Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956) is an American former stock car driver who raced from 1978 to 2014 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup and Sprint Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series). A two-time Cup Series champion and 1989 IROC champion, he is the older brother of 2000 Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte, and the father of former Nationwide Series driver Justin Labonte. He also co-owns a Chevrolet dealership in Greensboro, North Carolina with Rick Hendrick. He appeared on the CBS series
The Dukes of Hazzard in 1984, where he played an unnamed pit crew member. After leaving Hagan Racing in 1993, Terry Labonte was signed to Hendrick Motorsports in 1994, where he began driving the No. 5 Kellogg's-sponsored Chevrolet Lumina. In 1995, the team switched to Chevrolet Monte Carlos and won three races including the fall Goody's 500 event at Bristol, where the front of Labonte's car was wrecked after Dale Earnhardt crashed into him in the final lap. In 1996, he broke Richard Petty’s streak for consecutive races after winning at North Wilkesboro.
Despite only two victories, Labonte went on to win the championship, a
record-setting twelve years after his first. Driving with a broken hand
during the last two races of the season, Labonte and his younger brother
Bobby were able to perform a dual victory lap at Atlanta Motor Speedway
in the last race of the season; Bobby won the race and Terry won the
championship on this race, making it the only time a driver and his
sibling won the race and the championship at the same time.
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