Bobby Labonte - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

The Winston Stays the Same:

The Winston Stays the Same: No changes are planned for this season's running of The Winston all-star race, May 19 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The race will continue to be run in three segments, of 30 laps, 30 laps and 10 laps. As was done last season, the winner of both...

No Points Change:

No Points Change: After careful consideration, NASCAR officials have decided against changing the Winston Cup point system for 2001. Bobby Labonte won the 2000 championship by 275 points over Dale Earnhardt, clinching the title with one race remaining. For the fifth...

Fox TV:

Fox TV: As the FOX family prepares to embark on its ambitious 2001 NASCAR programming schedule, Fox Sports Net telecasts a special, one-hour edition of GOIN' DEEP on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 9:00pm local time to begin its coverage. Tom Murray hosts Steel Thunder from the ...

Why No IROC for Martin?

Why No IROC for Martin? been asked, here is why: The official entry list for the 2001 IROC series does not include four-time champ Mark Martin. The field of 12 announced by IROC includes Gil de Ferran and Kenny Brack from CART, Buddy Lazier, Eddie Cheever, Scott Goodyear...

Labonte Day:

Labonte Day: On January 18th, Bobby Labonte was presented a special recognition award honoring him for "bringing world class recognition to the community" of Ttinity City, NC. Also the City Council proclaimed Friday, January 26th, to be "Bobby Labonte Day"(1-26-2001...

Labonte in Texas:

Labonte in Texas: Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte will spend part of Monday in Dallas at Interstate Batteries, visiting with employees of his primary sponsor of his #18 Pontiac(Dallas Morning News)(1-20-2001) (1-19-2001)...

Sadler now part of the Family:

Sadler now part of the Family: #21-Elliott Sadler is the latest addition to the Coca Cola Family Of Drivers. Which includes: #1-Steve Park; #9-Bill Elliott; #15-Michael Waltrip; #18-Bobby Labonte; #28-Ricky Rudd; #20-Tony Stewart; #43-John Andretti; #45-Kyle Petty; #...

IROC Drivers? UPDATE 3:

IROC Drivers? UPDATE 3: hearing the following will be the 2001 lineup of IROC drivers: From NASCAR Winston Cup: already announced Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Rudd, Jeff Burton along with Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte. From the IRL: already announced Eddie Cheever Jr, Scott...

Porter Cable bolts the #4 UPDATE Purvis to the #18:

Porter-Cable/Delta announced it is withdrawing its sponsorship of Joe Gibbs' Racing #4 BGN car, driven by Jeff Purvis. Company officials said the move in no way reflects lack of confidence or trust in Gibbs or the team. Isues related to the company's recent consolidation...

ESPY’s:

ESPY's: Driver of the Year ESPY nominees: CART Champ - Gil de Ferran; NHRA Funny Car Champ - John Force; Winston Cup Champ - Bobby Labonte; IRL Champ - Buddy Lazier(ESPN)(1-12-2001) (1-11-2001)...

Labonte Receives Award:

Labonte Receives Award: NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte completed his run through the 2000 major auto racing awards Sunday by accepting the National Motorsports Press Association Richard Petty Driver of the Year award. Voted on by writers, broadcasters and...

Wix Renews:

Wix Renews: WIX Filters, a leading manufacturer and distributor of filtration products, today announced that it has renewed its associate sponsorship of the Joe Gibbs Racing teams. The multi-year agreement provides for WIX Filters to remain the Official Filter of NASCAR...

Akins Motorsports News:

Akins Motorsports News: Newport News native Dick Conway has signed on with Chesapeake native Elton Sawyer and the Brad Akins-owned #98 BGN team. It's a reunion of sorts since Conway handled all of Sawyer's publicity, sponsorship scheduling and media relations when ...

Labonte Honored:

Bobby Labonte, who drove the Joe Gibbs owned, #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac to his first NASCAR Winston Cup driving title, and earned the car owner championship for Gibbs, was voted the Al Holbert Memorial Eastern Motorsport Press Association Driver of the Year ...

All Stars:

The 2000 Chase Racing All-Stars, the informal version of NASCARs All-American pit crew, was announced earlier this week. Driver Bobby Labonte, the Winston Cup champion, and his crew chief, Jimmy Makar, were selected to the first team, along with the following crewmen...

Points Money:

Points Money: here is the list of Points Money earned by the Top 10 Winston Cup drivers announced at the banquet: 1) Bobby Labonte - $3,386,640 2) Dale Earnhardt - $1,103,995 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 3) Jeff Burton - $770,685 + $1,000,000 No Bull Five win 4) Dale...

Most Popular….Elliott, again UPDATE:

Most Popular....Elliott, again UPDATE: By a 2-to-1 margin, Bill Elliott is this year's Most Popular Driver over Dale Earnhardt. It's Elliott's 10th consecutive award and 15th in the past 17 years. Darrell Waltrip interrupted the run in 1989 and 1990(Daily Press)(11...

Driver of the Year:

Bobby Labonte, who parlayed consistency and four victories into the Winston Cup Championship, added another honor today as he was selected DRIVER OF THE YEAR for all American motorsports. Labonte, 36, driver of the Joe Gibbs/Interstate Batteries Pontiac on the NASCAR...

4th Quarter Driver:

Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 Home Depot Pontiac, easily cruised to fourth quarter DRIVER OF THE YEAR Honors today. For Stewart, 29, winner of three races during the quarter, it was de ja vu, since he repeated the honor he won last year with a like number of wins...

Pontiac Win Record:

Pontiac Grand Prix, which just clinched its third NASCAR Winston Cup Driver championship and first since 1989, thanks to driver Bobby Labonte, can set a NASCAR modern-era standard for itself this weekend with a victory in Atlanta. Pontiac has 11 wins so far this season...