SCENE & HEARD
Friday, November 17, 2006
If you got a car
6:20 PM
Geoff Bodine has got a "pile of money" from a couple of sponsors who are ready to back the New York veteran, the 1986 Daytona 500 winner who finished third in his most recent "Great American Race," in 2002.
Bodine was trolling the garage area Friday looking for a car owner that needed backing to make the 2007 500, but wasn't having much luck. One owner who spoke with Bodine said a lack of speedway cars was an issue, as having a Budweiser Shootout entry meant an owner needed a minimum of two cars for its own use.
Bodine himself laughed when asked if he'd pitched Richard Childress, saying "Can you imagine RC putting a Bodine in one of his cars?" I wonder if Geoff had a chance to talk to Frank Stoddard about possibly running one of his No Fear Racing cars, which Boris Said put on the pole for last July's Pepsi 400 at Daytona? Said, however, does have a Shootout start on his schedule for next year, thanks to that feat, so that might preclude it.
-- Dave Rodman
Bodine was trolling the garage area Friday looking for a car owner that needed backing to make the 2007 500, but wasn't having much luck. One owner who spoke with Bodine said a lack of speedway cars was an issue, as having a Budweiser Shootout entry meant an owner needed a minimum of two cars for its own use.
Bodine himself laughed when asked if he'd pitched Richard Childress, saying "Can you imagine RC putting a Bodine in one of his cars?" I wonder if Geoff had a chance to talk to Frank Stoddard about possibly running one of his No Fear Racing cars, which Boris Said put on the pole for last July's Pepsi 400 at Daytona? Said, however, does have a Shootout start on his schedule for next year, thanks to that feat, so that might preclude it.
-- Dave Rodman
Team's will have to have a "Compliance Director" next year, just like NCAA schools. Let's see...COT or old car?...Impound race , or not....new nose or old?...Tracion control or....Oops!
What a sight to see this morning. A herd of donkeys flying over Charlotte. A Bodine won a championship. Amazing.
I used to be a Geoff Bodine fan in the early 1990's. I even bought an Exide battery and Hoosier tires for my car. Lets face it, NASCAR doesn't have a seniors tour. Start a team with the money and install Todd as the driver.
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