Geoff Bodine News

Qualifying Notes Texas:

Qualifying Notes Texas:

November 3, 2006
• 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

Dover Race News/Notes:

Dover Race News/Notes:

September 24, 2006
• 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

Rumblings – Race Notes Dover:

Rumblings – Race Notes Dover:

September 24, 2006
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

Green Light Racing hires new crew chief:

Green Light Racing hires new crew chief:

August 7, 2006
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

Rusty joins Reality Racing:

Rusty joins Reality Racing:

July 7, 2006
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

Front Row Motorsports and Race El Paso to team up at Indy:

Front Row Motorsports and Race El Paso to team up at Indy:

July 3, 2006
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

Bo-Dyn officials announce 2nd Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge:

Bo-Dyn officials announce 2nd Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge:

May 17, 2006
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

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

Atlanta Qualifying Notes:

March 17, 2006
• 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

May replaces Tesch as interim crew chief for Earnhardt:

May replaces Tesch as interim crew chief for Earnhardt:

March 11, 2006
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

Gary Nelson resigning from NASCAR UPDATE:

Gary Nelson resigning from NASCAR UPDATE:

February 21, 2006
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

May named Director of Competition at ThorSport Racing:

May named Director of Competition at ThorSport Racing:

February 3, 2006
ThorSport Racing has announced that Steve May has joined their team as Director of Competition. May brings with him over three decades worth of experience. May previously worked with Cale Yarborough, Bill Elliott and Geoff Bodine, among others. ThorSports multi-truck

Geoff Bodine honored, coins to help:

Geoff Bodine honored, coins to help:

January 26, 2006
On Saturday, 19 Cup race winner, Geoff Bodine was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of a Fame during its annual awards banquet in Albany, NY. The NYSSCA has a Hall of Fame display in the Saratoga Automobile Museum. More info and images of

Said and Lepage take the gold:

Said and Lepage take the gold:

January 8, 2006
The near zero temperatures made for a slick track for the Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge Saturday at the Verizon Sports Complex. It was an eventful and exciting day at the track as 10 NASCAR drivers competed against each other in two bobsled races which they

Todd Bodine put bobsled on the pole:

Todd Bodine put bobsled on the pole:

January 7, 2006
Todd Bodine heads into Saturday's Chevrolet Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge "on the pole" after qualifying runs for the event wrapped up on Friday afternoon at the Verizon Sports Complex. The event is a fundraiser to benefit the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project. The Bo-Dyn Bobsled

USA Bobsled Team early season success:

USA Bobsled Team early season success:

December 3, 2005
After the first two stops on the FIBT World Cup bobsled season in Calgary, Canada and Lake Placid, N.Y., the United States bobsled teams have achieved startling results with help from NASCAR. In six total races spanning women's bobsled as well as two and four-man bobsled