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Bobby Labonte

b. 1964

American racecar driver

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About Bobby Labonte

Born 1964. Bobby Labonte is an American nASCAR team owner and racing automobile driver.

Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for NASCAR on Fox. He also currently competes part-time in the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 18L for Hermie Sadler and Bill Stanley. Labonte is the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion. He and his older brother, Terry Labonte, are one of only two pairs of brothers to have both won the Cup championships (along with Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch). He is also the uncle of former Xfinity Series race winner Justin Labonte.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Labonte was the first driver (second overall) to have won both the Winston Cup championship (2000) and the Busch Series championship (1991) since Ned Jarrett and the first to do so under the revised points championship format. He also won the IROC title in 2001. Labonte is also the first driver to complete the NASCAR Triple Threat at the same track, by winning races at Martinsville in each of NASCAR's top three racing series.

Early life Labonte was born on May 8, 1964, in Corpus Christi, Texas. He began racing in 1969 in quarter midgets in his home state of Texas, winning his first feature race one year later. From then until 1977, he drove in quarter-midgets throughout the United States, winning many races. In 1978, he advanced to the go-kart ranks but moved to North Carolina with his family following older brother Terry's advancement to the Winston Cup Series. In 1980, Bobby made his NASCAR International Sedan Series debut in Atlanta, finishing third. Two years later, he made his debut in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (subsequently rebranded as the Busch Series) at Martinsville Speedway, where he finished thirtieth. Following his graduation from Trinity High School in 1982, he worked as a fabricator on Terry's cars at Hagan Racing. Labonte returned to the Busch Series in 1985, running two races in a car he owned himself at Martinsville. In his first race, he finished 30th, bringing home only $220, but he improved to seventeenth place in his next race.

The next season, he helped prepare a car that his older brother would drive, which resulted in Terry's first ever NASCAR Busch Grand National Series pole position start and a subsequent second-place finish at Road Atlanta. Labonte's main success came driving late-model stock cars. In 1987, Labonte won twelve races at Caraway Speedway, clinching the track championship, in addition to working for Jay Hedgecock. The following season, he competed at Concord Motorsports Park, winning six times, and ran six more Busch races, finishing sixteenth at Darlington Raceway. The next season, he ran seven more races in the Busch Series and had his first top-five finish at Rockingham Speedway to go with two more finishes in the top ten.

Full-time driving Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity 1990 By 1990, Labonte had finally earned enough money to race in the Busch Series on a full-time basis. He founded his own team and drove the No. 44 Oldsmobile. He was successful, winning two poles (both at Bristol Motor Speedway), scoring six top-fives, and seventeen top-tens. He ended up finishing fourth in the standings and was also voted the Busch Series' "Most Popular Driver."

1991 In the next season, Labonte continued his second-division success by winning the NASCAR Busch Series championship with two wins, ten top-fives, and 21 top-tens. He also won his first Busch Series race, at Bristol, then won again at O'Reilly Raceway Park in August.

In addition to his Busch Series schedule, Labonte made two Winston Cup starts in a Bobby Labonte Racing car at Dover and Michigan International Speedway, finishing 34th and 38th, respectively. He won his first Busch Series title.

1992 Labonte's 1992 season was a successful one, and he ended up winning three races (at Lanier, Hickory, and Martinsville respectively), but lost the championship title to Joe Nemechek by three points. That championship finish is, to date, the second-closest finish in the history of NASCAR's top three series (behind the tiebreaker between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards in the Sprint Cup Series in 2011).

1993 In 1993, Labonte was called up by Bill Davis Racing to drive in the Winston Cup Series. He signed a contract to drive the No. 22 Ford Thunderbird. In his rookie season, he won his first pole at Richmond International Raceway, collected six top-tens, and finished nineteenth in points. He was also second place behind Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors. He also competed in two Busch Series races, winning a pole and finishing second and 24th respectively. Also, Labonte continued to operate his main Busch Series team, hiring David Green to drive for him. Green finished third in points for Bobby Labonte Racing.

1994 The next season, 1994, Labonte achieved his second major success as a car owner when his Busch Series driver, David Green, won the championship. It was the second championship, and fifth top-five points finish in five years for Bobby Labonte Racing. He also ran in the Busch Series himself, making twelve starts and earning a victory at Michigan in August. In addition to his Busch Series exploits, Bobby continued running full-time in the Winston Cup series for Bill Davis Racing, driving a Pontiac Grand Prix. He collected one top-five and two top-tens and finished 21st in the standings, just missing out on the top-twenty because of Todd Bodine's two-position points standings gain in the final race of the season.

1996–present In 2007, Labonte won the Busch Series race at Talladega Speedway in April 2007, edging Tony Stewart to the line in a thrilling finish. This was his first Busch Series win since 1998. In the offseason following the 2007 season, Labonte agreed to a fifteen-race contract to drive the No. 21 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the now-O'Reilly Auto Parts Series for the 2008 season. RCR's No. 21 team earned six victories in 2007 with driver Kevin Harvick and has earned two of the organization's four series championships.

