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an American race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He currently drives the #47 Kroger/Clorox/Kimberly-Clark/Kingsford/Reese Towpower Hitches Toyota Camry for JTG Daugherty Racing. After competing in several different divisions, Labonte made his Busch Series debut in 1982 at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 30th. Following his graduation from Trinity High School, he worked as a fabricator on Terry's cars at Hagan Racing. After a few years of racing in various divisions, Labonte returned to the Busch Series in 1985, running two races in a car he owned himself at Martinsville. By 1990, Labonte had finally earned enough money to race in the Nationwide Series full-time. He founded his own team, and drove a Slim Jim sponsored #44 Oldsmobile. He ended up finishing fourth in the standings and was also voted the Xfinity Series' "Most Popular Driver". In 1991 he continued his second-division success by winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship with two wins, 10 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes. He also won his first Xfinity Series race, at Bristol, then won again at O'Reilly Raceway Park in August. In addition to his Xfinity Series schedule, he made two Winston Cup starts. The following season, 1992, he continued racing in the Nationwide Series. His season was a successful one but lost the championship to Joe Nemechek by three points. That championship finish is, to date, the closest finish in either Cup, Xfinity, or Truck Series history. In 1993, Labonte was called up by Bill Davis Racing to drive in the NASCAR Cup Series. He signed a contract to drive the #22 Maxwell House Ford Thunderbird. He was second place behind Jeff Gordon for

Rookie of the Year honors. Labonte continued to operate his main Nationwide Series team, hiring David Green to drive for him. Green finished third in points for Bobby Labonte Racing. The next season, 1994, Labonte achieved his second major success as a car owner when his Nationwide 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. At the end of the 1994 season, Labonte departed to drive the #18 Interstate Batteries Chevrolet for Joe Gibbs Racing. Bobby would pick up his first career win at the Coca Cola 600 in 1995. In 1996, he 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. In 2000, Bobby went on to win four races, the second race of the season 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 after taking over at California, and never relinquished it. Bobby would go on to win his first ever Winston Cup Championship, finishing ahead of Dale Earnhardt by 265 points. In 2004, Bobby did not win a race for the first time since 1994. Labonte finished 12th in the standings. After another disappointing season in 2005, Bobby asked for and was granted to be released from Joe Gibbs Racing, having

spent the last eleven seasons there. Bobby joined Petty Enterprises to drive the famous #43. His career continued to flounder even after the switch to Petty Enterprises. In 2008, Labonte continued his contract with Petty Enterprises, but experienced another largely unsuccessful season, gathering only three top-tens and no top-fives on his way to finishing 21st in the Sprint Cup standings. In December of that year, Labonte was released from Petty Enterprises. By 2009 Labonte had been relegated to driving mostly for under-funded or start up race teams. In 2009 and 2010 he had only one top five finish. In fact from 2007 through 2010 he had just one top five finish. In 2011 Labonte replaced Marcos Ambrose as the full-time driver of the #47 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota Camry, with support from Michael Waltrip Racing. He finished a

solid fourth in the season opening Daytona 500. He raced the restrictor plate races through 2016 for GoFas Racing and has not raced since. For his career Labonte has competed in 729 Cup Series races and earned 21 wins. He won the Championship in 2000, and finished runner-up in 1999. He won a total of 10 Xfinity Series events, and the championship in 1991, and finished second in 1992. His last win was in 2003 in Homestead, FL. Bill Elliott had the dominate car and a big lead, but cut down a tire with less than 1/2 lap to go, and Labonte notched the win. Some info from Wikipedia

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ROBERT ALLEN "BOBBY" LABONTE - 05/08/1964