Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine

status	not active
NASCAR Cup Series statistics
Best placement	20th - (1994)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 241 - 5 21st
NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics
Best placement	2nd - (1997)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 333 15th 2 31
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
Best placement	1. . - (2006, 2010)
Starts Victories Poles Top 10 220 22nd 7th 124

Todd Bodine on Toyota 2013 in Rockingham

Todd Bodine (* 27. February 1964 in Chemung , New York ) is an American NASCAR - racers . He drove in all three major NASCAR divisions between 1986 and 2017. He is the younger brother of NASCAR Cup Series race winners Geoff and Brett Bodine . In contrast to his brothers, he remained without a win in the Cup series, but celebrated some successes in the two lower NASCAR series, including winning the title in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2006 and 2010 .

Career

Bodine's NASCAR career began in 1986 in the Busch Series . Making its debut at the Martinsville Speedway , which he on a Pontiac Ventura from Pistone Racing denied he was ranked 27th

It wasn't until 1990 that he started again in NASCAR races. He started again on Pontiac in the Busch Series, with a third place as the best placement. He was 39th overall.

In 1991 he drove his first full season, this time in a Buick in Team 34 , and won his first NASCAR race in the Budweiser 200 . In the overall standings he was seventh and improved the following year with three wins to third place overall. In the same year he gave on his Winston Cup debut at Budweiser at the Glen , but was only 37th 1993 Bodine again won three Busch Series races, but deteriorated to ninth place overall. He took part in eleven Cup Series races, with a 23rd place as the best result, and was 40th in the final standings.

In 1994 Todd Bodine finally moved full-time to the Winston Cup with his brothers and drove a Ford Thunderbird from Butch Mock Motorsports . He was in the top 10 seven times, with a third place in the Hooters 500 as the best result, which would also remain his best place in the highest NASCAR division. He finished 20th in the final and ended the season just behind his brothers Geoff and Brett, who finished 17th and 19th respectively. However , he was not a candidate for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award , as he had already contested too many races for that in the previous year. This should remain his best overall ranking.

1995 went less well and Bodine deteriorated to 33rd place overall. After all, he managed to win the Busch Series at North Carolina Speedway , his eighth overall. He also took part in five races in the new NASCAR Camping World Truck Series on a Ford F150 and finished all of them in the top 10.

That is why he returned to the Busch Series in 1996 and finished third overall with a win on Chevrolet for the second time. Also in 1997 he won a race and only had to admit defeat Randy LaJoie due to his consistency in the title fight .

In 1998 he returned to the Winston Cup and drove again for Pontiac in the ISM Racing team . The season was a disaster, Bodine only started 14 of 33 races and finished only 41. In return, he also started 13 races in the Busch Series and did significantly better there, after all, he finished five races in the top 5.

In 1999 Bodine drove full-time again in the Busch Series and was fourth overall, although he was without a win. The same thing was repeated in 2000, this time again with a win.

In 2001 he surprisingly returned to the Winston Cup as a full-time driver and drove two top five finishes and three pole positions with Ford and Haas Carter Motorsports . He was 29th overall. But also this year he contested 16 Busch Series races, of which he won two and was 27th in the final standings. Also in 2002 he drove in both series and was 23rd in the Busch Series with a win and 38th in the Cup Series with a fifth place as the best result (at the Daytona 500 , his brothers also competed). That year, however, he had not contested all races in any series. His brothers had already retired as full-time drivers at this point.

In 2003 Bodine again became a full-time driver in the Cup Series and was 31st overall with his 21st and final top 10 placement at the Pennsylvania 500 . He also competed in 22 Busch Series races and won his 15th and final race in the series at Darlington Raceway .

In 2004 Bodine competed in all three NASCAR divisions, and for the first time since 1995 in the Truck Series. While he did not get past two 23rd places in the Winston Cup, he did at least make it into the top 5 at the season finale in the Busch Series. Most successful, however, he was now in the Truck Series. After finishing 20th and 15th, Bodine contested the last nine races in a row for Germain Racing on a Toyota Tundra . Although he missed qualifying at the season finale, he won two races and was 27th overall.

It was already clear that Bodine would drive a full Truck Series season in 2005. He won five races and was third overall behind Ted Musgrave and Dennis Setzer . In 2006 he finally achieved his greatest success when he won the championship, although he only won three races. Its main competitors had been Johnny Benson and David Reutimann . In 2007, however, he failed to defend his title and finished fourth with two wins.

In 2008 came third overall with three wins, in 2009 a fourth and two wins. In 2010 Bodine won four races and became champion for the second time. Along with Ron Hornaday junior , Jack Sprague and Matt Crafton, he is one of only four drivers who have won the Truck Series several times. 2011 went less well, so Bodine remained without a win and finished the season in seventh place, and his collaboration for Germain Racing ended. In 2012, Bodine switched to Red Horse Racing and won another race, but deteriorated to 14th place. In 2013, Bodine only competed in eight races, seven of them at ThorSport Racing as a teammate of the later champion Matt Crafton, and one for Turner Scott Motorsports, this time on a Chevrolet Silverado . With three eleventh places he was 28th in the final ranking.

Bodine made his last NASCAR start in 2017 on a Chevrolet SS in the second-highest division, which has been called the Xfinity Series since 2015 , at Charlotte Motor Speedway . He finished in 30th place.

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