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Fuller to fill in at Joe Gibbs when needed

I hear Jeff Fuller is in line to fill in for Joe Gibbs Racing BGN team when scheduling conflicts prevent either Tony Stewart or Bobby Labonte from running the Shell #44. Jeff is currently tutoring JD Gibbs, who will take over the ride full time in 1999. The strategy...
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Special or different Paint Schemes for the California 500 include

#18 Bobby Labonte in the Interstate Batteries Pontiac has Hot Rod Magazine on the hood and a little different paint(yellow and red); Geoff Bodine in the #7 Philips Ford has more of a dark blue hood to bring out the Philips name; #5 Kelloggs Chevy with Terry Labonte...
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Wind tunnel test

The cars of Bobby Labonte (#18 Pontiac), Dale Jarrett (#88 Ford) and Terry Labonte (#5 Chevrolet) were chosen by NASCAR to go the Lockheed wind tunnel in Marietta, GA(NASCAR Online)(4-26-98)...
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Bobby Labonte wins from the pole

Until Bobby Labonte won today at Talladega, Bill Elliott was the last driver to win the DieHard 500 from the pole. He accomplished the feat in 1985.(NASCAR Online)(4-26-98)...
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Testing News from Richmond

Rick Mast is testing at RIR April 13-15; Bobby Labonte, Ward Burton, Derrike Cope, Todd Bodine, Ernie Irvan and John Andretti -April 27-29; Hendrick Motorsports and Richard Childress Racing - May 11-13; Roush Racing - May 26-28.(NASCAR Online)(4-13-98)...
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Martinsville testing

Testing also continued at Martinsville with Bobby Labonte, Ernie Irvan, Chad Little, Dale Jarrett, Todd Bodine, Brett Bodine and Jerry Nadeau testing at the track. Bodine also had a teacher pick out an honor student which he gave a two-lap ride his in Paychex Ford. ...
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Testing at Martinsville

Testing at Martinsville continued with the following drivers testing: Jerry Nadeau(#13); Ernie Irvan(#36); Todd Bodine(#35); Dale Jarrett(#88); Jeff Green(#30); Bobby Labonte(#18) and Chad Little(#97). No speeds given.(RPM2Nite)(4-7-98)...
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Bobby Labonte donation to Jerome Davis

Bobby Labonte announced in victory lane that he would donate his winnings from the Diamond Hill Plywood 200(BGN) to injured bullrider Jerome Davis. Davis of Archdale, N.C. was seroiusly injured in a bullriding accident in Fort Worth, Texas one week ago.(3-21-98) - ...
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Bobby Labonte to run for Stewart at Darlington

"Bobby Labonte will drive the #44 Shell Pontiac in the upcoming Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway in place of Tony Stewart. The March 21 event marks Labontes first 1998 appearance in NASCAR Busch Grand National Series (BGN) competition. Darlington is the...
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Wind tunnel testing

Whew! Tom's been busy: "Two sources and a set of aero data from the NASCAR wind tunnel test yesterday show the Taurus generating considerably more down force than either the Monte Carlo or Grand Prix, no surprise there. The wind tunnel data so far is suspect and being...
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Daytona chassis dyno

Results of Daytona's chassis dyno tests: Bobby Labonte's car-engine combination pulled the strongest number (377 horsepower at the rear wheels), followed by Rusty Wallace's Ford (374 horsepower) and Kenny Schrader's Chevy pulled only 352 horsepower, leading some to...
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Chassis dyno

The cars of Jeremy Mayfield, Bobby Labonte, and Kenny Schrader got tested on NASCAR's mobile chassis dyno.(www.country.com)(2-16-98)...
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No Bull 5

"Today's the first stage of Winston's "No Bull 5," which replaced the "Winston Million," and a win would mean an extra $1 million for Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, Schrader, John Andretti or Ernie Irvan. They were the top five finishers at Talladega last October. And...
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Old engines for Labonte and Schrader

Bobby Labonte and Kenny Schrader both ran the old Chevy 18-degree engines in qualifying. Labonte ran the new SB2 at the Bud Shootout(2-7-98) (02-07-1998)...
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Hot Rod for Bobby Labonte

Bobby Labonte will have Hot Rod Magazine logo on the hood of the #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac in the Shootout(2-6-98)...
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Talladega Testing

Derrike Cope tested the 18-20 in the #30 Gumout Pontiac along with BGN drivers Blaise Alexander and Andy Santerre. Bobby Labonte, Ricky Craven, Ken Schrader and Steve Park are scheduled to test on Jan 21-24. Hut Stricklin is scheduled to test Feb 2-4. At the request...
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Congrats to Bobby and Donna Labonte

Bobby and Donna Labonte are the proud new parents of a little girl, Madison Elizabeth.(1-16-98)...
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Ten winners this year

"With only one of 32 races remaining in the Winston Cup season, there have been 10 winners. Four drivers who won at least once in 1996 remain winless. They are Dale Earnhardt, Sterling Marlin, Geoff Bodine and Bobby Labonte."(Speedworld)(11-11-97)...
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Labonte brothers BGN plans

I hear Terry Labonte is still in negotiations with several major potential sponsors for his BGN team. And since Bobby Labonte sold his #44 BGN team to Joe Gibbs for Tony Stewart to drive, Bobby is now anticipated to drive at least 15 races for Terry and Terry might...
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Weird but true

Weird but true: Dale Jarrett had a left front spring rubber fall out of his car on the 2nd to last pit stop which caused concern for the crew but the #88 Ford handled better than it had all day and he won the race. Bobby Labonte had an engine cylinder crack about 1...