Bobby Labonte

Bobby Labonte
Homestead )
Wins Top tens Poles 21 203 26
Aaron's 312 (Talladega )
Wins Top tens Poles 10 100 10
Kroger 250 (Martinsville )
Wins Top tens Poles 1 5 0
Statistics current as of February 3, 2022.

Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional

.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Labonte is the first driver to have won both the Winston Cup championship (2000) and the Busch Series championship (1991) in both series current touring form. (Ned Jarrett previously won both under the old points championship format).^[1] Bobby 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.

Racing career

Beginnings

Labonte was born on May 8, 1964, in

. 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. In his next race, though, he finished in 17th, his best finish so far.

The next season, Bobby prepared his car, which Terry drove, and Terry won his first Busch pole position and finished second at

. He had two more top-10s that year.

Xfinity Series (formerly Busch Grand National Series)

1990

By 1990, Labonte had finally earned enough money to race in the Busch Series full-time. 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-5s, and 17 top-10s. He ended up finishing fourth in the standings and was also voted the Busch Series' "Most Popular Driver."

1991

in August. In addition to his Busch Series schedule, he made two , 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

in the Sprint Cup Series in 2011).

1993

In 1993, Labonte was called up by

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,

'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

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.^[2]

Cup Series

1995–2000

At the end of the 1994 season, Labonte departed to replace Dale Jarrett as the driver of the No.18 Interstate Batteries-sponsored 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.^[3] He would also go on to sweep the races at Michigan and finish 10th 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 11th 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.

In 1998, Labonte won at both Atlanta and Talladega, as well as pole positions for both Daytona races, finishing second 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 1st caution was relieved by Matt Kenseth. He finished second in the points 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 4 wins, 19 top-five finishes, 24 top ten finishes, 3 poles, an average finish of 7.4, and had zero DNF's. Labonte would become the second driver in NASCAR history to win the championship and NOT score a single DNF. Cale Yarborough became the very first driver to accomplish that feat in 1977. As of 2022, they are the only 2 drivers in history to do so. 

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 18 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 10 finish until the Virginia 500 at Martinsville, where he finished in eighth. This was followed by a fifth-place finish in the Talladega 500. His next Top 10 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, and 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 10 was a ninth-place finish at Watkins Glen, then eighth and third-place finishes at Bristol and Darlington, and a sixth-place finish at Richmond. He did not have back-to-back Top 10's again until the autumn races at Charlotte and Martinsville, where he finished 10th 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. — sending that driver into the outside wall — 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 10 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 13th consecutive NASCAR driver to win the IROC championship.^[4]

In 2002, Labonte only had one win, which was at Martinsville in the spring. He also drove a

" on the hood. It was his first career short-track win at Martinsville. He went on to finish 16th 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 12th in the standings.

2005 saw much of the same. Labonte fell out of the Top 20 in points, and only had four Top 5s, one of which was a dramatic second at Lowe's 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

In his inaugural season in the famous No. 43 car, Labonte collected three Top 5's and eight Top 10's. His Top 5's included an impressive run at the Martinsville Speedway, 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 5's and only three Top 10's. However, due to a more consistent season, he finished 18th in the 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 10's and no Top 5's on his way to finishing 21st in the Sprint Cup point standings. In December of that year, Labonte was released from

.

2009

On January 13, 2009, Labonte was confirmed to be the driver of the No. 96

for 7 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 7 races he was out of the 96. In his first race at Atlanta, Labonte ran inside the Top 20 all night and scored an 18th-place finish. Two races later Labonte gave TRG its best qualifying effort with an eighth-place start, Labonte came home 22nd. At Talladega, Labonte finished 10th after, at one point, running second in that race to Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2010

From February 2010 – June 2010, Labonte drove for

will provide a pit crew to the team.

In his first race in the TRG, Labonte finished 21st in 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.^[7]

C&J Energy Services entered into a partnership with Phoenix Racing^[8] 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 is 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 4th in the Daytona 500, earning Labonte his 200th career top 10 finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Earning only one more top 10 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 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.^[9] 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.^[10]

His last race with JTG Daughtery was at

Go FAS Racing

in 2015 and 2016.

A deal to run for

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

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.

