Labonte Motorsports is a former part-time Winston Cup team and full-time Busch Series team. It was owned by the Labonte racing family from Corpus Christi, Texas and competed for several years under various incarnations.

1980s Labonte Motorsports debuted in 1982 at Martinsville Speedway in the No. 44 Oldsmobile, when it was owned Bob Labonte. Bobby Labonte drove the car, starting fifteenth and finishing 26th after dropping out 30 laps into the race. They did not run a race until 1985, when Bobby drove two races in the No. 81 at Martinsville, his best finish being seventeenth in the fall race. In 1986, Terry Labonte drove two races, winning the pole at Road Atlanta and finished second at the same race. Bobby returned to run six races in the No. 88 Winner's Circle Auto Parts Buick, but wrecked out of three of them. In 1989, he switched back to the No. 44 and had first three top-tens, including a fourth-place finish at Rockingham Speedway.

1990s Labonte ran his first full season 1990, with sponsorship from Penrose Firecracker. Although he went winless, he had seventeen top-tens and finished fourth in the final standings. In 1991, he won two races and the Busch Series championship. That same season, Labonte Motorsports, ran five races at the Winston Cup level. Bobby ran two races for Bob, first in the 14, and then the 44, dropping out of both races with engine failure. Irv Hoerr then ran three races for Terry in the 44, his best finish being 19th at Pocono Raceway. Terry also began fielding his own entries in Busch, driving five races in the No. 94 Sunoco Oldsmobile and picking up a win at Watkins Glen International. In 1992, Labonte won three races but lost the championship by three points. Terry failed to win a race, but switched to the No. 14 after picking up sponsorship from MW Windows.

Bobby moved up to Cup in 1993, and was replaced by Labonte Motorsports mechanic David Green with Slim Jim becoming the team's new sponsor. Although he failed to win in his first season with the team, he had six top-fives and finished third in points. The No. 14 was shared by Bobby and Terry, who together won two pole positions. In 1994, Green won one race but also claimed the Busch Series championship. Terry had four wins out of twenty starts, and Bobby debuted the new No. 33 Dentyne Pontiac, winning at Michigan International Speedway. Green had another win in 1995, but fell to twelfth in the standings. Terry had one win and finished eighteenth in points.

In 1996, Bob retired from racing and Bobby became the new listed owner of the 44. With Shell Oil sponsoring, Bobby ran sixteen races and won at Nashville Speedway USA. Terry changed his number to 5 and picked up funding from Bayer/Actron, and won three races that season. Bobby Hamilton ran the season finale at Homestead, finishing 24th. He drove fourteen times in 1997, but failed to win a race. Andy Hillenburg and Brad Leighton drove in one-race deals for him, but they failed to finish in the top-ten. Bobby drove fifteen times in 1998, and had another win, along with sharing the ride with Tony Stewart for five races, who had two top-tens. At the end of the season, Bobby sold his team to this employer, Joe Gibbs Racing.

2000s After taking 1998 off, Labonte Motorsports returned in 1999, with Terry owning and driving the No. 44 Slim Jim Chevrolet. He won his final career Busch race at Talladega Superspeedway, and had three top-fives. Jack Sprague and Steve Grissom drove one race deals for him, and Terry's son Justin began racing, making nine starts that season with a best finish of fourteenth at Myrtle Beach Speedway. Labonte and Glenn Allen Jr. shared the ride to begin the 2000 season, before Justin finished it out. His best finish was 20th at Nashville.

Labonte Motorsports was inactive until Justin began running a part-time schedule in 2004. Driving the No. 44 United States Coast Guard Dodge Intrepid, he made sixteen starts and won the Twister 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. The team partnered with Haas CNC Racing in 2005 to allow Justin to run a full-time schedule in the 44 Chevy. Despite three top-tens and a seventeenth-place finish in points, Coast Guard departed for Richard Childress Racing at the end of the season, causing the team to close its doors again.

