Todd Bodine

**Todd Bodine** (February 27, 1964 in Chemung, New York) is an American racecar driver. Bodine was given the nickname **The Onion** because of his bald head. Bodine drives the #30 Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing in the Camping World Truck Series. Todd Bodine has two Camping World Truck Series championships.

## Early career

Bodine drove in his first NASCAR Busch Series race in 1986, for Pistone Racing at Martinsville. He started and finished the race in 27th after his car had an engine problem.

Bodine did not race in the Busch Series again until 1990, when he drove in eight races for Diamond Ridge Motorsports in the #42 and #81 Ames Pontiac. His first race of the year was again at Martinsville. In 1991, Bodine decided to drive his first full season for Frank Cicci. He won one race and had 15 top ten finishes. At the end of the year, Bodine was 7th in points.

## 1990s

Bodine drove in his first Winston Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International Raceway on August 9, 1992. He drove the #34 Ford Thunderbird for Cicci-Welliver Racing, finishing 37th. He drove his first full season in the Winston Cup Series series in 1994 when he raced for Butch Mock Motorsports.  He raced the #75 Ford Thunderbird sponsored by Factory Stores. He missed one race that season and had two Top 5 and 7 Top 10 finished. He finished 20th place in the point standings. In 1995 as he finished 33rd in the points with only one Top 5 and 3 Top 10 finished. He was released from Butch Mock in 2005 and drove for Bill Elliott while he was away in 2006 for four races. He also drove three races for David Blair Motorsports and Andy Petree Racing. In 1997, he drove  for Ricky Craven while he was away for Hendrick Motorsports at Texas. He also drove for his brother Geoff Bodine at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

For the 1998 season, Bodine started racing with a new team called ISM Racing. The team was closed and Bodine went back to Cicci-Welliver in the Busch Series. He drove the #30 Slim Jim car. Bodine finished 33rd in points.

During the 1999 season Bodine drove the #66 car for the Cicci-Welliver team. Bodine got ten top-five finishes and finished fourth in the points standings.

## Craftsman Truck Series

Bodine made his first start in the Craftsman Truck Series 1995 driving for Roush Racing's #61 Ford. He ran 5 races that year.

Bodine did not race in the Craftsman Truck Series again until 2004, when he raced for Fiddleback Racing at Charlotte, and also raced for HT Motorsports's #59 Dodge at Kansas. Later in the year, he signed with the new race team Germain-Arnold Racing. He finishing 4th in their first race at Richmond International Raceway. Bodine left Germain-Arnold Racing and went back to Fiddleback Racing for the 2005 season. After a race at Michigan Speedway the team had no money left, and was shut down. After Fiddleback Racing shut down, Bodine went back to Germain-Arnold Racing. He won with the team at Kansas Speedway, and finished the season with five victories.

In 2006, Bodine was driving the #30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota for Germain Racing. Bodine won at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Gateway International Raceway, and Texas Motor Speedway. Todd Bodine won the 2006 Craftsman Truck Championship on Nov 17, 2006 by 122 points over Johnny Benson. The win was Bodine's first championship in any NASCAR division. Bodine continued to drive for Germain Racing in the 2007–2010 seasons. During the 2010 season Bodine won four races, and finished first in points winning his 2nd NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. Aric Almirola finished in second place, 207 points behind Bodine.

## Other websites

- Todd Bodine Official site

## Infobox (nascar driver)

- **name**: Todd Bodine
- **image**: Todd bodine.jpg
- **caption**: Bodine (left) at an autograph signing in 2009
- **birth place**: Chemung, New York
- **achievements**: 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2006 Craftsman Truck Series List of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champions, Champion
2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2010 Camping World Truck Series List of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champions, Champion
- **total cup races**: 241
- **years in cup**: 18
- **previous year**: 2011
- **prev cup pos**: 75th
- **best cup pos**: 20th (1994 NASCAR Cup Series, 1994)
- **first cup race**: 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, 1992 Budweiser at the Glen (Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen)
- **last cup race**: 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2011 Pure Michigan 400 (Michigan International Speedway, Michigan)
- **cup wins**: 0
- **cup top tens**: 21
- **cup poles**: 5
- **total busch races**: 334
- **years in busch**: 25
- **prev busch pos**: 74th
- **prev busch year**: 2017
- **best busch pos**: 2nd (1997 NASCAR Busch Series, 1997)
- **first busch race**: 1986 NASCAR Busch Series, 1986 Nationwise 150 (Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville)
- **last busch race**: 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2017 Hisense 4K TV 300 (Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte)
- **first busch win**: 1991 NASCAR Busch Series, 1991 Budweiser 200 (Dover), Budweiser 200 (Dover International Speedway, Dover)
- **last busch win**: 2003 NASCAR Busch Series, 2003 Darlingtonraceway.com 200 (Darlington Raceway, Darlington)
- **busch wins**: 15
- **busch top tens**: 160
- **busch poles**: 7
- **total truck races**: 220
- **years in truck**: 11
- **prev truck pos**: 28th
- **prev truck year**: 2013
- **best truck pos**: 1st (2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2006, 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2010)
- **first truck race**: 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman, 1995 Heartland Tailgate 175 (Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka)
- **last truck race**: 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2013 Pocono Mountains 125 (Pocono Raceway, Pocono)
- **first truck win**: 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2004 American Racing Wheels 200 (California Speedway, California)
- **last truck win**: 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2012 JEGS 200, Lucas Oil 200 (Dover International Speedway, Dover)
- **truck wins**: 22
- **truck top tens**: 124
- **truck poles**: 7
- **updated**: May 27, 2017