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.^[17] He started 22nd in both of the weekend's two races, and finished 10th and 14th.^[18]

In 2018, Labonte joined RDV Competition to drive the No. 18 Toyota full-time in the Euro Series.^[19]

Modifieds / SRX (2021-)

Labonte began competing on the

Broadcasting career

In February 2014, it was announced that Labonte would appear as a racing analyst for the new program NASCAR America on NBCSN. He made his TV debut early in the 2014 season.^[21]

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

Personal life

Labonte currently resides in

Labonte founded Breaking Limits,^[23] 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^[24] 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.)

Cup Series

NASCAR 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	NSCC	Pts	Ref
1991	Labonte Motorsports	44	Olds	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT DNQ									MCH 38	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL								64th	110	[25]
		14												DOV 34	SON	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN
1993	Bill Davis Racing	22	Ford	DAY 20	CAR 33	RCH 29	ATL 18	DAR 18	BRI 24	NWS 25	MAR 12	TAL 35	SON 16	CLT 8	DOV 19	POC 20	MCH 36	DAY 41	NHA 10	POC 15	TAL 15	GLN 7	MCH 8	BRI 15	DAR 14	RCH 13	DOV 7	MAR 32	NWS 12	CLT 28	CAR 22	PHO 8	ATL 14							19th	3221	[26]
1994			Pontiac	DAY 16	CAR 19	RCH 24	ATL 15	DAR 39	BRI 6	NWS 26	MAR 19	TAL 22	SON 17	CLT 40	DOV 20	POC 25	MCH 15	DAY 22	NHA 13	POC 13	TAL 12	IND 16	GLN 18	MCH 5	BRI 31	DAR 36	RCH 24	DOV 17	MAR 31	NWS 15	CLT 42	CAR 28	PHO 16	ATL 37						21st	3038	[27]
1995	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Chevy	DAY 30	CAR 2	RCH 30	ATL 2	DAR 27	BRI 32	NWS 15	MAR 10	TAL 5	SON 13	CLT 1	DOV 2	POC 27	MCH 1	DAY 41	NHA 15	POC 35	TAL 31	IND 9	GLN 6	MCH 1	BRI 11	DAR 8	RCH 17	DOV 9	MAR 14	NWS 18	CLT 8	CAR 40	PHO 37	ATL 8						10th	3718	[28]
1996				DAY 17	CAR 33	RCH 23	ATL 31	DAR 2	BRI 7	NWS 10	MAR 8	TAL 24	SON 9	CLT 22	DOV 5	POC 41	MCH 12	DAY 40	NHA 31	POC 37	TAL 8	IND 24	GLN 5	MCH 6	BRI 32	DAR 6	RCH 11	DOV 4	MAR 21	NWS 13	CLT 40	CAR 6	PHO 9	ATL 1*						11th	3590	[29]
1997			Pontiac	DAY 21	CAR 14	RCH 8	ATL 4	DAR 5	TEX 3	BRI 34	MAR 8	SON 20	TAL 3	CLT 6	DOV 40	POC 31	MCH 9	CAL 6	DAY 10	NHA 27	POC 11	IND 2	GLN 37	MCH 6	BRI 8	DAR 7	RCH 34	NHA 15	DOV 4	MAR 27	CLT 2*	TAL 2	CAR 11	PHO 23	ATL 1*					7th	4101	[30]
1998				DAY 2	CAR 33	LVS 19	ATL 1	DAR 23	BRI 34	TEX 8	MAR 15	TAL 1	CAL 38	CLT 3	DOV 4	RCH 8	MCH 7	POC 15	SON 4	NHA 11	POC 4	IND 3	GLN 10	MCH 2	BRI 25	NHA 7	DAR 15	RCH 35	DOV 4	MAR 10	CLT 39	TAL 6	DAY 2	PHO 23	CAR 15	ATL 43				6th	4180	[31]