In 2016, Labonte returned to Joe Gibbs Racing to compete in the Xfinity Series opener at Daytona, driving the No. 18 Camry.

Cup Series

1995–2000 Bobby Labonte's former JGR car on display at the Joe Gibbs Racing headquarters. At the end of the 1994 season, Labonte departed to replace Dale Jarrett as the driver of the No.18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing. Labonte would pick up his first career win in the Coca-Cola 600 in 1995, a win he would call later in 2018 the favorite of his career. He would also go on to sweep the races at Michigan and finish tenth in the standings.

In 1996, Labonte won the season-ending race at Atlanta, the same race where his brother Terry won the championship. The two took a victory lap together in what Labonte said was one of the "most emotional and memorable moments of [his] life". That year, he finished eleventh in the points standings. In 1997, Gibbs switched car makes to a Pontiac Grand Prix. Labonte would go on to win the season-ending race at Atlanta for the second year in a row. He ended up seventh in the standings, his best finish at that point in his career. alt=Bobby Labonte at Richmond International Raceway in 1998. In 1998, Labonte won at both Atlanta and Talladega, as well as pole positions for both Daytona races, finishing 2nd to Dale Earnhardt in the 500. He finished the year in sixth in final points, improving by a position.

In 1999, Labonte won five Winston Cup races, the most he has ever won in a single season. He won at Dover in the spring, swept both Pocono races (he was the third to accomplish this particular sweep, after Bobby Allison in 1982 and Tim Richmond in 1986; since 1999, Jimmie Johnson in 2004, Denny Hamlin in 2006, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2014 have also done this), the second Michigan race, and the season finale at Atlanta. However, during the season, he suffered a broken shoulder in an accident while qualifying for a Busch Series race at Darlington Raceway, but raced in the Cup event two days later. Labonte started the race, but at the first caution was relieved by Matt Kenseth. He finished second in the points standings to Dale Jarrett, losing the championship by 201 points.

In 2000, Labonte won four races, the early-season race at Rockingham, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, the Southern 500 at Darlington, and the fall race at Charlotte. He led the point standings for 25 weeks straight after taking over at California, and never relinquished it on the way to winning the Winston Cup championship, finishing ahead of Earnhardt by 265 points, completing all but nine of the 10,167 laps that season, with four wins, nineteen top-five finishes, 24 top-ten finishes, three poles, an average finish of 7.4, and had zero times of finishing with a Did not finish (DNF). Labonte became the second driver in NASCAR history to win the championship and not score a single DNF and first since Cale Yarborough in 1977. Labonte is currently the last to accomplish this.

2001–2005

Labonte began the 2001 season with a seventh-place finish in the Bud Shootout. At the Daytona 500, he and his teammate Tony Stewart were two of the eighteen drivers involved in a crash on lap 173. Labonte's hood broke off and got attached to Stewart's car, which flipped over twice. After getting out of his, Labonte was seen checking on Stewart to make sure he was okay. The accident was overshadowed by Dale Earnhardt's fatal crash on the last lap of the same race.

The following week at Rockingham, Labonte was narrowly beaten to the finish line by Steve Park in the rain-delayed Dura Lube 400. He did not have another top-ten finish until the Virginia 500 at Martinsville, where he finished eighth. This was followed by a fifth-place finish in the Talladega 500. His next top-ten was another fifth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600. After less successful finishes at Dover and Michigan, Labonte had a second eighth-place finish at Pocono and a seventh-place finish at Sonoma. Following this was a third fifth-place finish in the Pepsi 400. At the end of July, Labonte won his first points race of the year in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono.

After the win, Labonte's next top-ten were a ninth-place finish at Watkins Glen, an eighth-place finish at Bristol, a third-place finish at Darlington, and a sixth-place finish at Richmond. He did not have back-to-back top-tens again until the autumn races at Charlotte and Martinsville, where he finished tenth and fourth respectively.

In the fall at Talladega, Labonte started 34th. He managed to work his way up the field and took the lead on lap 107. He led for 23 laps before falling back in the pack. He retook the lead on lap 184 but was involved in a frightening last-lap crash. After leading three laps, Labonte was leading at the white flag on the outside lane. Going into turn 1, Dale Earnhardt Jr. overtook him in the lower groove, bringing Tony Stewart and Jeff Burton with him. Labonte moved up the track, trying to block Bobby Hamilton, but coming onto the back straightaway, Hamilton tapped him from behind. Labonte made contact with Johnny Benson Jr. β€” sending that driver into the outside wall β€” and then spun, flipping over, and skidding partway down the track on his roof. This crash also collected Jason Leffler, Sterling Marlin, Robby Gordon, Mike Wallace, Ricky Craven, Terry Labonte, Buckshot Jones, Ricky Rudd, Ward Burton, and more.

