Geoff Bodine News

NASCAR History:

NASCAR History:

September 8, 2009
Sept. 8 -- 1984: Sam Ard finishes 11th in the Miller 150 Nationwide Series race at Richmond (Va.) Fairgrounds Raceway, snapping his streak of 42 consecutive top-10 finishes. Of those 42 top-10s, 37 are in the top five, including 14 victories. Tommy Ellis gets the win

U.S. bobsledders test at wind tunnel in Mooresville:

U.S. bobsledders test at wind tunnel in Mooresville:

July 18, 2009
Mooresville NC, the town known as Race City USA for its many motorsports shops was the place to be Wednesday for America's top men and women bobsledders. They came to gain an edge on the competition, six months before the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, B.C

Today in NASCAR History:

Today in NASCAR History:

July 17, 2009
Geoff Bodine wins the Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Pocono to put the #7 in Victory Lane in a Cup race for the first time since Alan Kulwicki's last victory two years earlier. Bodine wins two more times in 1994 and once more in 1996 for the last victories for the #7..(

Sprint Cup Series Notes from Pocono:

Sprint Cup Series Notes from Pocono:

June 8, 2009
* Tony Stewart won the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. He started first but dropped to the rear under penalty because he went to a backup car after crashing in Saturday practice. This is the fourth time a driver started at the rear and won in 2009. Six of the past eight

Long speaks to Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel:

Long speaks to Dave Despain on Wind Tunnel:

June 8, 2009
Part-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Carl Long [Carl-long.com - donation info there] joined Dave Despain in-studio Sunday night on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain to discuss his recent NASCAR penalty for an oversized Cup engine during NASCAR Sprint All-Star weekend

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

June 2, 2009
* Jimmie Johnson won the Autism Speaks 400 presented by Heluva Good! at Dover International Speedway. * Johnson became the fourth repeat race winner in 13 races this season, joining Kyle Busch (three), Mark Martin (two) and Matt Kenseth (two). Brad Keselowski, Jeff

Gunselman Motorsports taps Mike Wallace for Pocono:

Gunselman Motorsports taps Mike Wallace for Pocono:

June 2, 2009
Gunselman Motorsports has called upon veteran driver Mike Wallace to drive the #64 Toyota for this weekends NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway. Wallace has gone to victory lane three times at the 2.5-mile track in ARCA competition. Being without a full

Stewart looking to be the first owner-driver winner since Rudd:

Stewart looking to be the first owner-driver winner since Rudd:

May 21, 2009
#14-Tony Stewart's win in the All-Star Race doesn't go down as an official win for Stewart-Haas Racing, so the team will still be looking for its first points win Sunday night. Stewart will also look to do something that hasn't been done in this millennium: win as

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

May 19, 2009
* Tony Stewart won The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway, winning $1,058,656. It was Stewart's first All-Star Race win in his 11th try. * Stewart Haas Racing scored its first win. * Stewart led only once for the final two laps. * Stewart is the seventh

Tony Stewart wins the All-Star Race:

Tony Stewart wins the All-Star Race:

May 16, 2009
#14-Tony Stewart won the All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway, passing #17-Matt Kenseth with 2 laps to go, to capture his first All-Star race victory, becoming only the 2nd owner/driver to ever win the All-Star Race [Geoff Bodine was the other in 1994]. Kenseth held

Geoff Bodine Memorabilia Sale and Auction:

Geoff Bodine Memorabilia Sale and Auction:

May 7, 2009
19 Sprint Cup Race Winner and 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine has announced plans for a Memorabilia Sale and Auction at his shop, located at 18605 Northline Dr, Cornelius, NC 28031, for the week of May 18th - 22nd [the week between the All-Star race and Coke 600

Hendrick drivers win three in a row:

Hendrick drivers win three in a row:

April 23, 2009
#5-Mark Martin's win last week at Phoenix International Raceway came on the heels of two other Hendrick Motorsports wins -- #48-Jimmie Johnson at Martinsville and #24-Jeff Gordon at Texas -- and marked the third time Hendrick Motorsports has won three consecutive Cup

#64 car withdraws UPDATE:

#64 car withdraws UPDATE:

April 22, 2009
no reason given, but the NASCAR Talladega Entry list now shows the #64 Gunselman Motorsports entry that Geoff Bodine was to drive at Talladega, as withdrawn. See the entry list on my Talladega Entry List page. UPDATE: After much thought, team owner Larry Gunselman

Ballew charged with DUI at AMS: UPDATE Charges dropped:

Ballew charged with DUI at AMS: UPDATE Charges dropped:

April 1, 2009
NASCAR team owner Billy Ballew was arrested for driving drunk at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. Ballew confirmed the arrest during a telephone interview Thursday. "There's a lot of circumstances I don't want to go into right now," Ballew said. "I am 100

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series:

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series:

March 31, 2009
Racing Resources Says "¦Sprint Cup Series: * Jimmie Johnson won the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. * Johnson became the fourth different race winner in 2009. Matt Kenseth won the first two races (Daytona and California). Kyle Busch won at Las