![]() The effort fizzled quickly and Hendrick told the team they were out of money and shutting the doors. Hendrick paired the Yankee racer with a very southern crew chief, Harry Hyde. The 1982 Cup Rookie of the Year details his early days and how he got a shot with a Charlotte car-salesman who was starting a NASCAR team. Bodine's winning ways in NASCAR's open wheel ranks led to opportunities down south in NASCAR's Late Model Sportsman series, now called the Xfinity Series, and eventually a ride in the elite Cup Series. In 1978, Bodine won an astonishing 55 out of 84 sanctioned races, a feat still in the Guinness Book of World Records. From there, Bodine started his young career on the short tracks of the Northeast driving NASCAR Modifieds. ![]() The legendary NASCAR driver began his storied career in an all-female "powder puff" race and wore a wig to do so. Today, the much-anticipated interview as Geoff Bodine, one of Dale Earnhardt's biggest rivals, sits down with Dale Earnhardt Jr. For some NASCAR fans, the names Earnhardt and Bodine are like oil and water.
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