Labonte's next top-ten was another ninth-place finish at Rockingham. After winning at Atlanta and a third-place finish at the postponed New Hampshire 300, he finished sixth in the final points standings.

During 2001, Labonte won the IROC XXV title, becoming the thirteenth consecutive NASCAR driver to win the IROC championship.

In 2002, Labonte only had one win, which was at Martinsville in the spring. He also drove a 9/11 Tribute car in 2002 with the phrase "Let's roll" on the hood. It was his first career short-track win at Martinsville. He went on to finish sixteenth in the final points standings and failed to finish in the Top 10 for the first time since 1996, while his teammate Stewart went on to win the championship.

In 2003, Labonte rebounded and finished eighth in the standings after winning two races (Atlanta and Homestead [leading only the final lap]). Also, Labonte went on a tear during the spring with three straight second-place finishes.

In 2004, Labonte did not win a race for the first time since 1994 (ten years later) and finished twelfth in the points standings.

2005 saw much of the same. Labonte fell out of the top-twenty in points, and only had four top-fives, one of which was a dramatic second at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600. He also went on to race some Truck Series events, which included a win at Martinsville. His win there made him join an elite group of drivers that have won in all three divisions at one track. In fact, with his win, he became the first driver to do so.

He also ran the 24 Hours of Daytona road race, sharing a car with his brother Terry, Jan Magnussen and Bryan Herta. After the disappointing 2005 season, Labonte asked and was granted to be released from Joe Gibbs Racing, having spent the last eleven seasons there. Labonte joined Petty Enterprises to drive the famous No. 43.

2006–2008 Bobby Labonte brings his car in after a crash during the 2007 Ford 300 at the Homestead. In his inaugural season in the famous No. 43 car, Labonte collected three top-fives and eight top-tens. His top-fives included an impressive run at Martinsville, where he finished third after being in contention for the win much of the day. He ended up finishing 21st in the points standings, three spots better than he did two years before.

Labonte began the 2007 season with a 21st-place finish in the Daytona 500, after avoiding the many accidents the race had. Labonte would end the year with no top-fives and only three top-tens. However, due to a more consistent season, he finished eighteenth in the points standings, a three-position improvement over 2006. In November, Labonte formed a full-service marketing agency, Breaking Limits, which is based in Huntersville, North Carolina.

In 2008, Labonte continued his contract with Petty Enterprises, but experienced a largely unsuccessful season, gathering only three top-tens and no top-fives on his way to finishing 21st in the Sprint Cup point standings. In December of that year, Labonte was released from Petty Enterprises while the team was negotiating a deal with a private equity firm that fell through, and Petty partnered with Gillett Evernham Motorsports.

2009 On January 13, 2009, Labonte was confirmed to be the driver of the No. 96 Ford Fusion for Hall of Fame Racing, now in a partnership with Yates Racing. In the 2009 Spring Las Vegas race, the Shelby 427, Labonte recorded his first top-five with Hall of Fame Racing and his best finish since he finished third in the Fall Martinsville race in 2006. However, that was his only top-five run for the year. With eleven races remaining in the 2009 season, Labonte was replaced for Erik Darnell for seven of the final eleven races due to sponsorship problems with the No. 96. Labonte found a ride with TRG Motorsports and it's 71 for the seven races he was out of the 96. In his first race at Atlanta, Labonte ran inside the top-twenty all night and scored an eighteenth-place finish. Two races later Labonte gave TRG its best qualifying effort with an 8th-place start, Labonte came home 22nd. At Talladega, Labonte finished tenth after, at one point, running second in that race to Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2010

From February 2010 – June 2010, Labonte drove for TRG Motorsports and its No. 71. Even though TRG's 2009 owner points were not enough to make the field guaranteed for the first five races of 2010, Labonte's past championship provisional gave the team that to fall back on, in the case that Labonte's qualifying runs are not fast. For 2010, Labonte was also reunited with Doug Randolph as his crew chief. Randolph finished the 2007 season with Labonte in the No. 43 for Petty Enterprises, posting two of three of Labonte's Top 10 runs. TRG also announced an alliance with Richard Childress Racing for 2010. RCR shared technology and equipment with TRG for the season. They also allied with Stewart Haas Racing, as Tony Stewart will provide a pit crew to the team.

In his first race in the TRG, Labonte finished 21st in the Daytona 500 after he started 42nd with a champions provisional. For much of the race, Labonte was in the top-25. He would end up fading back over the next few races, as he and the team would struggle for consistency. On the May 16th Dover race, due to lack of sponsorship, Labonte and the 71 team parked the car after 66 laps. Arguably, some people might say that this season is the worst of his full-time career, as he only had two top-twenty finishes in 2010 one at the Daytona 500 and one at the Infineon Raceway road course event.

On June 22, 2010, it was announced that Labonte would be leaving the No. 71 due to the team being unable to secure sponsorship. On June 23, Labonte was hired to drive car No. 7 for Robby Gordon Motorsports at New Hampshire in a one-race deal.

