BODINE: Honors The Night Train Olympic Victory in Atlanta
03-02-2010 5:22 pm

Bodine has raced in all nine Truck Series events at Atlanta

Bodine has completed 1177 of 1180 Truck Series laps at Atlanta

Bodine has one Win, one Pole and 1049 laps in the Top 15 at Atlanta

Bodynbobsled.com is a project spearheaded by brother Geoff Bodine

The Night Train is the name of the Bobsled that Carried the US team to Gold

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is set to unleash high-energy racing action at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, March 6th. Truck Series driver and 2006 champion Todd Bodine can't wait for the race weekend to begin. Bodine, of Chemung, NY, will race against his brother Geoff Bodine for the first time in nearly six years. And, the two brothers will be grinning from ear-to-ear as Todd Bodine steers his No. 30 The Night Train Tundra around the Hampton, Ga., mile and a half race track paying tribute to the gold medal success of the US Bobsled team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

"We are racing The Night Train Tundra in Atlanta to celebrate the gold medal win for the US Bobsled team in the Winter Olympics. The special paint scheme is for all of the race drivers and celebrities that have donated their time to raise money by racing in the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Challenge over the past five years. They donated their time to raise money for the US Bobsled team and this is their gold medal, too," said Bodine, whose brother Geoff spearheaded the Bo-Dyn Bobsled Project to build better bobsleds for the US Bobsled team in 1992.

In addition to the gold medal won by the US Bobsled team, it's impossible to mention Todd Bodine and Atlanta Motor Speedway and not think of victory lane. Bodine is tied for the most Truck Series top-fives and most top-tens at the track. He's finished all but three laps in nine NCWTS races and he's led laps in 11 races spanning each of NASCAR's three premier divisions including 5 truck races.

"I love racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The surface is really worn out, so experience comes into play. I've always been good at Atlanta, even on the old Atlanta (configuration). I got my best Cup Series finish there and it's just been a track where I've always run well and always adapted well," explained Bodine, who has an average running position of 7.576 according to NASCAR Loop Data Statistics for the Truck Series.

Crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. and the Germain Racing crew have prepared chassis TRD-124 to be No. 30 The Night Train Tundra in Atlanta. The truck went to victory lane at Texas last June and spent the off-season receiving a complete overhaul.

"A key to consistently running up front is to always work on improving your equipment whether it is building new Tundra trucks or making your strong trucks stronger," said Hillman, who overhauled a chassis that was dominant in five of seven races in 2009.

Bodine races the No. 30 The Night Train Tundra Saturday afternoon at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Qualifying is at 9:35 A.M. on Saturday morning with racing live on SPEED and MRN. The green flag is scheduled to wave the Truck Series field into action for 130 laps/200.2 miles of high-energy action at 2:00 PM Eastern.

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Notes on Atlanta Motor Speedway

Bodine has completed 1177 of 1180 laps in the nine Truck Series races at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Bodine has been in the top-15 for 1049 of 1180 laps at Atlanta

Bodine won his first Truck Series pole at Atlanta in 2006 and backed it up with his first Atlanta win

Bodine won from the pole position in each of his first three pole awards

Bodine has led laps in Cup, NNS and Trucks at Atlanta. Cup—89 laps over three races, NNS—seven laps over three races, Trucks—107 laps over five races

Chassis TRD-124: The truck won at Texas, June, 2009, following a dominating run at Dover that was cut short of great results by a persistent issue with tires. TRD-124 also raced at Kentucky, Chicagoland, Nashville, Homestead and the fall Texas race

Germain Racing has won two or more races each year in the Truck Series since its first race in 2004. The team has 18 wins, seven pole awards and one Truck Series championship

Bodine has earned 17 wins and five pole awards with Germain Racing

Bodynbobsled.com is a project spearheaded by brother Geoff Bodine

"The Night Train" is the name of the bobsled the US team raced to win the gold medal in the Winter Olympics 2010