Geoffrey Bodine to run U.S. Olympic Bo-Dyn Bobsled Truck in Atlanta

In a nod to the U.S. Olympic bobsled medalists and his pastime, NASCAR
veteran Geoffrey Bodine will compete in the E-Z-GO 200 NASCAR Camping World
Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the No. 95 Bo-Dyn Bobsled
paint scheme featuring the U.S. Olympic bobsled medalists, including
Douglasville, Georgia's Elana Meyers who won a bronze medal. A Bo-Dyn
Bobsled will be on display in front of the Fan Stage in the Display Lot and
the vehicle will arrive at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Wednesday, March 3.

Geoff Bodine's interest in bobsledding came to a boil during the 1992 Winter
Olympics and, after learning the U.S. was struggling using antiquated
equipment produced overseas, he co-founded Bo-Dyn Bobsleds, the company that
produced the medal winning bobsleds used in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Using
his race-engineering background, Bodine partnered with Bob Cuneo of Chassis
Dynamics to produce medal-winning vehicles, a partnership culminating with
Gold in Vancouver. The company's name reflects a combination of Bodine (Bo)
and Chassis Dynamics (Dyn). The Gold medal won by the U.S. four-man team
marks the first U.S. bobsled Gold since 1948.

BODINE QUOTES:

On the decision for a Bo-Dyn Bobsleds paint scheme:

"We we're going to put Bo-Dyn Bobsleds on the truck no matter what, but now
that we've had success in the Olympics were going to put the names of the
athletes that won the medal
on the truck and it should look good."

On the importance of Bo-Dyn Bobsleds:

"If I hadn't gotten involved in 1992 in the American bobsled program, people
have told me many times there would not be an American bobsled program. They
were out of money,
out of equipment, and out of help. So yeah, I feel proud that we kept it
going and ended up with a Gold medal in these games. I'm real proud. I love
our country and this is another
way for me to show that."

On his emotions at the bottom of the run prior to the Gold medal attempt:

"Standing there [at the bottom of the hill], I realized a long time ago
there's no point to bite your finger nails and be nervous, so I was just
standing there pretty cool and calm. But part
of the calmness came from the confidence I had in the team because they had
been so consistent all week there. I had that confidence in their ability
and, of course, I'm racer and I
know one slip can mess you up."

On the scope of the Olympics:

"To be a part of something the whole population of the United States is
really behind - it's pretty neat. In racing, when I won Daytona I had my
race fans and it was great when the
couple of people who liked me cheered for me, but in the Olympics it's a
completely different feeling to have the whole country cheering for you."

On comparing speed in a bobsled and race car:

"I know first hand what the feeling is like for each. In racing, you have
gas, break, a steering wheel, a clutch, and a key. When you want to shut it
off and don't want to go, you can cut it
off. A driver is in complete control of speed in a race car. In a bobsled,
once you start down the hill Mother Nature is the engine and you can't turn
Mother Nature off - you're going to
end up at the bottom of the bobsled run and it's that out-of-control feeling
that gets your adrenaline going and race car drivers love it. If you don't
steer it, you're going to crash."