C&J Energy Services entered into a partnership with Phoenix Racing which allowed Labonte to be hired to take over the No. 09 car beginning at Daytona and Labonte split the rest of the 2010 season between Phoenix Racing and TRG Motorsports. On October 11, Stavola-Labonte Racing hired Labonte to drive its No. 10 car at Charlotte and Texas in a two-race deal. The team was co-owned by Bobby's older brother Terry. Despite bouncing around, Labonte competed in every race for the 2010 season.

2011–2012

Labonte replaced Marcos Ambrose as the full-time driver of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota Camry, with support from Michael Waltrip Racing. He finished fourth in the Daytona 500, earning Labonte his two-hundredth career top-ten finish in the Sprint Cup Series. Earning only one more top-ten finish so far in the season. JTG Daugherty Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing received a penalty for violating sections 12–1, 12-4-J, and 20–3.2.1A. Crew Chief Frankie Kerr was fined $50,000 and was suspended from 4 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship events, and suspended from NASCAR until November, 23. The same penalty was for Michael Waltrip Racing and the car chief for each team. The owners of the numbers 47 (Tad Geschickter); 56 (Michael Waltrip); and 00 (Rob Kauffman); were penalized 25 owner points. The drivers were also penalized 25 driver points.

For the 2012 season, Labonte returned to the No. 47 car with most of the sponsors returning also. JTG Daugherty Racing also announced they will no longer operate out of the Michael Waltrip Racing shop. Todd Berrier took over the role as the crew chief. The crew chief at the time, Frank Kerr, moved to the position of shop foreman.

2013–2016 Labonte ran in the No. 47 for the entire season until the 2013 Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway, in which he ran the No. 51 for Phoenix Racing. Labonte ran at Sonoma Raceway in the 47, but was subsequently replaced by A. J. Allmendinger in the 47 for selected races starting at the 2013 Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, ending Labonte's streak of consecutive starts at 704. The streak was second only to Jeff Gordon's. Later in the year Labonte suffered broken ribs in a cycling accident, forcing him to miss three races, starting with the AdvoCare 500 at Atlanta.

His last race with JTG Daughtery was at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2013; released afterwards, in December 2013 he announced that he would be running part-time in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in a second car for HScott Motorsports. During practice for the 2014 Daytona 500 Labonte blew an engine, and although he qualified for his 22nd consecutive 500, he was relegated to the back of the starting grid. Labonte finished the race in 15th. Labonte competed part-time for Go FAS Racing in 2015 and 2016. A deal to run for James Finch in additional races fell through, thus Labonte did not make another start for the first half of the season. Instead, he tested cars for Richard Childress Racing. At the summer Daytona race, he drove the No. 33 RCR Chevrolet that Brian Scott had driven to the pole at Talladega, running under the Circle Sport banner. Labonte qualified fourth and contended for the lead at the beginning of the race, but was caught up in the Big One, finishing 26th. Tommy Baldwin Racing would field the No. 37 car with Accell Construction as the sponsor for Labonte at Indianapolis.

In December 2014, Labonte announced that he would drive for Go FAS Racing on the restrictor-plate tracks in 2015, taking over for his brother Terry who retired after the 2014 GEICO 500. He finished 24th at the 2015 Daytona 500. In the spring Talladega race, Labonte finished 27th. The 2015 Coke Zero 400 did not go well for Labonte, as he was caught up in an early crash caused by David Gilliland and finished 43rd. For the Fall Talladega race, he finished 23rd, his best finish of the season. In 2016, Labonte received the sponsorship of Bombardier Recreational Products and Cyclops Gear allowing him to run the four restrictor-plate races for Go FAS Racing. For the Daytona 500, Labonte would finish 31st. For Talladega, Labonte would finish 19th. Coming back to Daytona, Labonte would finish 24th. Coming back to Talladega, Labonte would finish 31st. Following the 2016 season, it was announced that Labonte would not return to Go FAS. As of 2025 he has not raced since then.

Whelen Euro Series In June 2017, Labonte competed in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series race weekend at Brands Hatch, driving the No. 1 Ford for Alex Caffi Motorsport. He became the first Cup Series champion to race in the Euro Series. He started 22nd in both of the weekend's two races, and finished tenth and fourteenth.

In 2018, Labonte joined RDV Competition to drive the No. 18 Toyota full-time in the Euro Series.

Modifieds/SRX (2021–) Labonte began competing on the SMART Modified Tour in 2021. He won two features in 2021 but couldn't run full-time because of conflicts with him racing in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX). In 2022, the two series do not have conflicting dates and he is competing full-time on the SMART Tour.

In 2017, Labonte moved to FS1 as an analyst on Race Hub and Race Day programs.

Personal life Labonte currently resides in High Point, North Carolina, with his wife Kristin. He has two children from his previous marriage to Donna Slate, Robert Tyler, and Madison, and is an avid outdoorsman. Tyler recently graduated from Texas A&M and is now in law school at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Tyler has worked on political campaigns for Thom Tillis and served in 2014 as an intern for Interstate Batteries, which sponsored Bobby's 2000 championship season. Madison began school at Appalachian State University in the spring of 2017. Labonte's father, Bob, died on April 8, 2024.

