Bobby Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American driver and drives the #43 Cheerios Dodge Charger for the Petty Enterprises NASCAR Racing Team in the Nextel Cup Series. During the mid-1990's, he was diagnosed with Graves Disease.

As of 2006, Labonte is the only driver to win both the NASCAR Winston Cup championship (2000) and the NASCAR Busch Series championship (1991). He also won the IROC title in 2001.

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Labonte was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He currently resides in Trinity, North Carolina. His older brother, Terry, is also a prominent NASCAR driver; the two are the only brothers to have both won the championship in NASCAR's top series (the other family pairs to have titles, Lee and Richard Petty and Ned and Dale Jarrett, are father-son combinations). He is also the uncle of former Busch Series winner Justin Labonte.

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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:48 -0400
Martin Truex Jr. will return to the No. 1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet next year, Sporting News has learned.
Yeley ousted from No. 96; Coleman tabbed as driver
Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:27:55 -0400
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