Terry Labonte News

Testing

Testing

May 12, 1998
Monday and Tuesday WC Testing - No Speeds: Lake Speed(#9) and Kenny Wallace(#81) tested at Michigan; Terry Labonte(#5), Mark Martin(#6), John Andretti(#43), Wally Dallenbach(#50) and Kevin LePage(#91) tested at Richmond; Ward Burton was to test at Dover but got rained

Special or different Paint Schemes for the California 500 include

Special or different Paint Schemes for the California 500 include

May 1, 1998
#18 Bobby Labonte in the Interstate Batteries Pontiac has Hot Rod Magazine on the hood and a little different paint(yellow and red); Geoff Bodine in the #7 Philips Ford has more of a dark blue hood to bring out the Philips name; #5 Kelloggs Chevy with Terry Labonte

Wind tunnel test

Wind tunnel test

April 26, 1998
The cars of Bobby Labonte (#18 Pontiac), Dale Jarrett (#88 Ford) and Terry Labonte (#5 Chevrolet) were chosen by NASCAR to go the Lockheed wind tunnel in Marietta, GA(NASCAR Online)(4-26-98)

Second round qualifying canceled

Second round qualifying canceled

April 18, 1998
NASCAR officials cancelled Saturday's Winston Cup second round qualifying session due to rain in the Martinsville, VA area. The starting grid for tomorrow's Goody's Headache Powder 500 was set according to first round qualifying results.(goRacing) For provisional info

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

Testing at Greenville-Pickens

April 13, 1998
Testing at Greenville-Pickens today is Terry Labonte(#5), Darrell Waltrip(#1), and Lake Speed(#9) with more teams are expected this week.(MRM)(4-13-98)

Morning practice

Morning practice

April 3, 1998
Morning practice on Friday had Joe Nemechek fastest at 185.039mph. Results up at NASCAR online. Jerry Nadeau was practicing Friday and will attempt to qualify the #13 Ford. Afternoon practice had Ward Burton fastest. TMS ate two more Cup cars Friday when Kenny Wallace

Different scheme for Terry Labonte

Different scheme for Terry Labonte

March 27, 1998
From the Tribute to the Labontes Page: Terry Labonte will be running a different paint scheme in the #5 Kelloggs Chevy, starting in Texas, and in 6 other random events during the rest of the season. The car is mostly yellow, with red, white, and green pinstripes slashing

Dyno test

Dyno test

March 24, 1998
The cars dyno tested were the following: (we watched most of process and have pictures of the cars waiting to be tested which will be added to the website today (http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/a/racecar3/)):#2 Rusty Wallace; #24 Jeff Gordon; #12 Jeremy Mayfield

Testing at Texas rained out

Testing at Texas rained out

March 17, 1998
Testing at Texas was rained out on Monday, Sterling Marlin, Terry Labonte, Joe Nemechek, Wally Dallenbach, Ricky Craven and Jerry Nadeau were on hand. They'll try again Tuesday(WinstonCup Today)(3-16-98) - Defending Craftsman Truck Series champion Jack Sprague joined

Wind tunnel testing

Wind tunnel testing

March 15, 1998
Whew! Tom's been busy: "Two sources and a set of aero data from the NASCAR wind tunnel test yesterday show the Taurus generating considerably more down force than either the Monte Carlo or Grand Prix, no surprise there. The wind tunnel data so far is suspect and being

Some teams not testing at Texas now

Some teams not testing at Texas now

March 12, 1998
Because of the Primestar 500 being run a day late a few of the teams that were to test at Texas have decided not to. Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Sterling Marlin, Wally Dallenbach canceled. Next week 3/16-19/98 Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and the three

No Bull 5

No Bull 5

February 15, 1998
"Today's the first stage of Winston's "No Bull 5," which replaced the "Winston Million," and a win would mean an extra $1 million for Terry Labonte, Bobby Labonte, Schrader, John Andretti or Ernie Irvan. They were the top five finishers at Talladega last October. And

Rest of IROC field

Rest of IROC field

February 1, 1998
The rest of the IROC field has been named: Randy LaJoie, Tommy Kendall, Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte, the rest of the list is below. No real surprises(Raceday)(2-1-98)

Hendrick building Pontiac for Craven

Hendrick building Pontiac for Craven

January 28, 1998
UPDATE: www.country.com / TNN's Motorsports Page: Hendrick Motorsports is building a #50 Budweiser Pontiac for Ricky Craven to test, and if it proves competitive, to race at Atlanta in March 1998. They are also building a Pontiac for Jack Sprague to test, and very

Special Kelloggs cereal boxes

Special Kelloggs cereal boxes

January 9, 1998
Kelloggs USA will offer in 1998 two limited-edition collectors cereal boxes featuring stock car champions. Boxes of Corn Flakes will honor 1996 Winston Cup champion Terry Labonte and 1949 NASCAR champion Red Byron. Also, Frosted Mini-Wheats boxes will honor 1997 Winston