Geoff Bodine

Geoff Bodine
Bodine in 2007
BornGeoffrey Eli Bodine
(1949-04-18) April 18, 1949 (age 75)
Chemung, New York, U.S.
AchievementsAll-time wins leader in the Yankee All-Star League (11)
All-time championships leader in the Yankee All-Star League (2)
1987 IROC Champion
1976, 1978 Yankee All-Star League Champion
1986 Daytona 500 Winner
1994 The Winston Select Winner
1992 Busch Clash Winner
1980, 1981 Oxford 250 Winner
1981 Dogwood 500 Classic Late Models Winner
1980 Dogwood 500 Classic Modifieds Winner
1975, 1976, 1978, 1981 Cardinal 500 Classic Modifieds Winner
1972, 1978 Race of Champions Winner
1980 Spring Sizzler Winner
Awards1982 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
Named one of NASCAR's all-time Top 10 modified Drivers
Listed in the Guinness World Records for "Most wins in one season" (55 wins in modifieds)[1]
NASCAR Cup Series career
575 races run over 27 years
Best finish3rd (1990)
First race1979 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race2011 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win1984 Sovran Bank 500 (Martinsville)
Last win1996 The Bud at the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
18 190 37
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
94 races run over 13 years
Best finish19th (1982)
First race1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race2005 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
First win1982 TranSouth 200 (Darlington)
Last win1989 County Squire 200 (Darlington)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 39 13
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
22 races run over 5 years
Best finish20th (1995)
First race1995 Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic (Phoenix)
Last race2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 9 1
Statistics current as of December 20, 2012.

Geoffrey Eli Bodine (born April 18, 1949) is an American retired motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (with Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine), and sister Denise. Bodine lives in West Melbourne, Florida.

Bodine was born into a racing family as his father and grandfather, Eli Bodine Jr. and Sr. built Chemung Speedrome just a year after he was born. He began learning his racing skills at this track in the micro-midget division when he was only five years old. He had such an itch to race that he disguised himself as a lady and entered an event known as the Powder Puff Derby when he was 15.[1]

  1. ^ a b "NASCAR legend Geoff Bodine speeds through life". AARP. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2022-07-08.