Bobby Labonte
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 full-time in the Superstar Racing Experience, driving the No. 18 car. Labonte is the 2000 NASCAR 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.
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Labonte at Talladega Superspeedway in 2015 | |||||||
| Born | Robert Allen Labonte May 8, 1964 Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | ||||||
| Achievements | 2000 Winston Cup Series Champion 1991 Busch Series Champion 2001 IROC Champion 1995 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2000 Brickyard 400 Winner 2000 Southern 500 Winner Oldest winner of a Superstar Racing Experience race (58 years, 2 months, and 1 day old at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in 2022) | ||||||
| Awards | NASCAR Hall of Fame (2020) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) | ||||||
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 729 races run over 25 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 23rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2000) | ||||||
| First race | 1991 Budweiser 500 (Dover) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 Hellmann's 500 (Talladega) | ||||||
| First win | 1995 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last win | 2003 Ford 400 (Homestead) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 203 races run over 20 years | |||||||
| 2016 position | 18th | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1991) | ||||||
| First race | 1982 Autumn 150 (Martinsville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 PowerShares QQQ 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| First win | 1991 Budweiser 250 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last win | 2007 Aaron's 312 (Talladega) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 10 races run over 5 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 36th (2005) | ||||||
| First race | 1996 GM Goodwrench/AC Delco 300 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| Last race | 2007 Michigan 200 (Michigan) | ||||||
| First win | 2005 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of February 3, 2022. | |||||||
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). 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.