Justin Labonte

Justin Labonte
Labonte celebrates his 2004 Twister 300 win
Born	(1981-02-05) February 5, 1981 Trinity, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements	1996 Summer Shootout Series Champion at Charlotte 1997 Summer Shootout Series Champion at Charlotte 2003 Late Model Stock Champion at Caraway Speedway
Awards	1998 USAR Hooters Pro Cup Consistency Award
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
76 races run over 6 years
2006 position	80th
Best finish	17th (2005)
First race	1999 BellSouth Mobility 320 (Nashville)
Last race	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
First win	2004 Twister 300 (Chicago)
Wins Top tens Poles 1 3 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 2 years
First race	2006 Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race	2007 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.

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

In 1999, Labonte began sharing the #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 #04 Dodge for Kerry Scherer. He made his first start in three years in 2003, starting 23rd and finishing 29th at Michigan International Speedway in the #06 Dodge Intrepid for Scherer.

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. 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 #5 for Hendrick Motorsports, finishing 22nd. He also made his Craftsman Truck Series debut at Texas Motor Speedway, driving the #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 #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
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
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
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	-
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
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
	Haas CNC Racing	00	Chevy																																	DAR 19
	Labonte Motorsports	44	Chevy																																		HOM 17
2005	Haas CNC Racing			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
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

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
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
2001		44		DAY 34	NSH	WIN	SLM	GTY	KEN																				61st	595
	Kerry Scherer	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
			Chevy		ATL 28	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT 32	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT

External links

• Official website
• Justin Labonte driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Justin Labonte owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Justin Labonte at The Crittenden Automotive Library