Brett Bodine News

Some Facts from Henry:

Some Facts from Henry:

July 10, 2000
Joe Nemechek (2nd) had his best finish since his victory at NHIS last September. Jerry Nadeau (4th) had his career best finish today. His previous high- water mark was 5th at Watkins Glen last August. Rick Mast (12th) had his best finish since he was 9th here last

#25 “ new crew chief:

#25 “ new crew chief:

June 22, 2000
#25 “ new crew chief: With the move of their BGN team to their CTS shop, all employees of the #25 Team Rensi BGN team, including crew chief David Ifft were invited and expected to come to work at the new location, although David Ifft hasn't decided whether he'll make

#11 Crew Chief Change:

#11 Crew Chief Change:

June 17, 2000
Brett Bodine, owner/driver of the #11 Ralphs Supermarkets Ford team, has hired Mike Hillman to replace Greg Ely as his crew chief this week. Hillman had worked at Joe Falk Racing(#91) and with Robby Gordon's team(#13) earlier this season(That's Racin')(6-17-2000)

Happy Day:

Happy Day:

May 28, 2000
Bruce Fecteau, a member of Brett Bodine's crew, married Kimberly Tansey atop the team hauler, with Motor Racing Outreach chaplain Steve Green officiating. The couple met at Flemington (N.J.) Speedway while working for the same race team, and their first dates involved

#11 Sponsor UPDATE 2:

#11 Sponsor UPDATE 2:

May 8, 2000
hearing that Ralph's Supermarkets will not return to the #11 Brett Bodine team in 2001(5-4-2000) UPDATE: Ralphs Supermarkets had orginally signed a one year contract with Brett Bodine - a second year contract has not yet been signed, but at no point in time has Ralphs

California Notes:

California Notes:

April 25, 2000
All three Winston Cup Series races at California have been won from a top-five starting position. Darrell Waltrip posted his most recent top-five finish in the 1998 California 500 when finished fifth. Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte have both posted three top-10 finishes

California Testing UPDATE 2:

California Testing UPDATE 2:

April 21, 2000
#75-Wally Dallenbach is at the California Speedway testing this week(Wally Dallenbach Site)(4-19-2000) UPDATE: #32-Scott Pruett and BGN driver #97-Anthony Lazarro are also testing. Heard that Dallenbach ran a fast lap of 183.908mph(4-20-2000) UPDATE 2: #4-Bobby Hamilton

Penalties UPDATE a rundown:

Penalties UPDATE a rundown:

April 10, 2000
Five teams got caught by NASCAR's new rules concerning tires left on pit road at Martinsville. #24-Jeff Gordon, #22-Ward Burton, #16-Kevin Lepage, #44-Kyle Petty and #36-Ken Schrader all were forced to start at the end of the longest line on caution-flag restarts(goracing

Bodine sponsor:

Bodine sponsor:

February 28, 2000
WorldBestBuy.com, an Internet retail supersite, has signed on as an associate sponsor of the #11 Brett Bodine Racing team. They also are sponsoring the #26 Allcar Motorsports BGN team for the first three races of 2000(goRacing)(2-26-2000) -- UPDATE: WorldBestBuy.com

AMS Testing:

AMS Testing:

February 25, 2000
Four CUP driver and one BGN driver tested at Atlanta on Thursday. Fastest was #27-Jeff Fuller at 191.471mph. 2nd was #77-Robert Pressley at 190.487, 3rd was #11-Brett Bodine at 189.901 and th was #13-Robby Gordon at 187.847. #15-Derrick Gilchrist tested his Andy Petree

more Talladega Testing:

more Talladega Testing:

February 4, 2000
testing Winston Cup cars at Talladega on Thursday were #26-Jimmy Spencer, #2-Rusty Wallace, #11-Brett Bodine, #41-Rick Mast and #96-Greg Sacks. Busch Series drivers #10-Jeff Green, #4-Jeff Purvis, #1-Randy LaJoie, #5-Dick Trickle, #57-Jason Keller, #17-Jason Schuler

Bodines on Oprah:

Bodines on Oprah:

January 25, 2000
Geoffrey and Brett Bodine were on the Oprah Winfrey show Tuesday(actually a few weeks ago and it aired today), a bit from the story: "It all came to a head on at the biggest race of year. They took their aggressions out on the track, resulting in Geoff crashing his

Elliott Buys Cales Engine Shop:

Elliott Buys Cales Engine Shop:

January 24, 2000
Ernie Elliott, Bill's brother, has purchased the Cale Yarborough engine shop, which includes the shop, equipment and the people who worked there are now employed by Elliott. Elliott will supply engines to the #94-Bill Elliott, #11-Brett Bodine, #9-Stacy Compton, #15

New Bodine Crew Chief:

New Bodine Crew Chief:

December 17, 1999
Greg Ely, who was with the #75 team, has been named the crew chief for the #11 Ralph's Ford owned/driven by Brett Bodine. Rick Gay, who had been the crew chief for the last part of the 2000 season took a job with the #25 HMS team( Winston Scene Magazine )

Bodine deal falls through UPDATE 2:

Bodine deal falls through UPDATE 2:

December 9, 1999
The RacingWest site has a story up saying that it has been reported that the deal between Hilton Racing and NASCAR Winston Cup driver, Brett Bodine has fallen apart. Richard Hilton, of Hilton Racing had reportedly purchased the #11 Winston Cup Series Team back on Nov