Geoff Bodine News

What happened to Geoffrey?

What happened to Geoffrey?

August 24, 1999
got a few questions on why Geoffrey Bodine was penalized, the answer from the Power Team site: An incident with an air gun has cost Geoffrey Bodine and the #60 Power Team Chevy team a lap in the Pepsi 400 at the Michigan Speedway. On the teams second pit stop of the

PowerTeam Paint at Indy NOPE:

PowerTeam Paint at Indy NOPE:

August 1, 1999
1999 Indianapolis 500 and defending Pep Boys Indy Racing League champion Kenny Brack will serve as the honorary crew chief for Geoffrey Bodines Power Team #60 car during the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bodines

PowerTeam Paint at Indy:

PowerTeam Paint at Indy:

August 1, 1999
1999 Indianapolis 500 and defending Pep Boys Indy Racing League champion Kenny Brack will serve as the honorary crew chief for Geoffrey Bodines Power Team #60 car during the Brickyard 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series race next week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bodines

Gateway:

Gateway:

July 27, 1999
Six regulars from NASCAR's primary series(Cup) will travel to Gateway International Raceway in Madison to compete in the Carquest 250, a Busch Grand National Series event scheduled for 8pm Saturday(July 31st). Two-time Winston Cup season champion Terry Labonte heads

Pole/Pocono:

Pole/Pocono:

July 23, 1999
Six of all the 43 Pocono races have been won by the pole starter - 14%. Last Pennsylvania 500 won by the pole winner: 1994, by Geoffrey Bodine( TNN Stats )

Drivers at the Glen:

Drivers at the Glen:

June 24, 1999
In addition to the seven Busch North Series drivers already entered in the Busch Series event at The Glen, three more drivers have filed late entries for the race. Those drivers are J.D. Gibbs, Eric Bodine (cousin of Power Team's Geoffrey Bodine) and Canadian Jason

DNF’s:

DNF’s:

June 21, 1999
#22-Ward Burton suffered his first DNF of the season. Only four teams are left that have started all 15 races and have no #18-Labonte, #20-Stewart, #33-Schrader; and #98-Mast. The #75-Musgrave has no DNF's but did miss one race. #60-Geoffrey Bodine leads with 6 DNF

Lead Laps:

Lead Laps:

June 19, 1999
Geoffrey Bodine has led the most laps in the history of the Pocono Raceway, 801 laps(GoCarolinas) -- Bodine slowed down 3/10's of a second from his best lap in qualifying. The cause of this was a skip in the engine during the one lap of qualifying. The team first encountered

The Bodine Saga:

The Bodine Saga:

June 12, 1999
Getting many email message asking what is going on with Geoffrey Bodine, his son Barry and Shoemaker Racing. All I know is that Dennis Shoemaker chose Dale Shaw to drive the #64 Chevy at South Boston because of his experience and because Geoffrey had the schedule conflict

#64 News:

#64 News:

June 9, 1999
For the South Boston Busch Series race, Dale Shaw will fill in for Geoffrey Bodine in the #64 car as Bodine will be in Michigan(PowerTeam Site), no idea why Barry Bodine is not getting the ride(6-9-1999)

New Benson Crew Chief UPDATE 1:

New Benson Crew Chief UPDATE 1:

May 13, 1999
Roush Racing announced today that Pat Tryson has been named crew chief of the #26 Roush Racing Taurus. Tryson comes from a year-long position as the car chief for Chad Little and the #97 John Deere team. He will begin his crew chief duties for driver Johnny Benson

Lowes Testing Speeds UPDATE 1::

Lowes Testing Speeds UPDATE 1::

May 6, 1999
top 6 speeds so far on Thursday: Steve Park 179-223mph; Bobby Labonte 178.619; Kenny Wallace 178.619; Dale Earnhardt 178.277; Kenny Schrader 177.959; and Geoff Bodine 177.760 (RPM2Nite). Also LMS expects to announce what track changes will be made in response the the

Kyle’s Ride UPDATE 1:

Kyle’s Ride UPDATE 1:

May 3, 1999
Kyle Petty is hitting the road after finishing 26th in the California 500. Petty's annual charity ride will leave Ontario, Calif., on Monday morning and end May 9 at his farm in Trinity, N.C., a journey of 2,863 miles. Along the way, Petty, his father, Richard Petty

Hall of Fame induction:

Hall of Fame induction:

April 23, 1999
The ninth annual International Motorsports Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held Thursday, April 22, 1999. For info see Hall of Fame induction and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame site . The new members are Harry Hyde, legendary NASCAR mechanic and crew

217mph? CORRECTION:

217mph? CORRECTION:

April 20, 1999
on today's Winston Cup Today Radio, it was reported that a rumor floating thru the garage area at Talladega during GM testing there last week, that Geoffrey Bodine ran a lap of 217mph when the wrong plate was put under the carburetor in place of the regular restrictor