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5 unusual facts about Bobby Labonte


2003 Ford 400

It took almost three and a half hours for Bobby Labonte to defeat Kevin Harvick by nearly 1.8 seconds in front of 75000 live people.

Billy Mason

Mason was seen discussing and selling three car hoods from NASCAR vehicles that had been autographed by the cars famous drivers, including Tony Stewart and Bobby Labonte.

Hip replacement

Once an uncommon operation reserved for frail patients with a limited life expectancy, hip replacement is now common, even among active athletes including race car drivers Bobby Labonte and Dale Jarrett, and British Open runner-up, golfer Tom Watson.

Let's roll

Bobby Labonte drove a 9/11 tribute car with the words "Let's Roll" on the hood of his stock car.

Steve Addington

In 2005, Addington was named the crew chief for Joe Gibbs Racing's #18 car driven by Bobby Labonte, replacing Mike "Fatback" McSwain.


2010 Gatorade Duels

Bill Elliott, Joe Nemechek, Scott Speed, and Bobby Labonte were the four fastest non-top 35 drivers, thus locked in.

Ben Leslie

Afterwards, he joined Yates' affiliate team, Hall of Fame Racing as crew chief for Bobby Labonte and eventually Erik Darnell for the rest of the season.

Johnny Benson, Jr.

In addition, to date he joined a list of only 3 (now 4) drivers to ever win at least one championship in more than one of the three main title series (Bobby Labonte and Brad Keselowski are the other two, and they hace won championships in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.) His first win of the season came at the Camping World RV Sales 200 at the Milwaukee Mile, the third consecutive race that Benson has won as Milwaukee Mile.


see also

David Gilliland

On September 18, 2009, Gilliland's future was thrown into question following TRG's announcement that Bobby Labonte would drive the #71 Chevrolet for seven of the final twelve races of the season while Erik Darnell drives the #96 Ford.

Phoenix Racing

For 2013, the team fielded a number of drivers including Allmendinger, Smith, Bliss, Austin Dillon, Ryan Truex, and Bobby Labonte.