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    Bodine, Lucas win Geoff Bobsled Challenge
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    Shimer, a five-time Olympian, said it was the first time he had ever flipped as a brakeman. "I had an old-time racer tell me once, 'Boy, if you can't win, be spectacular ... We were spectacular and we didn't win." Vandergriff was even more spectacular. Full Article at Sports Illustrated
    I had an old-time racer tell me once, 'Boy, if you can't win, be spectacular ... We were spectacular and we didn't win.
    Todd Bodine – Todd Bodine SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
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Bodine, Lucas win Geoff Bobsled Challenge
  1. First, we've got to keep in mind what it's for. It's a great cause ... You get a bunch of racers together, and the one thing they all want to do is win. So to come out of here with a win, I'm tickled. It's the first time. Boris has been the king, and I finally got to dethrone him.
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  2. I guess I needed about four more tenths. Todd was really fast. I went down the chicane really good the first run, and then I got so excited I forgot the rest of the track and nearly flipped. But this is so much fun. I mean, who gets to drive a bobsled?
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  3. I'm definitely better this year
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  4. It hurts. Good thing I have a football neck
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  5. I'm thinking if I wreck this thing, he's going to hate me ... They're going so much faster. These sleds that these guys race are intense, they're fast. I've got so much respect for these guys driving them.
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  6. Last year he ran (poorly) ... The sleds were as even as we could make them this year, and he just drove really good. You could tell. Some guys would be doing really well on the first part of the course, they'd hit some walls, and it slows you down. At the end Boris had a good run, but his first run wasn...
    – Geoff Bodine SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  7. It's the day to be a close third, but to be on the podium is an awful neat experience ... I'm thrilled.
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago
  8. It's pretty hard to win every year ... You've got to lose sooner or later. I guess maybe I'm getting too old.
    SOURCE: Sports Illustrated 10 months ago

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