Eric Bodine

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Eric Bodine
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
Born (1962-08-17) August 17, 1962 (age 59)
Waverly, New York
NASCAR Busch North Series career
Debut season1994
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish14th in 1999
Finished last season14th (1999)
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 2 years
1998 positionN/A
First race 1998 Lysol 200 (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Last updated on: July 13, 2020.

Eric Bodine (born August 17, 1962) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He drove a total of 78 races in the NASCAR Busch North Series (now the ARCA Menards Series East) in the mid and late 1990s, where he ran nearly full seasons. In addition, he made one start in the Busch Series at his home track of Watkins Glen in 1998. He is part of NASCAR's Bodine family as the uncle of Barry and cousin of Geoff, Brett, and Todd Bodine.

Contents

Racing career

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132NBSCPtsRef
1998 Bodine Motorsports 21 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV RCH PPR GLN
27
MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT [1]
1 GTY
DNQ
CAR ATL HOM
1999 21N DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN
DNQ
MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM N/A0 [2]

Busch North Series

NASCAR Busch North Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122NBNSCPtsRef
1994 Bodine Motorsports 21 Chevy NHA
DNS
NHA MND NZH SPE
26
HOL GLN
20
JEN
29
EPP GLN NHA WIS STA TMP MND WMM RPS LEE NHA LRP 45th353 [3]
1995 DAY NHA
28
LEE
DNQ
JEN
DNQ
NHA NZH HOL BEE TMP
28
GLN NHA
40
TIO
29
MND GLN
5
EPP RPS LEE STA BEE NHA
29
TMP LRP
DNQ
33rd786 [4]
1996 DAY LEE JEN
18
NZH HOL
14
NHA
27
TIO
13
BEE
28
TMP
17
NZH
32
NHA
39
STA GLN
23
EPP RPS
18
LEE
19
NHA
13
NHA
33
BEE
18
TMP
29
LRP
15
23rd1589 [5]
1997 DAY LEE
18
JEN
18
NHA
14
NZH HOL
14
NHA
18
STA
19
BEE
17
TMP
21
NZH
22
TIO
13
NHA
38
STA
15
THU
14
GLN
29
EPP
18
RPS
22
BEE
12
TMP
18
NHA
21
LRP
27
16th2096 [6]
1998 LEE
17
RPS NHA
29
NZH HOL
22
GLN
27
STA
15
NHA
23
DOV
18
STA
27
NHA
20
GLN
4
EPP
DNQ
JEN
18
NHA
22
THU
21
TMP
21
BEE
19
LRP 19th1700 [7]
1999 LEE
18
RPS
15
NHA
25
TMP
8
NZH HOL
11
BEE
11
JEN
11
STA
10
NHA
17
NZH
18
STA
11
NHA
18
GLN
11
EPP
16
THU
18
BEE
19
NHA
35
LRP
32
14th2014 [8]
21N GLN
DNQ

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