Justin Labonte News

Two Labontes:

Two Labontes:

October 3, 2000
Terry Labonte has entered two cars in Saturday's BGN race at Lowes Motor Speedway - the #44 Chevrolet driven by his son, Justin, and the #04 Chevrolet, which Terry is scheduled to drive. Justin Labonte is also entered in Wednesday night's ARCA race(That's Racin')(10

Two Labontes:

Two Labontes:

October 3, 2000
Two Labontes: Terry Labonte has entered two cars in Saturday's BGN race at Lowes Motor Speedway “ the #44 Chevrolet driven by his son, Justin, and the #04 Chevrolet, which Terry is scheduled to drive. Justin Labonte is also entered in Wednesday night's ARCA race(That

No more Slim Jim:

No more Slim Jim:

September 21, 2000
No more Slim Jim: GoodMark Foods Inc., parent company of Slim Jim and Penrose Meat Snacks, will end its car sponsorship in the NASCAR Busch Series of the #44 Chevy of Justin Labonte at the end of the 2000 racing season. GoodMark will also end its title sponsorship

Labonte Changes Engines:

Labonte Changes Engines:

September 8, 2000
Labonte Changes Engines: Starting at Richmond, Justin Labonte will be using Roush Racing engines in the #44 Slim Jim Chevy he drives in the BGN. The team had been running motors built at the Labonte Racing shop(NOL)(9-8-2000)

Watkins Glen Testing:

Watkins Glen Testing:

May 28, 2000
Watkins Glen Testing: the second BGN test session at Watkins Glen opens on Wednesday, May 31. Driver sceduled to test: #44-Terry & Justin Labonte; #7-Michael Waltrip Racing; #35-Lyndon Amick. Wednesday's test session is open and fans that have purchased Lysol 200

Shepherd to drive ARCA:

Shepherd to drive ARCA:

May 20, 2000
Morgan Shepherd will drive the #80 car owned by Stan Hoover in the ARCA race at Lowes Motor Speedway on Saturday(Morgan Shepherd Site). Shepherd will start 22nd. Also, some BGN(and former) drivers will run the ARCA race: Lyndon Amick will start 12th, Matt Hutter -

Labonte helps out:

Labonte helps out:

May 17, 2000
Last Wednesday night's ARCA test at Lowe's Motor Speedway Bobby Labonte helped out his nephew Justin, Terry's son, test their ARCA car for the May 20th race. Justin hopes to make his super speedway debut at Lowes. After Bobby did an eight-lap shakedown run, Justin

#44 Crew Chief:

#44 Crew Chief:

May 4, 2000
#44 Crew Chief: Justin Labonte's father Terry Labonte and grandfather Bob Labonte are taking over the crew chief role for the #44 Slim Jim team(Times-Dispatch) looks like Kevin Caldwell is out, no idea of his plans(5-4-2000)

Grissom in the #44:

Grissom in the #44:

July 21, 1999
Steve Grissom will drive the Slim Jim #44 Chevrolet in the BGN race at Pikes Peak. Justin Labonte had been scheduled to drive but was unable to test and father Terry didn't think it would be fair to run him at a track in which he had no experience. Terry Labonte plans

more BGN Testing:

more BGN Testing:

July 7, 1999
Myrtle Beach Testing - Wednesday: Hal Goodson, Ed Berrier, Curtis Markham, Nathan Buttke. Thursday and Friday: Justin Labonte, Ricky Hendrick, Adam Petty, Jimmy Foster(7-7-1999)

Spague drives BGN:

Spague drives BGN:

June 22, 1999
Jack Sprague has been named to drive Labonte Racing's #44 Slim Jim Chevrolet at Watkins Glen in the BGN event, wht? Justin Labonte never got a chance to test when Terry Labonte wrecked(NOL)(6-22-1999)

Testing at the Glen UPDATE 2:

Testing at the Glen UPDATE 2:

June 17, 1999
Twenty-two Cup and BGN teams will be testing the newly paved surface at The Glen including: Rusty Wallace, Michael Waltrip, Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, David Green and from the BGN: Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Matt Kenseth, Randy Lajoie, Elton Sawyer and Jeff Green. When

Labonte, Justin that is:

Labonte, Justin that is:

June 5, 1999
Justin Labonte will test the #44 Slim Jim Chevy this Tuesday at South Boston, Va. After Dad Terry pilots the No. 44 Slim Jim Chevrolet at Dover, Justin will take over the driving duties at South Boston, Watkins Glen, Milwaukee, Myrtle Beach, Pike's Peak, St. Louis

#44 SlimJim:

#44 SlimJim:

May 31, 1999
Terry Labonte will be in #44 Slim Jim Chevrolet at Dover. It is planned for Justin Labonte to run Slim Jim #44 from South Boston, VA through Indianapolis Raceway Park. Remaining Slim Jim driver scheduling to be made later(5-31-1999)

Another Labonte UPDATE:

Another Labonte UPDATE:

March 22, 1999
Justin Labonte, Terry Labonte's 18-year-old son, hopes to makes his BGN debut at Nashville on April 3 and has a test scheduled there on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week(NOL)(3-21-1999) - David Green has volunteered to help Justing this week in Nashville prior to