Labonte founded Breaking Limits, a marketing, public relations, events and sponsorship agency, working out of High Point, North Carolina. Labonte continues to own a Red Mango yogurt shop on the campus of Duke University. The Bobby Labonte Foundation continues to provide grants to non-profit organizations located in the Triad of North Carolina whose work supports building stronger foundations for children and their families. Labonte also founded Longhorn Chassis with his brother Terry in 2010. Longhorn Chassis builds dirt late model race cars.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 1991 Labonte Motorsports 44 Olds DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLTDNQ MCH38 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 64th 110 14 DOV34 SON POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN 1993 Bill Davis Racing 22 Ford DAY20 CAR33 RCH29 ATL18 DAR18 BRI24 NWS25 MAR12 TAL35 SON16 CLT8 DOV19 POC20 MCH36 DAY41 NHA10 POC15 TAL15 GLN7 MCH8 BRI15 DAR14 RCH13 DOV7 MAR32 NWS12 CLT28 CAR22 PHO8 ATL14 19th 3221 1994 Pontiac DAY16 CAR19 RCH24 ATL15 DAR39 BRI6 NWS26 MAR19 TAL22 SON17 CLT40 DOV20 POC25 MCH15 DAY22 NHA13 POC13 TAL12 IND16 GLN18 MCH5 BRI31 DAR36 RCH24 DOV17 MAR31 NWS15 CLT42 CAR28 PHO16 ATL37 21st 3038 1995 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Chevy DAY30 CAR2 RCH30 ATL2 DAR27 BRI32 NWS15 MAR10 TAL5 SON13 CLT1 DOV2 POC27 MCH1 DAY41 NHA15 POC35 TAL31 IND9 GLN6 MCH1 BRI11 DAR8 RCH17 DOV9 MAR14 NWS18 CLT8 CAR40 PHO37 ATL8 10th 3718 1996 DAY17 CAR33 RCH23 ATL31 DAR2 BRI7 NWS10 MAR8 TAL24 SON9 CLT22 DOV5 POC41 MCH12 DAY40 NHA31 POC37 TAL8 IND24 GLN5 MCH6 BRI32 DAR6 RCH11 DOV4 MAR21 NWS13 CLT40 CAR6 PHO9 ATL1* 11th 3590 1997 Pontiac DAY21 CAR14 RCH8 ATL4 DAR5 TEX3 BRI34 MAR8 SON20 TAL3 CLT6 DOV40 POC31 MCH9 CAL6 DAY10 NHA27 POC11 IND2 GLN37 MCH6 BRI8 DAR7 RCH34 NHA15 DOV4 MAR27 CLT2* TAL2 CAR11 PHO23 ATL1* 7th 4101 1998 DAY2 CAR33 LVS19 ATL1 DAR23 BRI34 TEX8 MAR15 TAL1 CAL38 CLT3 DOV4 RCH8 MCH7 POC15 SON4 NHA11 POC4 IND3 GLN10 MCH2 BRI25 NHA7 DAR15 RCH35 DOV4 MAR10 CLT39 TAL6 DAY2 PHO23 CAR15 ATL43 6th 4180 1999 DAY25 CAR3 LVS5 ATL2 DAR10 TEX3 BRI37 MAR24 TAL4 CAL3 RCH3 CLT2 DOV1 MCH5 POC1 SON27 DAY5 NHA38 POC1 IND2 GLN24 MCH1 BRI26 DAR19 RCH2 NHA3 DOV5 MAR8 CLT2* TAL7 CAR3 PHO3 HOM2* ATL1* 2nd 5061 2000 DAY6 CAR1* LVS5 ATL2 DAR13 BRI6 TEX3 MAR12 TAL21 CAL2 RCH26 CLT2 DOV3 MCH3 POC13 SON4 DAY12 NHA9 POC6 IND1 GLN5 MCH3 BRI15 DAR1 RCH15 NHA2 DOV5 MAR10 CLT1 TAL12 CAR20 PHO5 HOM4 ATL5 1st 5130 2001 DAY40 CAR2 LVS29 ATL33 DAR11 BRI13 TEX42 MAR8 TAL5 CAL22 RCH10 CLT5 DOV12 MCH13 POC8 SON7 DAY5 CHI39 NHA7 POC1 IND15 GLN9 MCH19 BRI8 DAR3 RCH6 DOV36 KAN29 CLT10 MAR4 TAL22 PHO12 CAR9 HOM8 ATL1 NHA3 6th 4561 2002 DAY34 CAR3 LVS12 ATL37 DAR21 BRI5 TEX30 MAR1 TAL41 CAL34 RCH32 CLT14 DOV16 POC25 MCH24 SON13 DAY32 CHI18 NHA13 POC11 IND11 GLN23 MCH13 BRI9 DAR15 RCH32 NHA5 DOV41 KAN22 TAL25 CLT2 MAR12 ATL13 CAR7 PHO39 HOM29 16th 3810 2003 Chevy DAY41 CAR16 LVS4 ATL1* DAR37 BRI3 TEX37 TAL32 MAR2 CAL2 RCH2 CLT3 DOV3 POC17 MCH2 SON9 DAY5 CHI36 NHA14 POC30 IND22 GLN14 MCH37 BRI27 DAR7 RCH6 NHA16 DOV31 TAL11 KAN17 CLT6 MAR41 ATL5 PHO36 CAR8 HOM1 8th 4377 2004 DAY11 CAR25 LVS8 ATL18 DAR2 BRI33 TEX25 MAR2 TAL10 CAL5 RCH3 CLT13 