Justin Labonte

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Justin Labonte
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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 race 1999 BellSouth Mobility 320 (Nashville)
Last race 2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win 2004 Twister 300 (Chicago)
WinsTop tens Poles
130
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
First race 2006 Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race 2007 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 26, 2006.

Justin Labonte (born February 5, 1981) is an American 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]

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Racing career

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 Justin Labonte.jpg
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.

Labonte competing at Texas in 2005. Justin Labonte 44 Texas 2005.jpg
Labonte competing at Texas in 2005.

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NBSCPtsRef
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 58th669 [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		48th913 [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 134th76 [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		35th1415 [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		17th3285 [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 115th97 [10]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCTCPtsRef
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 79th94 [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 72nd209 [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
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425ARSCPtsRef
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		48th560 [13]
2001 44 DAY
34		 NSH WIN SLM GTY KEN 61st595 [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		83rd355 [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

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  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.
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  6. ↑ "Justin Labonte – 2002 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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  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.
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