Justin Labonte
Labonte celebrates his 2004 Twister 300 win
Born (1981-02-05) February 5, 1981 (age 43)
Trinity, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements1996 Summer Shootout Series Champion at Charlotte
1997 Summer Shootout Series Champion at Charlotte
2003 Late Model Stock Champion at Caraway Speedway
Awards1998 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Consistency Award
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
76 races run over 6 years
2006 position80th
Best finish17th (2005)
First race1999 BellSouth Mobility 320 (Nashville)
Last race2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win2004 Twister 300 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 3 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
First race2006 Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of November 26, 2006.

Justin Labonte (born February 5, 1981) is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. He is the son of two-time Winston Cup Series champion Terry Labonte, and the nephew of 2000 champion Bobby Labonte. He currently races on short tracks in North Carolina.[1][2][3]

Racing career

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Pre-NASCAR

Labonte was born in Trinity, North Carolina. He began racing at the age of 15 at Ace Speedway and Concord Motorsport Park. He also ran the Legends Summer Shootout Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway, where he won back-to-back championships in 1996 and 1997. During those two years, he split 25 career victories at Ace and Concord. In 1998, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, where he finished 3rd in points and posted thirteen top-tens. He also won the Consistency award for finishing nearly 97% of all possible laps during the season. The next season, he had three top-tens in seven starts.

NASCAR

Labonte (No. 44) pits during the 2004 Fontana race

In 1999, Labonte began sharing the No. 44 Chevrolet Monte Carlo with his father in the Busch Series. Qualifying nine times, he had a best finish of 14th at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He ran more races in 2000, his best finish a 20th at Nashville Speedway USA. He also made three starts in the ARCA series, posting two top-five finishes. In 2001, he ran a limited ARCA schedule, making five starts, including a race at Nashville Superspeedway, where he led 70 laps.

Labonte began running late model stock series in 2002 at Caraway Speedway. In his first season at the track, he won one feature event and had ten top-tens in twelve starts. He followed that up by winning the track championship the next season. Labonte also returned to the Busch Series in 2002, attempting but failing to qualify for three races in the No. 04 Dodge for Cunningham Motorsports. He made his first start in three years in 2003, starting 23rd and finishing 29th at Michigan International Speedway in the No. 06 Dodge Intrepid for Cunningham Motorsports.

In 2004, Labonte announced he would make a limited run in the Busch Series that season in the No. 44 car owned by his father and sponsored by the United States Coast Guard. At the Twister 300, Labonte passed Mike Wallace on the last lap, after Wallace ran out of gas, to win his first career race. Out of seventeen starts that season, it was his only top-ten, but finished 35th in points. For 2005, Labonte's team merged with Haas CNC Racing, and he posted two top-tens and finished seventeenth in points. At the end of the season, he was released from his contract. He ran his only Busch race of 2006 at Memphis Motorsports Park in the No. 5 for Hendrick Motorsports, finishing 22nd. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 24 Bill Davis Racing Toyota Tundra to a 22nd finish place finish. He most recently raced in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2007 driving Michael Waltrip's No. 00 Toyota Tundra. He finished 27th at O'Reilly Raceway Park, followed by a 12th-place finish at Martinsville.

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.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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 NBSC Pts Ref
1999 Labonte Motorsports 44 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV
41 		BRI TAL CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO
30 		GLN MLW
33 		MYB
14 		PPR GTY
26 		IRP
25 		MCH BRI DAR RCH
23 		DOV CLT CAR
34 		MEM
40 		PHO HOM 58th 669 [4]
2000 DAY CAR
28 		LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV
20 		TAL CAL RCH
27 		NHA
23 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV SBO
31 		MYB
33 		GLN
33 		MLW
37 		NZH
22 		PPR
36 		GTY
40 		IRP
DNQ 		MCH BRI
DNQ 		DAR
DNQ 		RCH
DNQ 		DOV
DNQ 		CLT
DNQ 		CAR
33 		MEM
39 		PHO
DNQ 		HOM
DNQ 		48th 913 [5]
2002 Cunningham Motorsports 04 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT
DNQ 		MEM ATL
DNQ 		CAR
DNQ 		PHO HOM NA - [6]
2003 06 DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX TAL NSH CAL RCH GTY NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH
29 		BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO CAR HOM 134th 76 [7]
2004 Labonte Motorsports 44 Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX
29 		NSH TAL CAL
41 		GTY RCH
22 		NZH CLT
18 		DOV
31 		NSH KEN
30 		MLW DAY
33 		CHI
1 		NHA
19 		PPR IRP MCH
14 		BRI CAL
28 		RCH
DNQ 		DOV
30 		KAN CLT
18 		MEM ATL
37 		PHO
37 		35th 1415 [8]
Haas CNC Racing 00 Chevy DAR
19
44 HOM
17
2005 Labonte-Haas Motorsports DAY
18 		CAL
19 		MXC
25 		LVS
13 		ATL
42 		NSH
13 		BRI
40 		TEX
33 		PHO
20 		TAL
7 		DAR
18 		RCH
32 		CLT
22 		DOV
23 		NSH
29 		KEN
11 		MLW
16 		DAY
34 		CHI
41 		NHA
41 		PPR
13 		GTY
13 		IRP
22 		GLN
16 		MCH
17 		BRI
23 		CAL
36 		RCH
22 		DOV
26 		KAN
25 		CLT
10 		MEM
12 		TEX
24 		PHO
22 		HOM
21 		17th 3285 [9]
2006 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
22 		TEX PHO HOM 115th 97 [10]

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
2006 Bill Davis Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX
23 		PHO HOM 79th 94 [11]
2007 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 00 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP
27 		NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR
12 		ATL TEX PHO HOM 72nd 209 [12]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max 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 ARSC Pts Ref
2000 Labonte Motorsports 08 Chevy DAY SLM AND CLT
4 		KIL FRS MCH POC TOL KEN BLN POC WIN ISF KEN DSF SLM CLT
20 		TAL ATL
2 		48th 560 [13]
2001 44 DAY
34 		NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN 61st 595 [14]
Cunningham Motorsports 4 Chevy CLT
30 		KAN MCH POC MEM GLN KEN MCH POC ATL
29
Dodge NSH
14 		ISF CHI
DNQ 		DSF SLM TOL BLN CLT TAL
17
2002 DAY
9 		83rd 355 [15]
Chevy ATL
28 		NSH SLM KEN CLT
32 		KAN POC MCH TOL SBO KEN BLN POC NSH ISF WIN DSF CHI SLM TAL CLT

References

  1. ^ World of Outlaws Late Model Series, Results of World of Outlaws Late Model Series at 311 Motor Speedway, April 20, 2013
  2. ^ Carolina Clash Super Late Model Series, Results, Fayetteville Motor Speedway Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, undated, 2012
  3. ^ Bobby Labonte Racing, Bobby Labonte Racing Starts Off 2013 with a Win Archived 2013-07-08 at archive.today, February 18, 2013
  4. ^ "Justin Labonte – 1999 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2000 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2005 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  12. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2000 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2001 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "Justin Labonte – 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

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