DOV25 POC3 MCH8 SON33 DAY7 CHI18 NHA17 POC29 IND15 GLN11 MCH26 BRI16 CAL20 RCH16 NHA18 DOV14 TAL35 KAN16 CLT17 MAR18 ATL20 PHO9 DAR9 HOM12 12th 4277 2005 DAY43 CAL13 LVS41 ATL37 BRI22 MAR33 TEX38 PHO6 TAL23 DAR17 RCH8 CLT2 DOV38 POC26 MCH14 SON18 DAY35 CHI13 NHA3 POC8 IND40 GLN36 MCH16 BRI21 CAL20 RCH22 NHA24 DOV32 TAL11 KAN39 CLT18 MAR4 ATL31 TEX26 PHO5 HOM34 24th 3488 2006 Petty Enterprises 43 Dodge DAY35 CAL31 LVS30 ATL43 BRI5 MAR32 TEX10 PHO8 TAL29 RCH24 DAR22 CLT17 DOV13 POC12 MCH28 SON35 DAY42 CHI12 NHA23 POC8 IND40 GLN24 MCH19 BRI23 CAL26 RCH22 NHA40 DOV7 KAN17 TAL10 CLT5 MAR3 ATL12 TEX16 PHO27 HOM41 21st 3567 2007 DAY21 CAL28 LVS13 ATL16 BRI22 MAR43 TEX28 PHO8 TAL20 RCH15 DAR19 CLT13 DOV18 POC19 MCH34 SON33 NHA18 DAY35 CHI20 IND19 POC30 GLN24 MCH9 BRI8 CAL11 RCH16 NHA22 DOV27 KAN42 TAL35 CLT12 MAR22 ATL41 TEX16 PHO18 HOM23 18th 3517 2008 DAY11 CAL25 LVS17 ATL12 BRI38 MAR25 TEX20 PHO12 TAL34 RCH13 DAR18 CLT11 DOV32 POC11 MCH31 SON39 NHA10 DAY13 CHI29 IND16 POC33 GLN42 MCH27 BRI23 CAL21 RCH21 NHA13 DOV14 KAN24 TAL6 CLT17 MAR37 ATL26 TEX39 PHO19 HOM33 21st 3448 2009 Hall of Fame Racing 96 Ford DAY22 CAL20 LVS5 ATL40 BRI22 MAR16 TEX40 PHO29 TAL28 RCH31 DAR18 CLT12 DOV28 POC28 MCH28 SON20 NHA21 DAY21 CHI21 IND23 POC36 GLN20 MCH43 BRI36 RCH31 DOV23 CAL26 CLT31 MAR13 30th 3128 TRG Motorsports 71 Chevy ATL18 NHA22 KAN43 TAL10 TEX31 PHO39 HOM31 2010 DAY21 CAL27 LVS38 ATL22 BRI21 MAR29 PHO27 TEX23 TAL23 RCH33 DAR34 DOV39 CLT31 POC38 MCH41 SON23 POC28 MCH33 ATL31 31st 2583 Robby Gordon Motorsports 7 Toyota NHA30 Phoenix Racing 09 Chevy DAY16 CHI29 IND31 GLN35 BRI38 RCH39 NHA39 DOV27 KAN41 CAL38 MAR43 TAL38 PHO20 HOM22 Stavola Labonte Racing 10 Chevy CLT22 TEX30 2011 JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Toyota DAY4 PHO21 LVS24 BRI13 CAL38 MAR27 TEX25 TAL24 RCH24 DAR18 DOV18 CLT24 KAN28 POC28 MCH22 SON38 DAY31 KEN26 NHA7 IND17 POC25 GLN19 MCH16 BRI34 ATL38 RCH20 CHI37 NHA19 DOV26 KAN30 CLT29 TAL35 MAR32 TEX28 PHO21 HOM27 29th 670 2012 DAY14 PHO16 LVS26 BRI28 CAL28 MAR17 TEX27 KAN35 RCH17 TAL21 DAR29 CLT28 DOV20 POC22 MCH16 SON24 KEN27 DAY10 NHA23 IND26 POC27 GLN19 MCH25 BRI14 ATL19 RCH25 CHI26 NHA20 DOV14 TAL18 CLT32 KAN33 MAR9 TEX33 PHO15 HOM25 23rd 772 2013 DAY15 PHO24 LVS30 BRI41 CAL28 MAR21 TEX42 KAN24 RCH19 TAL20 DAR26 CLT24 DOV21 POC27 SON43 KEN DAY23 NHA27 IND36 POC19 GLN MCH35 BRI38 ATL RCH CHI NHA40 DOV KAN CLT28 TAL34 MAR32 TEX40 PHO22 HOM 34th 412 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy MCH43 2014 HScott Motorsports 52 DAY15 PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN 46th 54 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC 33 Chevy DAY26 NHA Tommy Baldwin Racing 37 Chevy IND37 POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2015 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford DAY24 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL27 KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY43 KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL23 MAR TEX PHO HOM 42nd 60 2016 DAY31 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL19 KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY24 KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL31 MAR TEX PHO HOM 43rd 61

