bodine did not race in the craftsman truck series again until 2004, when he raced for fiddleback racing at charlotte, and also raced for ht motorsports's #59 dodge at kansas. later in the year, he signed with the new race team germain-arnold racing. he finishing 4th in their first race at richmond international raceway. bodine left germain-arnold racing and went back to fiddleback racing for the 2005 season. after a race at michigan speedway the team had no money left, and was shut down. after fiddleback racing shut down, bodine went back to germain-arnold racing. he won with the team at kansas speedway, and finished the season with five victories.