owned by Gregg and Ryan Jackson plan to attempt the Brickyard 400 at Indy this August. The Jacksons nearly made it in 2004, when Geoff Bodine drove the team's car [was #34 then], the Border Bandit, to a qualifying...
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Bo-Dyn officials announce 2nd Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge:

Representatives of the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project and the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority in Lake Placid announced Monday that the second Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge will return to the two-time Winter Olympic village January 5-7, 2007 at the Verizon ...
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Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

• Kasey Kahne won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Golden Corral 500, lapping Atlanta Motor Speedway in 28.792 seconds at 192.553 mph. Geoffrey Bodine holds track-qualifying record of 28.074 seconds, 197.478 mph, set Nov. 15, 1997, in the first qualifying...
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May replaces Tesch as interim crew chief for Earnhardt:

Steve May has assumed interim crew chief duties for the #13 ThorSport Racing Chevy driven by Kerry Earnhardt. May has been involved in NASCAR'S upper echelon for over thirty years, and has worked with Cale Yarborough, Bill Elliott and Geoff Bodine's Craftsman Truck...
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Gary Nelson resigning from NASCAR UPDATE:

on the Speed Channel 'crawl' this afternoon: SPEED reporter Bob Dillner has learned that Gary Nelson, NASCAR's VP of Research and Development, will submit his resignation Wednesday. Nelson has been in charge of the development of NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow. UPDATE: Gary...