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 1993 Bill Davis Racing Ford 25 20 1994 Pontiac 42 16 1995 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 30 1996 35 17 1997 Pontiac 15 21 1998 1 2 1999 3 25 2000 13 6 2001 37 40 2002 10 34 2003 Chevrolet 22 41 2004 13 11 2005 20 43 2006 Petty Enterprises Dodge 8 35 2007 27 21 2008 13 11 2009 Hall of Fame Racing Ford 12 22 2010 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 42 21 2011 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 31 4 2012 32 14 2013 23 15 2014 HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 26 15 2015 Go Fas Racing Ford 43 24 2016 33 31

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 1982 Labonte Motorsports 44 Olds DAY RCH BRI MAR DAR HCY SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY CLT ASH HCY SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY LGY IRP BRI HCY RCH MAR26 CLT HCY MAR 161st 85 1985 Labonte Motorsports 81 Chevy DAY CAR HCY BRI MAR30 DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR17 88th 73 1988 Labonte Motorsports 88 Buick DAY HCY CAR37 MAR DAR31 BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT27 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR16 RCH DOV32 MAR CLT43 CAR MAR 53rd 298 1989 44 DAY CAR4 MAR HCY DAR38 BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT13 DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB31 SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR7 RCH DOV MAR CLT6 CAR35 MAR 41st 757 1990 Olds DAY6 RCH3 CAR9 MAR19 HCY5 DAR2 BRI8 LAN7 SBO12 NZH19 HCY5 CLT10 DOV3 ROU10 VOL18 MYB10 OXF7 NHA41 SBO8 DUB12 IRP22 ROU29 BRI15 DAR10 RCH11 DOV37 MAR14 CLT12 NHA2 CAR16 MAR7 4th 3977 1991 DAYDNQ RCH7 CAR6* MAR4 VOL7 HCY7 DAR2 BRI1 LAN12 SBO6 NZH7 CLT8 DOV5 ROU6 HCY3 MYB21 GLN16 OXF7 NHA37 SBO11 DUB25 IRP1 ROU9 BRI2 DAR5 RCH16 DOV13 CLT19 NHA4 CAR8 MAR5 1st 4264 94 DAY36 1992 44 Chevy DAY30 CAR22 RCH3 ATL25 MAR26 DAR12 BRI6 HCY2 LAN1 DUB20 NZH2 CLT2 DOV25 ROU3 MYB2 GLN12 VOL10 NHA3 TAL10 IRP23 ROU10 MCH23 NHA6 BRI12 DAR16 RCH4 DOV2 CLT3 MAR1 CAR8 HCY1* 2nd 4272 1993 14 DAY CAR RCH DAR BRI HCY ROU MAR2 NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL IRP MCH NHA BRI DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT MAR CAR HCY24* ATL 60th 261 1994 Wegner Racing 33 Pontiac DAY30 CAR RCH ATL13 MAR DAR HCY BRI ROU NHA35 NZH CLT35 DOV MYB GLN26 MLW4 SBO TAL40 HCY IRP BRI13 DAR RCH10 DOV25 35th 1188 Chevy MCH1 CLT34 MAR CAR 1996 Labonte Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY9 CAR5 RCH17 ATL9 NSV1 DAR5 BRI HCY NZH CLT3 DOV15* SBO MYB GLN4 MLW5 NHA5 TAL16 IRP MCH6 BRI DAR RCH9 DOV CLT2 CAR HOM2 19th 2374 1997 Pontiac DAY CAR41 RCH10 ATL3 LVS12 DAR HCY TEX28 BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT30 DOV1* SBO GLN7 MLW18 MYB GTY20 IRP MCH3 BRI6 DAR4 RCH DOV31 CAL30* CAR HOM 27th 1912 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Pontiac CLT9 1998 44 DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR1 BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA NZH CLT6 DOV RCH42 PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH2 BRI DAR RCH DOV34 CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 54th 608 1999 Chevy DAY CARDNQ 101st 115 18 Pontiac LVS16 ATL DARDNQ TEX NSV BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM 2004 Richard Childress Racing 29 Chevy DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX11 NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP 68th 402 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Chevy MCHDNQ BRI 18 CAL7 RCH DOV KAN CLT14 MEM ATL PHO DAR HOM 2005 19 DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL NSH BRI TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT6 DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI16 NHA PPR GTY IRP GLN MCH7 BRI10 CAL RCH8 DOV KAN37 CLT MEM TEX12 PHODNQ HOM 55th 866 2006 Brewco Motorsports 66 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI12 NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH15 BRI CAL RCH DOV 54th 755 Kevin Harvick, Inc. 77 Chevy KAN9 CLT22 MEM TEX9 PHO34 HOM29 2007 DAY18 CAL MXC LVS8 ATL42 BRI11 NSH TEX22 PHO TAL1 RCH DAR34 CLT22 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA29 DAY23 CHI16 GTY IRP CGV GLN7 MCH18 BRI27 CAL RCH17 DOV11 KAN CLT14 MEM TEX29 PHO HOM43 28th 1963 2008 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY15 CAL LVS34 ATL5 BRI29 NSH TEX4 PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 61st 575 2016 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota DAY23 ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 118th 01