Motorsports results

Busch Series

Car No. 44 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Owners Pts 1982 Bobby Labonte 44 Olds DAY RCH BRI MAR DAR HCY SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY CLT ASH HCY SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY LGY IRP BRI HCY RCH MAR26 CLT HCY MAR 1985 81 Chevy DAY CAR HCY BRI MAR30 DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR17 1986 Terry Labonte 44 Olds DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL2 Buick OXF41 SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT CAR MAR 1988 Bobby Labonte 88 Buick DAY HCY CAR37 MAR DAR31 BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT27 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR16 RCH DOV32 MAR CLT43 CAR MAR 1989 44 DAY CAR4 MAR HCY DAR38 BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT13 DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB31 SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR7 RCH DOV MAR CLT6 CAR35 MAR 1990 Olds DAY6 RCH3 CAR9 MAR19 HCY5 DAR2 BRI8 LAN7 SBO12 NZH19 HCY5 CLT10 DOV3 ROU10 VOL18 MYB10 OXF7 NHA41 SBO8 DUB12 IRP22 ROU29 BRI15 DAR10 RCH11 DOV37 MAR14 CLT12 NHA2 CAR16 MAR7 1991 DAYDNQ RCH7 CAR6* MAR4 VOL7 HCY7 DAR2 BRI1 LAN12 SBO6 NZH7 CLT8 DOV5 ROU6 HCY3 MYB21 GLN16 OXF7 NHA37 SBO11 DUB25 IRP1 ROU9 BRI2 DAR5 RCH16 DOV13 CLT19 NHA4 CAR8 MAR5 1992 Chevy DAY30 CAR22 RCH3 ATL25 MAR26 DAR12 BRI6 HCY2 LAN1 DUB20 NZH2 CLT2 DOV25 ROU3 MYB2 GLN12 VOL10 NHA3 TAL10 IRP23 ROU10 MCH23 NHA6 BRI12 DAR16 RCH4 DOV2 CLT3 MAR1 CAR8 HCY1* 1993 David Green DAY8 CAR5 RCH4 DAR6 BRI8 HCY6 ROU14 MAR6 NZH4 CLT16 DOV11 MYB8 GLN35 MLW4 TAL24 IRP2 MCH18 NHA9 BRI29 DAR12 RCH7 DOV5 ROU6 CLT17 MAR6 CAR38 HCY17 ATL33 1994 DAY38 CAR19 RCH16 ATL19 MAR2 DAR12 HCY3 BRI1 ROU26 NHA6 NZH4 CLT24 DOV15 MYB6 GLN4 MLW2 SBO4 TAL13 HCY3 IRP7 MCH27 BRI3 DAR14 RCH8 DOV16 CLT19 MAR2 CAR12 1995 DAY14 CAR33 RCH12 ATL40 NSV1* DAR31 BRI36 HCY18 NHA11 NZH5 CLT38 DOV19 MYB34 GLN32 MLW17 TAL19 SBO3 IRP28 MCH24 BRI6 DAR32 RCH7 DOV14 CLT19 CAR5 HOM28 1996 Bobby Labonte DAY9 CAR5 RCH17 ATL9 NSV1 DAR5 BRI HCY NZH CLT3 DOV15* SBO MYB GLN4 MLW5 NHA5 TAL16 IRP MCH6 BRI DAR RCH9 DOV CLT2 CAR HOM2 1997 Pontiac DAY CAR41 RCH10 ATL3 LVS12 DAR HCY TEX28 BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT30 DOV1* SBO GLN7 MLW18 MYB GTY20 MCH3 BRI6 DAR4 DOV31 CAL30* Tony Stewart IRP34 RCH40 CLT3 CAR9 HOM37 1999 Terry Labonte Chevy DAY19 LVS14 ATL24 DAR4 TEX14 BRI4 TAL1 CAL22 NHA20 RCHDNQ NZH38 CLTDNQ DOV14 MCH36 BRI8 DARDNQ DOV11 CLT33 PHO34 Bobby Labonte CARDNQ Justin Labonte NSV SBO MLW MYB GTY IRP RCH CAR MEM Jack Sprague GLN12 Steve Grissom PPR30 Andy Santerre HOMDNQ 2000 Terry Labonte DAY3 ATLDNQ DARDNQ BRI35 TEXDNQ TAL8 CALDNQ DOV21 Justin Labonte CAR NSV RCH NHA CLT SBO MYB GLN MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM Glenn Allen Jr. LVS33 Brett Bodine MCHDNQ 2004 Justin Labonte Dodge DAY CAR LVS DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL GTY RCH NZH CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA PPR IRP MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM ATL PHO DAR Chevy HOM

References

External links Bob Labonte Owner Stats Bobby Labonte Owner Stats Terry Labonte owner stats Justin Labonte owner stats