bodine drove in his first winston cup series race at watkins glen international raceway on august 9, 1992. he drove the #34 ford thunderbird for cicci-welliver racing, finishing 37th. he drove his first full season in the winston cup series series in 1994 when he raced for butch mock motorsports. he raced the #75 ford thunderbird sponsored by factory stores. he missed one race that season and had two top 5 and 7 top 10 finished. he finished 20th place in the point standings. in 1995 as he finished 33rd in the points with only one top 5 and 3 top 10 finished. he was released from butch mock in 2005 and drove for bill elliott while he was away in 2006 for four races. he also drove three races for david blair motorsports and andy petree racing. in 1997, he drove for ricky craven while he was away for hendrick motorsports at texas. he also drove for his brother geoff bodine at charlotte motor speedway.