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7/18/1997

From the Unofficial Terry Labonte Fan Club Newsletter: "For all of you wondering what happened between Terry Labonte and Action Performance Products (makers of diecasts) that caused Terry to withdraw licensing from Action and sign exclusive with Revell.....word is ...
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7/18/1997

The prospect of a rookie such as Kenny Irwin in a Robert Yates car is drawing a lot of double-takes in the NASCAR garage. But Ford sources say that is Yates' plan for next year, unless a Terry Labonte or some other top driver makes a move. Jimmy Spencer is another ...
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7/16/1997

Here are some Paint Scheme news/rumors: I hear the Terry Labonte special car is a Universal Movies deal. The theme is Universal Monsters. The hood has a big Frankenstein on the front. Car will be a purplish and neon green(not sure what race or when). Kelloggs ...
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7/11/1997

Terry Labonte says he has no plans to leave Hendrick Motorsports and join the Robert Yates Ford team. Labonte's name surfaced this week as a possible replacement for Ernie Irvan, who will not be returning to Robert Yates Racing in 1998. "I have too good a situation...
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7/9/1997

I hear Terry Labonte will have another special paint job? Some "Universal Studio Special(7-9-97)...
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7/6/1997

JournalNow: Terry Labonte rumored to a Robert Yates' car for 1998? "I've heard the rumor, and I wouldn't doubt that Robert has talked with Terry," team manager Jimmy Johnson said. "Anybody would like to have Terry Labonte driving for them. But I'm confident Terry is...
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7/5/1997

From the SpeedNet Forum a bulletin board type system: More Hendrick woes This message submitted on 7/3/97 (11:36:56 AM, EST) by ICE MAN FAN, [email protected] I am a huge Terry Labonte fan, and I have what I believe to be a great story. I have a buddy who...
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7/3/1997

The JournalNow reports: Insiders said that Terry Labonte used a variation of the Hendrick "new generation" chassis at Fontana, where he had one of his strongest runs of the year, but Hendrick men denied it(7-3-97)...
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7/2/1997

From Terry Labonte' shop in Trinity, NC, Terry doesn't know what he is going to do. Right now he is planning on running about the same as this year. But he could change his mind. Right now nothing has been decided(7-2-97)...
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7/1/1997

Heard a rumor that Terry Labonte is getting ready to announce that he'll be retiring from the BGN series after this season. Supposedly he's finishing up on a deal to put another driver in his #5 BGN car next year, to run all the races. He thinks his Busch team is...
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6/26/1997

From SpeedNet: Nice news for Rick Hendrick, "Winston Cup team owner Rick Hendrick is the first-quarter nominee for the National Motorsports Press Association Spirit Award. The award, handed out at the end of the season, recognizes sportsmanship, determination, extraordinary...
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6/20/1997

Terry Labonte is still in the #5 Kelloggs Frosted Flakes Chevy, should be back in the regular Kelloggs colors back in Daytona(6-20-97)...
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6/15/1997

Terry Labonte will also run the Frosted Flakes paint scheme at California per Inside NASCAR(TNN) but ESPNs NASCAR2Day said it was just 6-15 at Michigan(6-15-97)...
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Action and Terry Labonte…more

Another reason that Action has pulled all Terry Labonte cars is because Terry was one of the first drivers to join Kyle Petty's Hot Wheels collection(6-14-97)...
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6/13/1997

More news on the Terry Labonte diecast thing: Action produced a 3-pack of champions for Mac Tools to be sold by their distributors. The three cars were: 1)Kenny Bernstein/Budweiser 2) John Force/Castrol and 3) Terry Labonte/Kellogg's. I hear that Kellogg's were not...
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RRCA licensing problem with Terry Labonte

I hear from a collectible dealer: As of one week ago RCCA has canceled ALL orders involving #5 Terry Labonte. The only explanation given is it involves licensing problems. Problem only involves Terry and not Jeff or Ricky, anyone have any ideas about this(6-11-97)...
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Terry Labonte fined

Terry Labonte was fined $2,000 after the BGN Charlotte race for "Actions detrimental to automobile racing". The penalty was a result of on-track rough driving on the cool-down lap with Hermie Sadler(5-29-97)...
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Frosted Flakes on the #5 at Michigan

Frosted Flakes will be on the #5 Terry Labonte Kelloggs car for the 6-15-97 Michigan Race(not the Brickyard 400, sorry)(5-28-97)...
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IROC Series Drivers

IROC Series Driver list: Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tommy Kendall, Terry Labonte, Randy LaJoie, Mark Martin, Al Unser Jr, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi. And of course Darrell Waltrip!(Davy Jones was the 12th driver until his injury knocked...
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Winston not open to non-winners

The Winston will no longer be open to non-winners. The rules have now been altered to include only winners in the field. That includes drivers and car-owners who have won races in the previous year and the current year, past Winston Cup champions, winners of The Winston...