1999				DAY 25	CAR 3	LVS 5	ATL 2	DAR 10	TEX 3	BRI 37	MAR 24	TAL 4	CAL 3	RCH 3	CLT 2	DOV 1	MCH 5	POC 1	SON 27	DAY 5	NHA 38	POC 1	IND 2	GLN 24	MCH 1	BRI 26	DAR 19	RCH 2	NHA 3	DOV 5	MAR 8	CLT 2*	TAL 7	CAR 3	PHO 3	HOM 2*	ATL 1*			2nd	5061	[32]
2000				DAY 6	CAR 1*	LVS 5	ATL 2	DAR 13	BRI 6	TEX 3	MAR 12	TAL 21	CAL 2	RCH 26	CLT 2	DOV 3	MCH 3	POC 13	SON 4	DAY 12	NHA 9	POC 6	IND 1	GLN 5	MCH 3	BRI 15	DAR 1	RCH 15	NHA 2	DOV 5	MAR 10	CLT 1	TAL 12	CAR 20	PHO 5	HOM 4	ATL 5			1st	5130	[33]
2001				DAY 40	CAR 2	LVS 29	ATL 33	DAR 11	BRI 13	TEX 42	MAR 8	TAL 5	CAL 22	RCH 10	CLT 5	DOV 12	MCH 13	POC 8	SON 7	DAY 5	CHI 39	NHA 7	POC 1	IND 15	GLN 9	MCH 19	BRI 8	DAR 3	RCH 6	DOV 36	KAN 29	CLT 10	MAR 4	TAL 22	PHO 12	CAR 9	HOM 8	ATL 1	NHA 3	6th	4561	[34]
2002				DAY 34	CAR 3	LVS 12	ATL 37	DAR 21	BRI 5	TEX 30	MAR 1	TAL 41	CAL 34	RCH 32	CLT 14	DOV 16	POC 25	MCH 24	SON 13	DAY 32	CHI 18	NHA 13	POC 11	IND 11	GLN 23	MCH 13	BRI 9	DAR 15	RCH 32	NHA 5	DOV 41	KAN 22	TAL 25	CLT 2	MAR 12	ATL 13	CAR 7	PHO 39	HOM 29	16th	3810	[35]
2003			Chevy	DAY 41	CAR 16	LVS 4	ATL 1*	DAR 37	BRI 3	TEX 37	TAL 32	MAR 2	CAL 2	RCH 2	CLT 3	DOV 3	POC 17	MCH 2	SON 9	DAY 5	CHI 36	NHA 14	POC 30	IND 22	GLN 14	MCH 37	BRI 27	DAR 7	RCH 6	NHA 16	DOV 31	TAL 11	KAN 17	CLT 6	MAR 41	ATL 5	PHO 36	CAR 8	HOM 1	8th	4377	[36]
2004				DAY 11	CAR 25	LVS 8	ATL 18	DAR 2	BRI 33	TEX 25	MAR 2	TAL 10	CAL 5	RCH 3	CLT 13	DOV 25	POC 3	MCH 8	SON 33	DAY 7	CHI 18	NHA 17	POC 29	IND 15	GLN 11	MCH 26	BRI 16	CAL 20	RCH 16	NHA 18	DOV 14	TAL 35	KAN 16	CLT 17	MAR 18	ATL 20	PHO 9	DAR 9	HOM 12	12th	4277	[37]
2005				DAY 43	CAL 13	LVS 41	ATL 37	BRI 22	MAR 33	TEX 38	PHO 6	TAL 23	DAR 17	RCH 8	CLT 2	DOV 38	POC 26	MCH 14	SON 18	DAY 35	CHI 13	NHA 3	POC 8	IND 40	GLN 36	MCH 16	BRI 21	CAL 20	RCH 22	NHA 24	DOV 32	TAL 11	KAN 39	CLT 18	MAR 4	ATL 31	TEX 26	PHO 5	HOM 34	24th	3488	[38]
2006	Petty Enterprises	43	Dodge	DAY 35	CAL 31	LVS 30	ATL 43	BRI 5	MAR 32	TEX 10	PHO 8	TAL 29	RCH 24	DAR 22	CLT 17	DOV 13	POC 12	MCH 28	SON 35	DAY 42	CHI 12	NHA 23	POC 8	IND 40	GLN 24	MCH 19	BRI 23	CAL 26	RCH 22	NHA 40	DOV 7	KAN 17	TAL 10	CLT 5	MAR 3	ATL 12	TEX 16	PHO 27	HOM 41	21st	3567	[39]
2007				DAY 21	CAL 28	LVS 13	ATL 16	BRI 22	MAR 43	TEX 28	PHO 8	TAL 20	RCH 15	DAR 19	CLT 13	DOV 18	POC 19	MCH 34	SON 33	NHA 18	DAY 35	CHI 20	IND 19	POC 30	GLN 24	MCH 9	BRI 8	CAL 11	RCH 16	NHA 22	DOV 27	KAN 42	TAL 35	CLT 12	MAR 22	ATL 41	TEX 16	PHO 18	HOM 23	18th	3517	[40]
2008				DAY 11	CAL 25	LVS 17	ATL 12	BRI 38	MAR 25	TEX 20	PHO 12	TAL 34	RCH 13	DAR 18	CLT 11	DOV 32	POC 11	MCH 31	SON 39	NHA 10	DAY 13	CHI 29	IND 16	POC 33	GLN 42	MCH 27	BRI 23	CAL 21	RCH 21	NHA 13	DOV 14	KAN 24	TAL 6	CLT 17	MAR 37	ATL 26	TEX 39	PHO 19	HOM 33	21st	3448	[41]
