NASCAR BGN Series Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Preview: #36, Todd Bodine
5 November 1997
#36 Todd Bodine, Stanley Pontiac Grand Prix
NASCAR Busch Series Grand National Division
Jiffy Lube Miami 300 Advance
Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex
TODD BODINE NOTES & QUOTES: JIFFY LUBE MIAMI 300
HOMESTEAD, FL - The Stanley Pontiac that Bodine will utilize this weekend in
Homestead is the same car that Team 34 Racing tested at the Metro-Dade
Motorsports Complex in September.
- "From our experience at the test, the changes to the track seem like they
will be really good," Bodine said. "The surface is smooth and fast, but it is
totally different than what we've raced on for the past two years."
- Unfortunately for Bodine, the quest for the 1997 NASCAR Busch Series
Championship was clinched by Randy LaJoie at the North Carolina Speedway on
October 25, 1997 after Bodine was involved in an accident. Bodine presently
stands second in points with Steve Park just 16 points behind.
- "We knew it was going to be a tight race for the title, but we never
anticipated having a bad second half of the season," Bodine said. "But the
guys have worked hard and we have consistently finished at the front of the
field. It is really hard to be unhappy when you have finished in the top 10 as
many times as this No. 36 Stanley Pontiac has this year."
- Bodine will be moving up to the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit in 1998 driving
the #35 Tabasco Pontiac, but acknowledges that the NASCAR Busch Series has
played a major part in launching his racing career. "The Busch Series has
basically been my career, and has gotten me to the point where I am right
now," Bodine expressed. "It got me to Winston Cup in three years and I learned
a lot, then I came back to the Busch Series and learned some more. It has been
home for five of the seven years I've been in racing."
- Bodine spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this week testing his Winston Cup
car at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Metro-Dade Motorsports Complex Results
DATE START FINISH LAPS STATUS $WON
11/3/96 3 8 200/200 Running 13,375
11/5/95 16 27 190/200 Running 7,775
Todd Bodine Career NASCAR Busch Series Results
RACES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 $ WON
158 10 41 81 1,447,233
1997 NASCAR BUSCH SERIES RESULTS
Date Location ST FIN LC/TL Earnings Status
2/15 Daytona Beach, FL 24 2 120/120 50,109 Running
2/22 Rockingham, NC 17 7 197/197 7,860 Running
3/1 Richmond, VA 30 7 249/250 8,226 Running
3/8 Atlanta, GA 9 6 197/197 16,105 Running
3/16 Las Vegas, NV 9 3 200/200 41,375 Running
3/22 Darlington, SC 9 10 147/147 8,300 Running
3/29 Hickory, NC 1* 5 300/300 8,555 Running
4/5 Ft. Worth, TX 17 4 200/200 32,750 Running
4/12 Bristol, TN 26 30 223/250 5,160 Accident
4/19 Nashville, TN 15 5 320/320 11,205 Running
4/26 Talladega, AL 4 8 117/117 12,625 Running
5/10 Loudon, NH 2 6 200/200 11,325 Running
5/18 Nazareth, PA 2 2 200/200 17,462 Running
5/24 Charlotte, NC 29 7 200/200 13,867 Running
5/31 Dover, DE 8 7 200/200 9,025 Running
6/13 South Boston, VA 12 9 300/300 5,740 Running
6/29 Watkins Glen, NY 10 2 82/82 21,560 Running
7/6 Milwaukee, WI 7 11 249/250 11,025 Accident
7/12 Myrtle Beach, SC 15 4 250/250 8,675 Running
7/26 Madison, IL 24 24 198/240 14,940 Running
8/1 Indianapolis, IN 21 25 192/200 5,265 Running
8/16 Brooklyn, MI 30 6 100/100 11,470 Running
8/22 Bristol, TN 30 8 250/250 7,440 Running
8/30 Darlington, SC 17 8 147/147 8,775 Running
9/5 Richmond, VA 10 25 248/250 6,725 Running
9/20 Dover, DE 30 15 200/200 7,160 Running
10/4 Charlotte, NC 30 20 200/200 9,158 Running
10/19 Fontana, CA 28 1 150/150 67,200 Running
10/25 Rockingham, NC 4 34 155/197 7,235 Accident
Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 DNF's LC/TL Earnings
29 0 1 9 21 3 5791/5914 (97.9%) 446,317
*Pole in Hickory obtained by points, not by qualifying run.
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