Bobby Labonte News

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Martinsville:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Martinsville:

October 19, 2003
Break out the brooms....we've got another sweeper! #24-Jeff Gordon completed the Martinsville Speedway sweep in today's Subway 500 in dominant style. He led 311 of the 500 laps and made it a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 by finishing a little over one second ahead of teammate

StockCarFans.Com – Ramblings – Martinsville:

StockCarFans.Com – Ramblings – Martinsville:

October 17, 2003
Jeff Gordon's gotta feel like he's home whenever he rolls into Martinsville Speedway. He completed his Bud Pole sweep of the 2003 season today by capturing his 4th pole of the year and the 46th of his Winston Cup career for Sunday's Subway 500. His time of 20.220 (

A Month Left to Vote:

A Month Left to Vote:

October 16, 2003
With one month remaining in the nationwide fan voting, Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead the Grands! Biscuits NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award balloting. More than 2.5 million votes have been cast this season. Voting will continue through 11:59am/et on Monday

Short Track Success:

Short Track Success:

October 15, 2003
Bobby Labonte has earned 757 points in five short-track races, more than any other driver. He also has three top-five short track finishes, more than any other driver. Kurt Busch is the only driver with two short-track victories (both Bristol races) this season. Winston

Close…but been closer:

Close…but been closer:

October 15, 2003
David Greens 36-point cushion over Vickers is close, but amazingly enough, four others have been closer with five races to go in the season. Todd Bodine led Joe Nemechek by one point with five races left in 1992, before Nemechek was able to come back and capture the

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Cgarlotte:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Cgarlotte:

October 12, 2003
Now, that's the way racing is supposed to be. We [SCF] used to call this formful....the fastest car (and the one that led the most laps) won, and the runner-up and 3rd place finishers were the cars that led the next most laps. Maybe a trend? (Well, for one week anyway

#18 Crew Wins Award at Kansas:

#18 Crew Wins Award at Kansas:

October 9, 2003
The #18 crew for Bobby Labonte's Interstate Batteries team notched its third victory in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade by taking first-place honors at Sunday's Banquet 400 in Kansas City, Kan. Labonte's crew narrowly defeated its Joe

Yeley tests car for Gibbs:

Yeley tests car for Gibbs:

October 7, 2003
J.J. Yeley, 27, will test a NASCAR Busch Grand National car for Joe Gibbs Racing today in what should be a step toward signing a multiyear contract with the team. Yeley is on his way to becoming the second driver in U.S. Auto Club history to win all three major divisions

Kahne to Cup; Evernham? UPDATE 4 third Yates team?:

Kahne to Cup; Evernham? UPDATE 4 third Yates team?:

October 6, 2003
Busch Series driver Kasey Kahne has received several Winston Cup job offers for the 2004 season, with the most serious coming from Evernham Motorsports, sources said Thursday. Kahne, reached Thursday by phone, confirmed he has received "five or six Cup offers from

Kahne to Cup; Evernham? UPDATE 2:

Kahne to Cup; Evernham? UPDATE 2:

October 4, 2003
Busch Series driver Kasey Kahne has received several Winston Cup job offers for the 2004 season, with the most serious coming from Evernham Motorsports, sources said Thursday. Kahne, reached Thursday by phone, confirmed he has received "five or six Cup offers from

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

October 3, 2003
#48-Jimmie Johnson shattered the track record today and captured his second Bud Pole of the season for Sunday's Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway. His time of 29.938 (180.373 mph) was over 1/10th of a second quicker than #01-Mike Skinner. In fact, if you wanted to start

Dale Jr still owns the lead of Most Popular Driver:

Dale Jr still owns the lead of Most Popular Driver:

September 27, 2003
More than 2.3 million votes have been cast in the Grands! Biscuits NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award balloting, and fan-favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead. After placing your daily vote for your favorite driver at www.mostpopulardriver.com, click to

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Dover:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Dover:

September 21, 2003
Ryan Newman stretched his fuel for 106 laps and captured his 7th victory of the season in this afternoon's MBNA America 400 at Dover International Speedway. Newman's 8th career win moves him into a 4-way tie for 50th on the all-time win list with Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – New Hampshire:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – New Hampshire:

September 14, 2003
#48-Jimmie Johnson became our second "Sweeper" of the season today at New Hampshire International Speedway as he captured the Sylvania 300 in fine fashion. It was his 6th career win (he's now solo in 59th on the all-time win list) and 3rd of the season. It was also

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – New Hampshire:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – New Hampshire:

September 12, 2003
Friday's would really be boring if we had one driver dominate qualifying, glad nothing like that is happening this year. #12-Ryan Newman and company have got this deal down to a science. Newman grabbed his 7th Bud Pole of the season today at New Hampshire International