2009	Hall of Fame Racing	96	Ford	DAY 22	CAL 20	LVS 5	ATL 40	BRI 22	MAR 16	TEX 40	PHO 29	TAL 28	RCH 31	DAR 18	CLT 12	DOV 28	POC 28	MCH 28	SON 20	NHA 21	DAY 21	CHI 21	IND 23	POC 36	GLN 20	MCH 43	BRI 36		RCH 31		DOV 23		CAL 26	CLT 31	MAR 13					30th	3128	[42]
	TRG Motorsports	71	Chevy																									ATL 18		NHA 22		KAN 43				TAL 10	TEX 31	PHO 39	HOM 31
2010				DAY 21	CAL 27	LVS 38	ATL 22	BRI 21	MAR 29	PHO 27	TEX 23	TAL 23	RCH 33	DAR 34	DOV 39	CLT 31	POC 38	MCH 41	SON 23					POC 28		MCH 33		ATL 31												31st	2583	[43]
	Robby Gordon Motorsports	7	Toyota																	NHA 30
	Phoenix Racing	09	Chevy																		DAY 16	CHI 29	IND 31		GLN 35		BRI 38		RCH 39	NHA 39	DOV 27	KAN 41	CAL 38		MAR 43	TAL 38		PHO 20	HOM 22
	Stavola Labonte Racing	10	Chevy																															CLT 22			TEX 30
2011	JTG Daugherty Racing	47	Toyota	DAY 4	PHO 21	LVS 24	BRI 13	CAL 38	MAR 27	TEX 25	TAL 24	RCH 24	DAR 18	DOV 18	CLT 24	KAN 28	POC 28	MCH 22	SON 38	DAY 31	KEN 26	NHA 7	IND 17	POC 25	GLN 19	MCH 16	BRI 34	ATL 38	RCH 20	CHI 37	NHA 19	DOV 26	KAN 30	CLT 29	TAL 35	MAR 32	TEX 28	PHO 21	HOM 27	29th	670	[44]
2012				DAY 14	PHO 16	LVS 26	BRI 28	CAL 28	MAR 17	TEX 27	KAN 35	RCH 17	TAL 21	DAR 29	CLT 28	DOV 20	POC 22	MCH 16	SON 24	KEN 27	DAY 10	NHA 23	IND 26	POC 27	GLN 19	MCH 25	BRI 14	ATL 19	RCH 25	CHI 26	NHA 20	DOV 14	TAL 18	CLT 32	KAN 33	MAR 9	TEX 33	PHO 15	HOM 25	23rd	772	[45]
2013				DAY 15	PHO 24	LVS 30	BRI 41	CAL 28	MAR 21	TEX 42	KAN 24	RCH 19	TAL 20	DAR 26	CLT 24	DOV 21	POC 27		SON 43	KEN	DAY 23	NHA 27	IND 36	POC 19	GLN	MCH 35	BRI 38	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA 40	DOV	KAN	CLT 28	TAL 34	MAR 32	TEX 40	PHO 22	HOM	34th	412	[46]
	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy															MCH 43
2014	HScott Motorsports	52		DAY 15	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN																				46th	54	[47]
	Hillman-Circle Sport LLC	33	Chevy																		DAY 26	NHA
	Tommy Baldwin Racing	37	Chevy																				IND 37	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM
2015	Go Fas Racing	32	Ford	DAY 24	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 27	KAN	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 43	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL 23	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	42nd	60	[48]
2016				DAY 31	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL 19	KAN	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY 24	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL 31	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	43rd	61	[49]

