Bodine would make his Busch Series debut in 1986, for Pistone Racing at
Martinsville . He qualified and finished 27th in the 30-car field, falling out of the race early with an engine problem.
Bodine went on a three year hiatus from the series until 1990, when he would drive eight races for
Diamond Ridge Motorsports #42/#81
Ames Pontiac, making his season debut at Martinsville. He started 11th and finished in the 8th position. He then followed that up with finishes of 7th at
Orange County and 3rd at
Dover Downs .
In 1991, he signed to drive for and
South Boston . He ended the year seventh in points.
Todd's career in Cup started at
Watkins Glen International Raceway on
August 9 ,
1992 when he was 28 years old. He raced the #34
Ford Thunderbird for
Cicci-Welliver Racing , finishing 37th.
His first full-time season came in
1994 when he raced for
RahMoc Enterprises . He raced the #75 Ford Thunderbird sponsored by
Factory Stores . He missed one race the whole season and scored two Top 5's and 7 Top 10's on his way to a 20th place position in the point standings. He was unable to match those statistics in
1995 ] as he finished 33rd in the points with only one Top 5 and 3 Top 10s. Following his release from RahMoc, Bodine spent
1996 , filling in for
Bill Elliott in a four-race span, finishing 10th at
Pocono . He also drove three races apiece for
David Blair Motorsports and
Andy Petree Racing . In
1997 , he filled in for
Ricky Craven at
Hendrick Motorsports at
Texas and for his brother Geoff at
Charlotte Motor Speedway , before he won the pole at Watkins Glen for Cicci-Welliver in a one-race deal. He finished 35th due to engine problems in that race.
For
1998 , he signed with a new team called
Team Tabasco . Unfortunately, the team struggled due to poor equipment, and by July, the team was closed amid allegations of improprieties by the owner. He went back to Cicci-Welliver in the Busch Series, replacing rookie
Mike Cope in the #30
Slim Jim car. He finished 33rd in points despite running 13 races, and posted a string of five consecutive top-five finishes. He also ran part-time in cup for
LJ Racing , posting a fifth at
Atlanta .
In
1999 , his Cicci-Welliver team switched to #66, and he posted ten top-fives en route a fourth-place points finish. In addition, he ran seven races for
Eel River Racing at the Cup level, his best finish being 15th at
Bristol . In
2000 , he won a pole at
Talladega as well as the race at
Michigan .
He would get back into Cup racing full time in
2001 while racing the #66
K-Mart Ford Taurus which was owned by
Haas-Carter Motorsports . Despite getting three poles, he only scored two Top 5's, missed the
Daytona 500 , and was plagued with 12 DNFs, causing him to finish 29th in points. He also ran half the schedule in the Busch Series, winning two of the first three races of the season with
Buckshot Racing , before ending the season driving for
Fitz Motorsports . He started
2002 with the 66, but lost his ride after Kmart filed for bankruptcy. He signed on to
Herzog Motorsports and won the
Kroger 300 , finishing 23rd in points. During the season, he rejoined Haas-Carter when
Discover Card became the team's primary sponsor. He garnered a fifth-place run at
Richmond , and finished 38th in points.
In
2003 , Carter partnered with
Sam Belnavis to field the #54
United States National Guard Ford for Bodine. Bodine's best finish that year was an eighth at Pocono and he finished 31st in standings. After that year, Belnavis abandoned the operation and took sponsors National Guard and Subway to Roush Racing and the Carter team closed its doors due to lack of sponsorship. Bodine also got a win at
Darlington in the Busch Series for Herzog and led the Busch Series points standings but again a lack of sponsorship forced his team to close. He ended the season at
Innovative Motorsports . He split
2004 between
Mach 1 Racing ,
Arnold Motorsports , and
R&J Racing , his best finish a 23rd at Bristol. He ran five Busch races for
GIC-Mixon Motorsports and
Marsh Racing , finishing fifth at Homestead.
Bodine made his Craftsman Truck Series debut in
1995 driving for
Roush Racing 's #61 Ford for 5 races. In his debut, Bodine qualified 3rd at
Heartland Topeka road course, and finished fourth. His worst finish was at
Mesa Marin Raceway , where he finished eighth an 8th place, earned his best start of 2nd and led his first career lap.
Bodine did not run the Trucks again until
2004 , when he competed for
Fiddleback Racing at Charlotte, finishing 20th and also ran for
HT Motorsports 's #59 Dodge at
Kansas with a 15th. Later, he signed with the new
Germain-Arnold Racing team, finishing 4th in their debut at
Richmond . After losing in
Vegas to
Shane Hmiel , Bodine won his first two career races back-to-back at
Fontana and
Texas . Competing in ten events, Bodine averaged a 13th place finish in his events, despite falling out of three with mechanical issues. Unfortunately, neither Bodine nor
Crew Chief Mike Hillman Jr. were happy with contract issues and the team leadership. So Bodine parted ways with the team and went back to Fiddleback Racing, where he would drive in
2005 . Bodine was able to earn four top-10s with the team in ten starts, but inconsistency was weighing him down to 8th place in points. Fiddleback also had no funding and after a 9th place at
Michigan the team was disbanded.
Germain Arnold signed to have him come back. He won in his second race with the team at
Kansas and rolled to four more victories, including three straight at the end of the season. By winning the final three races of the season, he made a serious run for the title. With four races remaining in the season Todd was fourth in the standings, a dismal 256 points behind leader
Ted Musgrave . With Bodine's three wins, he was able to gain one spot to third and an entire 183 points on Musgrave to finish only 73 points behind.
In
2006 , Bodine was once again behind the wheel of the #30
Lumber Liquidators Toyota. Bodine won at
Atlanta ,
Gateway , and
Texas . Todd Bodine won the 2006 Craftsman Truck Championship on
Nov 17 ,
2006 by 122 points over
Johnny Benson it was Bodine's first-ever championship in any division.
- "I don't know what it is, but if we could bottle it we could make millions." - Bodine on his quick Craftsman Truck Series success.
- "Donuts. They're not just for breakfast anymore."
- In 2007 Bodine raced the #03 toyota camry at Gateway Intl' Speedway. He is expected to run a full Busch Series schedule next year in 2008. The car number and sponsor is unknown as of July 2007.
