| Robert Alan Labonte was born in Corpus Christi, TX | | | | Martinsville Speedway, Bobby made his Busch Series |
| and has been a consistent force in NASCAR since | | | | debut. He finished 30th and only took home $220 but |
| the early 80's. During his racing career, Bobby became | | | | it was just the beginning for Bobby Labonte Racing, |
| the first driver to win both the Nationwide Series | | | | his very own team. |
| (1991) and the NASCAR cup crown (2000). He and | | | | He continued making Nationwide Series starts and |
| his older brother Terry also became the first set of | | | | was able to complete his first full season in 1990 as |
| brothers to win the Cup title. (Terry won in '84 and | | | | driver/owner. In this season he was able to score six |
| '96.) Bobby grew up watching his older brother | | | | top-5s and seventeen top-10s. He finished fourth in |
| compete and was determined to follow in his | | | | the series and was also named "Most Popular Driver". |
| footsteps. His life has been centered around racing | | | | The very next year he made his Sprint Cup debut at |
| since he was just a kid, winning his first national | | | | Dover, but finished 34th after engine trouble. In 1995, |
| quarter midget race at the age of seven and moving | | | | Bobby made a long-term decision to join Joe Gibbs |
| on up his path of success. | | | | Racing where he spent 11 seasons. His first Cup |
| During his teen years, Bobby's family moved to North | | | | victory was the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor |
| Carolina becoming more involved in Cup racing with | | | | Speedway (now Lowe's) in 1995 and the No.18 car |
| his bother Terry. Bobby kept a keen eye on his | | | | has won at least one race each year since then. |
| brother's career and when he graduated from high | | | | Bobby's dream finally came true in 2000 when he |
| school he joined the team of Hagan Racing, working | | | | won the Sprint Cup championship, joining his brother |
| on the cars that took his brother to the top of the | | | | in that accomplishment. In 2005 Petty Enterprises |
| Cup Series. But that wasn't enough for Bobby. He | | | | invited Bobby Labonte on board and he took the |
| was building his skills and soon started work on a car | | | | wheel of the No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge. |
| of his own for the Nationwide Series. Bobby took | | | | In 2007, Bobby brought the Pettys their best points |
| pride in building his own car, managing his own | | | | finish since 1999. Trinity, NC is now Bobby's home, |
| equipment and being the best driver he could | | | | where he enjoys family, fishing, and Jimmy Buffett |
| be--unlike today's drivers who rarely own or work on | | | | music-when he's not on the racetrack. |
| the cars they drive at the track. In 1982 at | | | | |