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 1996 Doran Racing 77 Chevy HOM PHO POR EVG TUS CNS HPT BRI NZH MLW LVL I70 IRP FLM GLN NSV RCH NHA MAR NWS SON MMR PHO34 LVS 126th 61 2004 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY ATL MAR MFD CLT DOV TEX MEM MLW KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS CAL TEX MAR3 PHO DAR HOM29 59th 246 2005 DAY CAL ATL2 MAR1 GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH32 MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS ATL5 TEX PHO HOM 36th 679 Xpress Motorsports 16 Chevy MAR22 2006 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Dodge DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH3 MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 64th 170 2007 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH18 MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 87th 109

Whelen Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts Ref 2021 Michael Smith 25 Chevy MARWth STA RIV JEN OSW RIV NHA NRP STA BEE OSW RCH RIV STA N/A 0 2022 Philip Stefanelli 17 Chevy NSM RCH RIV LEE JEN MND RIV WAL NHA CLM TMP LGY OSW RIV TMP MAR33 67th 11 2023 38 NSM RCH6 MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS33 THO 41st 83 7 MAR10 2024 38 NSM RCH THO MON RIV SEE NHA MON LMP THO OSW RIV MON THO NWS MAR 40th 93 2025 NSM THO NWS SEE RIV WMM LMP MON MON THO RCH OSW NHA RIV THO MAR 57th 31 2026 NSM MAR THO SEE RIV OXF SEE CLM WMM MON THO NHA STA OSW RIV THO -* -*

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2017 Alex Caffi Motorsport 1 Ford VAL VAL BRH14 BRH10 VEN VEN HOC HOC FRA FRA ZOL ZOL 32nd 64 2018 RDV Competition 18 Toyota VAL14 VAL8 FRA21 FRA13 BRH10 BRH24 TOU20 TOU2 HOC8 HOC21 ZOL20 ZOL26 14th 335 2019 Mishumotors 70 ChevyVAL18 VAL14 FRA FRA BRH BRH MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL 39th 42

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International Race of Champions (key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.) International Race of Champions results Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Pts Ref 1997 Pontiac DAY CLT CAL2* MCH NA 0 1999 Pontiac DAY2 TAL8 MCH4 IND4 3rd 53 2000 Pontiac DAY7 TAL1* MCH6 IND6 4th 52 2001 Pontiac DAY5 TAL1 MCH5 IND1 1st 68 2002 Pontiac DAY7 CAL2 CHI8 IND9 5th 43

24 Hours of Daytona (key) 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2005 DP 44 Doran Racing Pontiac Doran DP Jan Magnussen Bryan Herta Terry Labonte 675 9 9 2006 DP 09 Spirit of Daytona Racing Pontiac Crawford DP Doug Goad Harold Primat Larry Oberto 572 35 17 2007 DP 19 Finlay Motorsports Ford Crawford DP Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Michael McDowell 627 10 10 2010 GT 71 The Racer's Group Porsche GT3 Cup Tim George Jr. Spencer Pumpelly Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas 668 16 9

Superstar Racing Experience (key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner. Superstar Racing Experience results Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 2021 18 STA KNX ELD IRP SLG NSV 3rd 182 2022 FIF SBO STA NSV I55 SHA 3rd 190 2023 STA8 STA II6 MMS7 BER9 ELD4 LOS122 6th 145

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NASCAR team owner, racing automobile driver
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Mary Carroll High School, Trinity High School
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Robert Allen Labonte, Bobby

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American racecar driver

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Bobby Labonte was born on 8 May 1964 in Corpus Christi.

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Bobby Labonte is a nASCAR team owner and racing automobile driver.

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Bobby Labonte is American.

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