Showing posts with label Terry Labonte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terry Labonte. Show all posts

Sunday, February 21, 2010

2000 NASCAR Chevy Montecarlo Terry Labonte #5 1:24









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. 

 Terry Labonte was born in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1956. He was introduced to racing through his father, who had worked on race cars as a hobby for his friends. He started racing quarter midgets when he was seven and won a national championship at nine before moving onto the local short tracks in a stock car as a teenager. Driving on both dirt and asphalt, he won track championships in his hometown, in Houston, and in San Antonio from 1975 to 1977. During this time he also met Louisiana businessman Billy Hagan.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Terry Labonte #5 Kellogg´s 1:64 Action Nascar















Terrance Lee Labonte, más conocido como Terry Labonte (16 de noviembre de 1956, Corpus Christi, Estados Unidos), es un piloto de automovilismo de velocidad retirado estadounidense. Compite actualmente en la NASCAR Cup Series para el equipo FAS Lane Racing. Ganó la Copa NASCAR en 1984 y 1996, finalizó tercero en 1982 y 1987, cuarto 1981 y 1988, quinto en 1983, y sexto en 1995 y 1997.
Labonte ha acumulado 22 victorias y 182 top 5 en la Copa NASCAR. Entre sus triunfos se destacan dos en las 500 Millas Sureñas de Darlington. Nunca ganó las 500 Millas de Daytona, las 500 Millas de Alabama en Talladega ni las 600 Millas de Charlotte, las otras tres carreras clásicas, ni las 400 Millas de Brickyard. Por el contrario, triunfó dos veces en las 500 Millas de Talladega y una vez en las 500 Millas de Charlotte, además de conseguir el Shootout de Daytona de 1985 y la Carrera de las Estrellas de la NASCAR de 1988 y 1999.
El piloto disputó 27 fechas de la International Race of Champions, logrando una victoria en Michigan 1989, el campeonato 1989 y el subcampeonato 1988. Por otra parte, en 1984 obtuvo la victoria en la clase GTO de las 24 Horas de Daytona y las 12 Horas de Sebring con un Chevrolet Camaro.
Terry es el hermano mayor de Bobby Labonte, y el padre de Justin Labonte, también pilotos de NASCAR.