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	NXSC	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	MAR 26	CLT	HCY	MAR							161st	85	[50]
1985	Labonte Motorsports	81	Chevy	DAY	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR 30	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT	HCY	CAR	MAR 17									88th	73	[51]
1988	Labonte Motorsports	88	Buick	DAY	HCY	CAR 37	MAR	DAR 31	BRI	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT 27	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 16	RCH	DOV 32	MAR	CLT 43	CAR	MAR						53rd	298	[52]
1989		44		DAY	CAR 4	MAR	HCY	DAR 38	BRI	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT 13	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB 31	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 7	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 6	CAR 35	MAR							41st	757	[53]
1990			Olds	DAY 6	RCH 3	CAR 9	MAR 19	HCY 5	DAR 2	BRI 8	LAN 7	SBO 12	NZH 19	HCY 5	CLT 10	DOV 3	ROU 10	VOL 18	MYB 10	OXF 7	NHA 41	SBO 8	DUB 12	IRP 22	ROU 29	BRI 15	DAR 10	RCH 11	DOV 37	MAR 14	CLT 12	NHA 2	CAR 16	MAR 7					4th	3977	[54]
1991				DAY DNQ	RCH 7	CAR 6*	MAR 4	VOL 7	HCY 7	DAR 2	BRI 1	LAN 12	SBO 6	NZH 7	CLT 8	DOV 5	ROU 6	HCY 3	MYB 21	GLN 16	OXF 7	NHA 37	SBO 11	DUB 25	IRP 1	ROU 9	BRI 2	DAR 5	RCH 16	DOV 13	CLT 19	NHA 4	CAR 8	MAR 5					1st	4264	[55]
		94		DAY 36
1992		44	Chevy	DAY 30	CAR 22	RCH 3	ATL 25	MAR 26	DAR 12	BRI 6	HCY 2	LAN 1	DUB 20	NZH 2	CLT 2	DOV 25	ROU 3	MYB 2	GLN 12	VOL 10	NHA 3	TAL 10	IRP 23	ROU 10	MCH 23	NHA 6	BRI 12	DAR 16	RCH 4	DOV 2	CLT 3	MAR 1	CAR 8	HCY 1*					2nd	4272	[56]
1993		14		DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR 2	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY 24*	ATL								60th	261	[57]
1994	Wegner Racing	33	Pontiac	DAY 30	CAR	RCH	ATL 13	MAR	DAR	HCY	BRI	ROU	NHA 35	NZH	CLT 35	DOV	MYB	GLN 26	MLW 4	SBO	TAL 40	HCY	IRP		BRI 13	DAR	RCH 10	DOV 25											35th	1188	[58]
			Chevy																					MCH 1					CLT 34	MAR	CAR
1996	Labonte Motorsports	44	Chevy	DAY 9	CAR 5	RCH 17	ATL 9	NSV 1	DAR 5	BRI	HCY	NZH	CLT 3	DOV 15*	SBO	MYB	GLN 4	MLW 5	NHA 5	TAL 16	IRP	MCH 6	BRI	DAR	RCH 9	DOV	CLT 2	CAR	HOM 2										19th	2374	[59]
1997			Pontiac	DAY	CAR 41	RCH 10	ATL 3	LVS 12	DAR	HCY	TEX 28	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 30	DOV 1*	SBO	GLN 7	MLW 18	MYB	GTY 20	IRP	MCH 3	BRI 6	DAR 4	RCH	DOV 31		CAL 30*	CAR	HOM						27th	1912	[60]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Pontiac																											CLT 9
1998		44		DAY	CAR	LVS	NSV	DAR 1	BRI	TEX	HCY	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT 6	DOV	RCH 42	PPR	GLN	MLW	MYB	CAL	SBO	IRP	MCH 2	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 34	CLT	GTY	CAR	ATL	HOM					54th	608	[61]
1999			Chevy	DAY	CAR DNQ																																		101st	115	[62]
		18	Pontiac			LVS 16	ATL	DAR DNQ	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	TEX 11	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP														68th	402	[63]
	Joe Gibbs Racing	19	Chevy																							MCH DNQ	BRI
		18																										CAL 7	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 14	MEM	ATL	PHO	DAR	HOM
2005		19		DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT 6	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 16	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH 7	BRI 10	CAL	RCH 8	DOV	KAN 37	CLT	MEM	TEX 12	PHO DNQ	HOM	55th	866	[64]
2006	Brewco Motorsports	66	Ford	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI 12	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH 15	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV							54th	755	[65]
	Kevin Harvick Inc	77	Chevy																														KAN 9	CLT 22	MEM	TEX 9	PHO 34	HOM 29
2007				DAY 18	CAL	MXC	LVS 8	ATL 42	BRI 11	NSH	TEX 22	PHO	TAL 1	RCH	DAR 34	CLT 22	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 29	DAY 23	CHI 16	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN 7	MCH 18	BRI 27	CAL	RCH 17	DOV 11	KAN	CLT 14	MEM	TEX 29	PHO	HOM 43	28th	1963	[66]
2008	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy	DAY 15	CAL	LVS 34	ATL 5	BRI 29	NSH	TEX 4	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	[67]
2016	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Toyota	DAY 23	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	[68]

