Bobby Labonte News

Charlotte Race Notes:

Charlotte Race Notes:

October 14, 2006
• Kasey Kahne won the 2006 Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, scoring his seventh career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 103rd career start. • This is Kahne’s sixth victory in 2006, the most of all drivers. • Kahne scored his second victory in six races

Kahne wins at Charlotte:

Kahne wins at Charlotte:

October 14, 2006
#9-Kasey Kahne won the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his 6th win of the 2006 season and 7th or his career, leading 134 of 334 laps and getting himself back into The Chase. #48-Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd, followed by #31-Jeff Burton, #8-Dale Earnhardt

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

October 14, 2006
After an ignominious beginning (we had a 14 car job at the end of lap 1) we settled down tonight to an entertaining event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. When the checkers fell, we had a familiar face in Victory Lane as Kasey Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep tonight by

Bugles and Books for the #43 at LMS:

Bugles and Books for the #43 at LMS:

October 11, 2006
This weekend, Bobby Labonte, will be running the #43 Bugles Dodge at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Labonte has not finished worse than 17th at Lowe's Motor Speedway since 1999. Labonte continues the Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories "Race for Books!" this weekend. Labonte has

Rumblings – Talladega:

Rumblings – Talladega:

October 8, 2006
When you have 63 lead changes amongst 23 drivers, an unbelievable finish with a first-time winner emerging, and the "Big One" on lap 139 (this one had 13 cars involved) we can only be at one place....Talladega Superspeedway. Today was everything we love and everything

Labonte Gears Things Up in a Race for BOOKS!

Labonte Gears Things Up in a Race for BOOKS!

October 1, 2006
Bobby Labonte, driver of the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge, has a reason to be excited heading into this weekend's race in Kansas. His seventh place finish last weekend in Dover means he has already helped CheeriosR Spoonfuls of StoriesR donate more than 26,000

Lamar Out of #77 for Remainder of Companion Races; Bobby Labonte In: UPDATES:

Lamar Out of #77 for Remainder of Companion Races; Bobby Labonte In: UPDATES:

September 30, 2006
Kevin Harvick Inc. announced today that Bobby Labonte will assume driving duties of the #77 Dollar General stores Chevy at the remaining companion events for the 2006 season. KHI and Dollar General had high expectations for the #77 when the season started, said Kevin

Bobby Labonte to Assist KHI’s #77 Busch Team:

Bobby Labonte to Assist KHI’s #77 Busch Team:

September 26, 2006
Kevin Harvick Inc. announced that Bobby Labonte will assume driving duties of the #77 Dollar General Stores Chevy at the remaining companion events for the 2006 season. “KHI and Dollar General had high expectations for the #77 when the season started,” said Kevin Harvick

Rumblings – Race Notes Dover:

Rumblings – Race Notes Dover:

September 24, 2006
Jeff Burton has been knocking on the door all season and today the #31 Cingular Wireless team kicked that door in. Burton passed Matt Kenseth with six laps to go today at Dover International Speedway and went on to win the Dover 400 by almost 8 seconds, and we beat

Andrews son wins Busch East race:

Andrews son wins Busch East race:

September 23, 2006
Tim Andrews competes in the fledgling Busch East Series sporadically, so it is rare that he gets to share the same track as the Nextel Cup drivers. Those are days the son of Nextel Cup crew chief Paul Andrews [#43-Bobby Labonte] relishes, a chance to open the eyes

Petty Enterprises Testing in Nashville:

Petty Enterprises Testing in Nashville:

September 20, 2006
The #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge rolled off the truck this morning at the Nashville Superspeedway to begin testing with driver Bobby Labonte behind the wheel. Kyle Petty is also in town observing as the crew and crew chief, Paul Andrews, tackle the right set-up

New car chief for Labonte?

New car chief for Labonte?

September 18, 2006
hearing that besides a new crew chief, Paul Andrews, Rick Bourgeois is the new car chief for #43-Bobby Labonte.(9-18-2006)

Labonte Races for Books:

Labonte Races for Books:

September 14, 2006
For every lap #43-Bobby Labonte completes from now until the end of the season Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories will donate 43 books per lap, which will be distributed to children in need, through nonprofit partner First Book. If Labonte completes every lap, a total of

Labonte and Petty get new Crew Chiefs:

Labonte and Petty get new Crew Chiefs:

September 11, 2006
In an effort to prepare for the 2007 season, Petty Enterprises announces crew chief changes on both the #45 Petty Enterprises Dodge and the #43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge. Veteran Bill Wilburn has been hired to crew chief Kyle Petty and the #45 Dodge team. In addition

Richmond Rookie Notes:

Richmond Rookie Notes:

September 7, 2006
#07-Clint Bowyer was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the September 3 Sony HD 500 at California Speedway. Bowyer placed third, his best finish in 26 career Nextel Cup Series starts and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fifth time this season. He racked