Justin Labonte
# Justin Labonte

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 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 | |
| 2000 | Labonte Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | 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 | Cunningham Motorsports | 06 | Dodge | 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 | |
| 2004 | Haas CNC Racing | 00 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DAR 19 | | | | 35th | 1415 |
| 2004 | Haas CNC Racing | 44 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOM 17 | | 35th | 1415 | |
| 2005 | Labonte-Haas Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | 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 | |

**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 | |
| 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 | |

### 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 | |
| 2001 | Labonte Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | DAY 34 | NSH | WIN | SLM | GTY | KEN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 61st | 595 | |
| 2001 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Chevy | | | | | | | CLT 30 | KAN | MCH | POC | MEM | GLN | KEN | MCH | POC | | | | | | | | | | ATL 29 | 61st | 595 | |
| 2001 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NSH 14 | ISF | CHI DNQ | DSF | SLM | TOL | BLN | CLT | TAL 17 | | 61st | 595 | |
| 2002 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 83rd | 355 | |
| 2002 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Chevy | | ATL 28 | NSH | SLM | KEN | CLT 32 | KAN | POC | MCH | TOL | SBO | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL | CLT | | | | | | 83rd | 355 |