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	NCTC	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	PHO 34	LVS		126th	61	[69]
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	MAR 3	PHO	DAR	HOM 29	59th	246	[70]
2005				DAY	CAL	ATL 2	MAR 1	GTY	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH 32	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS		ATL 5	TEX	PHO	HOM	36th	679	[71]
	Xpress Motorsports	16	Chevy																					MAR 22
2006	Bobby Hamilton Racing	4	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH 3	MLW	KAN	KEN	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	64th	170	[72]
2007				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH 18	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	87th	109	[73]

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	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
2021	N/A	25	Chevy	MAR Wth	STA	RIV	JEN	OSW	RIV	NHA	NRP	STA	BEE	OSW	RCH	RIV	STA					N/A	0	[74]
2022	Philip Stefanell	17	Chevy	NSM	RCH	RIV	LEE	JEN	MND	RIV	WAL	NHA	CLM	TMP	LGY	OSW	RIV	TMP	MAR 33			67th	11	[75]
2023		38		NSM	RCH 6	MON	RIV	LEE	SEE	RIV	WAL	NHA	LMP	THO	LGY	OSW	MON	RIV	NWS 33	THO		41st	83	[76]
		7																			MAR 10

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	NWESC	Pts	Ref
2017	Alex Caffi Motorsport	1	Ford	VAL	VAL	BRH 14	BRH 10	VEN	VEN	HOC	HOC	FRA	FRA	ZOL	ZOL		32nd	64	[77]
2018	RDV Competition	18	Toyota	VAL 14	VAL 8	FRA 21	FRA 13	BRH 10	BRH 24	TOU 20	TOU 2	HOC 8	HOC 21	ZOL 20	ZOL 26		14th	335	[78]
2019	Mishumotors	70	Chevy	VAL 18	VAL 14	FRA	FRA	BRH	BRH	MOS	MOS	VEN	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL	39th	42	[79]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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	CAL 2*	MCH	NA	0	[80]
1999	Pontiac	DAY 2	TAL 8	MCH 4	IND 4	3rd	53	[81]
2000	Pontiac	DAY 7	TAL 1*	MCH 6	IND 6	4th	52	[82]
2001	Pontiac	DAY 5	TAL 1	MCH 5	IND 1	1st	68	[83]
2002	Pontiac	DAY 7	CAL 2	CHI 8	IND 9	5th	43	[84]

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 DNF	9 DNF
2006	DP	09	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Pontiac Crawford DP	Doug Goad Harold Primat Larry Oberto	572	35 DNF	17 DNF
2007	DP	19	Finlay Motorsports	Ford Crawford DP	Rob Finlay Michael Valiante Michael McDowell	627	10 DNF	10 DNF
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	SRXC	Pts
2021	18	STA 5	KNX 6	ELD 11	IRP 2	SLG 5	NSV 4	3rd	182
2022		FIF 5	SBO 3	STA 52	NSV 1*	I55 11	SHA 5	3rd	190
2023		STA 8	STA II 6	MMS 7	BER 9	ELD 4	LOS 122	6th	145

^* Season still in progress

References

External links

• Official website
• Bobby Labonte driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Bobby Labonte owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Bobby Labonte at NASCAR.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Dale Jarrett	NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion 2000	Succeeded by Jeff Gordon
Preceded by Chuck Bown	NASCAR Busch Series Champion 1991	Succeeded by Joe Nemechek
Preceded by Dale Earnhardt	IROC Champion IROC XXV (2001)	Succeeded by Kevin Harvick
Achievements
Preceded by Jeff Gordon	Coca-Cola 600 winner 1995	Succeeded by Dale Jarrett
Preceded by Dale Jarrett	Brickyard 400 2000	Succeeded by Jeff Gordon
Preceded by Jeff Burton	Southern 500 Winner 2000	Succeeded by Ward Burton