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Trinity is also home to NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers Bobby Labonte and Kyle Petty.
He is also the uncle of former Nationwide Series winner Justin Labonte.
For 2010, Labonte was also reunited with Doug Randolph as his crew chief.
For the 2012 season, Labonte will return to the 47 car with most of the sponsors returning also.
In September 2002, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran ( and won in ) a special Gossamer paint scheme at Richmond International Raceway during the Chevy Rock and Roll 400 weekend in which he and his brother Kerry ran Looney Tunes cars ( Kerry ran a Yosemite Sam car, who was also on Mike Skinner's Winston Cup car the next night ) in the Busch Series race, and nine drivers ( Skinner, Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon crashed his Bugs Bunny car in final practice for the race and, therefore, the Bugs car never saw race action, Joe Nemechek, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green, Robby Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Greg Biffle place of Bobby Hamilton, who was injured in a Truck Series race two days before ran Looney Tunes paint schemes.
Although at the time the possibility remained that he may have continued to run a limited schedule after the 2005 season — as semi-retirees Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte also have done, Wallace's current broadcasting contract forbids him from doing so.
He also won the Coca-Cola 600 and the Brickyard 400 and finished third in the final standings behind the Hendrick Motorsports teammates Terry Labonte and Jeff Gordon.
Bodine also replaced Terry Labonte on the pace lap in two Winston Cup events.
As part of changes in 2007 with its move into Michael Waltrip's operations banner, the team became a one-truck team and the number was switched to # 00 to maintain consistency with the rest of the Michael Waltrip Racing banner, and A. J. Allmendinger drove the # 00 for a few races to help in his NASCAR experience, with Aaron's as the sponsor, along with Red Bull for a few races early in the season ) and Michael Waltrip Racing putting developmental drivers Josh Wise and Ken Butler III in the truck, although Justin Labonte also drove a few races for the team.
Prism entered the # 66 car in each race, normally driven by Dave Blaney but also driven by Terry Labonte at the Daytona 500 and Michael McDowell at the Aaron's 499, with one-race sponsorship also provided by Aaron's for the 2009 Coca-Cola 600.
Labonte, however, took over the vocal position in 1993 after Estes joined the Navy, and also played the guitar.

Labonte and returned
After a few years of racing in various divisions, Labonte returned to the Busch Series in 1985, running two races in a car he owned himself at Martinsville.
( Which made him miss the exhibition race in Japan ) After an offseason surgery, Jarrett returned in 1999 and took the points lead after his first win of the season at the Pontiac Excitement 400, and held it for the rest of the season, when he won his first career Winston Cup title by 201 points over Bobby Labonte.
After taking 1998 off, Labonte Motorsports returned in 1999, with Terry owning and driving the # 44 Slim Jim Chevrolet.

Labonte and Busch
As of 2011, Labonte is the only driver to have won both the Winston Cup championship ( 2000 ) and the Busch Series championship ( 1991 ).
After competing in several different divisions, Labonte made his Busch Series debut in 1982 at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 30th.
The next season, running his own Bobby Labonte Racing car, he won his first Busch pole position and finished second at Road Atlanta.
By 1990, Labonte had finally earned enough money to race in the Busch Series full-time.
In addition to his Busch Series schedule, he made two Winston Cup starts in a Bobby Labonte Racing car at Dover International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway, finishing 34th and 38th, respectively.
Also, Labonte continued to operate his main Busch Series team, hiring David Green to drive for him.
The next season, 1994, Labonte achieved his second major success as a car owner when his Busch Series driver, David Green, won the championship.
Many famous athletes have been featured in the series, including Rob Ray, Andre Agassi, Ray Allen, Michael Andretti, Carmelo Anthony, Gilbert Arenas, Lance Armstrong, Paul Bearer, Rich Beem, Drew Bledsoe, King Kong Bundy, Bill Bradley, Drew Brees, Kobe Bryant, Mark Buehrle, Kurt Busch, Jennifer Capriati, Brandi Chastain, Chris Chelios, Roger Clemens ( who was in 5 of them, the most of any athlete ), Sidney Crosby, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards, Roger Federer, Kevin Garnett, Ozzie Guillén, Mia Hamm, Jim Harbaugh, Evander Holyfield, Tim Hudson, LeBron James, Keyshawn Johnson, Roy Jones Jr., Jim Kelly, Alexi Lalas, Bobby Labonte, Lennox Lewis, Mark McGwire, Shawn Micheals, Gheorghe Muresan, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, Candace Parker, Chris Paul, Gaylord Perry, Adrian Peterson, Michael Phelps, Mary Lou Retton, Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, Pete Sampras, Maria Sharapova, Andriy Shevchenko, Jerry Stackhouse, Kerri Strug, Fernando Vargas, Adam Vinatieri, Shaun White, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, David Wright, Alexander Ovechkin, and The Undertaker.
Slim Jim sponsored Bobby Labonte and David Green when they won the NASCAR Busch Series championship in 1991 and 1994, respectively.
After the announcement that long time Hendrick NEXTEL Cup series driver Terry Labonte would be running a limited schedule in 2005 and 2006, Busch was picked to take over the # 5 Kellogg's / Carquest Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo, crew chiefed by Alan Gustafson.
The 2009 season marked the 25th anniversary of Hendrick Motorsports, which has fielded cars for past NASCAR stars Geoff Bodine, Tim Richmond, Darrell Waltrip, Benny Parsons, Ricky Rudd, Ken Schrader, Terry Labonte, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, and Brian Vickers.
After the departure of Jason Leffler, who drove the # 11 car in the Nextel Cup series, Yeley, Busch Series teammate Denny Hamlin, and Terry Labonte split the remaining races.
Justin Labonte ( born February 25, 1981 ) is a former NASCAR Busch Series ( now Nationwide Series ) driver.
In 1999, Labonte began sharing the # 44 Slim Jim Chevrolet Monte Carlo with his father in the Busch Series.
In 2004, Labonte announced he would make a limited run in the Busch Series that season in the # 44 car owned by his father and sponsored by the United States Coast Guard.
Steve Addington, a Gibbs Busch Series crew chief, was named new crew chief for the 2005 season, but a rash of troubles, some caused by mechanical problems, continued to daunt the team, including a loss in the final turn at the Coca-Cola 600, led to the departure of Labonte following the end of 2005.
After Labonte's departure, Gibbs announced that Busch Series driver J. J. Yeley would replace Labonte in the # 18 for 2006 and 2007.
Labonte Motorsports is a former part-time Winston Cup team and full-time Busch Series team.

Labonte and Series
Robert Alan " Bobby " Labonte ( born May 8, 1964 ) is an American race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
In 1993, Labonte was called up by Bill Davis Racing to drive in the Winston Cup Series.
In the off season following the 2007 season, Labonte agreed to a 15 race contract to drive the # 21 chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for 2008.
He finished 4th in the Daytona 500, earning Labonte his 200th career top 10 finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Terrance Lee Labonte ( born November 16, 1956 ) is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who occasionally drives in the Sprint Cup Series when called upon and is a two-time Winston Cup and IROC champion.
He is the older brother of 2000 Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte.
* Dale Inman, crew chief, eight time Winston Cup Series champion ( 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979 with Richard Petty, and 1984 with Terry Labonte );

Labonte and 2002
In 2002, 2000 champion Bobby Labonte served a second consecutive term on the Cup rookie panel as NASCAR disqualified 2001 champion Jeff Gordon from the position because of his equity ownership in Jimmie Johnson's # 48 car.
Labonte began running late model stock series in 2002 at Caraway Speedway.
2002 was the teams worst year since Labonte joined the team.

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