Todd Bodine leaves his Busch Ride

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By Tim Packman, Turner Sports Interactive October 1, 2002
1:33 PM EDT (1733 GMT)


CONCORD, N.C. -- Herzog Jackson Motorsports, which fields the No. 92 entry in the Busch Series, and driver Todd Bodine have parted ways after 25 races together in 2002.

Bodine said in a press release that he wanted to give more time and effort to concentrate on his full-time Winston Cup ride. Bodine returned to the No. 26 Ford for Haas Carter Motorsports after they signed a deal with Discover Card earlier this year.

The team had shut down earlier in the year after sponsor Kmart declared bankruptcy.

Haas Carter Motorsports is trying to re-sign Discover for 2003. The team also hopes to retain Bodine for next season.

Bodine has driven for Herzog Jackson since the fourth race of the season, after the team let go of Andy Houston.

With the team, Bodine posted one victory, six top-five and nine top-10 finishes and is currently 16th in points. Bodine also has one Bud Pole pole this year.
 
Too bad, I love watching him in Busch. But if he wants to concentrate on WC then he must have something in the works.

Good for Todd.
 
He has had some good finishes in the Discovery Car. He probably feals that if he concentrates only on one the Cup program he might get a win and also get his sponsor to resign.
 
The chance of injury is also reduced. The way they were wrecking on Sat., I don't blame him for trying to keep safe. I hope the WC team lands a sponsor for next year. It would be a shame to see the team bite the dust for lack of sponsorship.
 
Form what I have heard they are very close to signing Discovery Card on for another year. I hope so because the Travis-Carter team needs some good luck after losing K-Mart at the start of the season.
 
Hopefully Todd has made the right decision. I'd hate to see him give up his Busch ride to only have 8 more cup races in it and nothing next year. Hopefully, Discover Card comes back again. Even though I may not like him as a racer, he definitely has talent.
 
Another reason he probably left is that his Busch team is on there last year with Excedrin and have to look for a sponsor for next year.
 
Isn't the crew chief on the 92 (Rambo?) kinda tough to get along with? I'll be he and Todd bumped heads a few times.

Too bad Andy Houston had to lose the ride earlier this year.
 
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