NASCAR veteran Terry Labonte, who in October announced plans to drive partial schedules with Hendrick Motorsports in 2005 and 2006, laid out his calendar for the upcoming NEXTEL Cup Series season. Driving a Kellogg’s-sponsored #44 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the two-time Cup Series champion will kick off the first leg of his “Shifting Gears — Lone Star Style” tour Feb. 27 at California Speedway. Entering his 27th year of NASCAR competition, Labonte, 48, will compete at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 3, followed by the first of two Texas Motor Speedway appearances April 17. He will also enter a pair of races — the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge and the Memorial Day-weekend 600-miler — at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in May. The June 12 event at Pocono Raceway will kick off the second half of the 10-race slate, prior to dates at Chicagoland Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Kansas Speedway. Labonte’s 2005 season-finale will come Nov. 6 at Texas.(Terrylabonte.net)(1-11-2005)
