Bobby Labonte News

August 7, 1998

August 7, 1998

August 7, 1998
Kyle Petty blew an engine during practice for the Bud at the Glen and had to change engines for qualifying; Bobby Labonte got in that oil and wrecked his primary #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac and had to go out late in qualifying in his back-up car; Bill Elliott

August 1, 1998

August 1, 1998

August 1, 1998
Jeff Gordon is the first winner of the No Bull 5 bonus by winning the Brickyard 400. The five drivers who will run for the No Bull 5 Bonus at Darlington in the Pepsi Southern 500 are: Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte, Mike Skinner and Dale Earnhardt. Bobby

No Bull 5 at Indy

No Bull 5 at Indy

July 26, 1998
Five drivers go for the No Bull 5 One Million Bonus at Indy: Jeff Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte, Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin. For the rules and see the history see Jayski's Stats Page . To see the rules on how you can win a Million bucks in the No Bull 5, see

McReynolds has talked with Gibbs

McReynolds has talked with Gibbs

July 25, 1998
Crew chief Larry McReynolds(of the #31) says he hasn't talked with car owner Joe Gibbs(#18 Interstate Batteries Pontic) about moving to the Jimmy Makar-Bobby Labonte team next season to work with rookie Tony Stewart(Who will move up to Cup).(JournalNow-Mike Mulhern

GM test at Indy

GM test at Indy

July 20, 1998
The closed GM Test at Indy continues today under intense heat. Drivers there: #3-Dale Earnhardt; #31-Mike Skinner; #00-Buckshot Jones; #33-Kenny Schrader; #30-Derrike Cope; #17-Darrell Waltrip; #18-Bobby Labonte; #96-Hut Stricklin; #4-Bobby Hamilton; #07-Dan Pardus

#44 BGN team skipping next two races

#44 BGN team skipping next two races

July 14, 1998
The Shell #44 BGN team will not participate in next two BGN races due to Tony Stewart's contractual commitment with Menard Racing to compete in the IRL. Stewart will be competing in the IRL event at Dover the weekend of the July 19 Kenwood Home and Car Audio 300 at

Photo finish

Photo finish

July 12, 1998
Immediately after the race Bobby Labonte in the #18 was credited with a 10th place finish and Kenny Wallace an 11th in the #81. The #81 team requested a check of the photo finish camera which resulted in Wallace being re-instated to 10th and Labonte to 11th.(NASCAR

Testing at Indianapolis

Testing at Indianapolis

July 11, 1998
Nearly 40 Cup teams will test July 13-17 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, for the Brickyard 400 on 8-1-98. Among the teams testing will be Hendrick Motorsports (Jeff Gordon and Terry Labonte), Roush Racing (Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Ted Musgrave, Johnny Benson Jr.,

“For Race Fans Only” cancelled due to fires

“For Race Fans Only” cancelled due to fires

July 3, 1998
On Thursday, July 2nd, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart and Cruz Pendragon were to appear on "For Race Fans Only" to promote their new "Small Soliders" paint schemes. Obviously due to the wildfires, QVC's live broadcast was cancelled. Bobby Labonte told the show's host

Bobby Labonte did not lead a lap a Sears Point

Bobby Labonte did not lead a lap a Sears Point

June 30, 1998
Getting many questions about whether Bobby Labonte led a lap at Sears Point, my answer: NASCAR Online has the OFFICIAL Results of the Save Mart/Kragen 350k and does not have Bobby Labonte leading a lap. Results that came out right after the race indicate that Labonte

Goodyear tire test at Indianapolis

Goodyear tire test at Indianapolis

June 3, 1998
Only two(2) drivers participated in the Goodyear tests Tuesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. They were: Jeremy Mayfield, #12 Mobil One Ford, top lap of 169.492mph and Bobby Labonte, #18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac with a top lap of 167.835mph.(6-3-98) (06-03

Testing News

Testing News

June 1, 1998
#00-Buckshot Jones(not the #8); #97-Chad Little; #91-Kevin Lepage; #28-Kenny Irwin and Hut Stricklin and #22-Ward Burton tested at Pocono today and will test on Tuesday. Two days of tire testing is taking place at Indianapolis with #18-Bobby Labonte and #12-Jeremy

On-line racecams

On-line racecams

May 23, 1998
Just found out about this page:The Coca-Cola 600 on TBS Superstation, it has on-line racecams of the in car cameras that will be carried by Bobby Labonte, Randy LaJoie, Jeff Burton, Mark Martin, Todd Bodine and John Andretti. Also some articles, online games, chat,

The McCain Bill

The McCain Bill

May 21, 1998
From the CART site but would effect NASCAR too: "The millions of fans of automobile racing in the United States and elsewhere have reason to be worried about the future of the sport they love. The reason lies in a proposed piece of legislation--the McCain Bill--which

No Bull 5 drivers

No Bull 5 drivers

May 21, 1998
The 5 drivers/cars eligible for the No Bull 5 $1 million bonus will have special "No Bull Red" paint on the spoilers and the front nose skirts. The drivers eligible for the "No Bull 5" program are Dale Earnhardt, Bobby Labonte, Jeremy Mayfield