As Geoffrey Bodine strapped in for the fateful Daytona race, his PR man, Emmett Byrd, snapped a series of photos of the moment. In one of them, you can see Geoffrey tugging hard on his shoulder harness.
Loose belts are comfortable, but they can be a killer.
A week after his horrific crash at Daytona, Geoffrey Bodine quipped to TNN's Steve Byrnes that he felt as if he had been hit by a truck. Indeed, he had. Early on, the truck lost its front clip, engine, sheet metal, and much of the roll cage. Just when the crash seemed to be mercifully over, Bodine's truck was whacked by another, resulting in a fireball and another series of bone-breaking endos. When the truck fell to rest, the speedway was littered with debris and the crowd was certain it had just witnessed a fatal accident.