Terrance Lee Labonte (born November 16, 1956), nicknamed "Texas Terry"[3] or "the Iceman",[4] is an American former[5]stock car driver. He raced from 1978 to 2014 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup and Sprint Cup Series (now called theNASCAR Cup Series). A two-time Cup Series champion in 1984 and 1996 and the 1989IROC champion, he is the older brother of 2000 Cup Series championBobby Labonte, and the father of formerNationwide Series driverJustin Labonte. He also co-owns a Chevrolet dealership inGreensboro, North Carolina withRick Hendrick. He appeared on the CBS seriesThe Dukes of Hazzard in 1984, where he played an unnamed pit crew member.
Terry Labonte was born inCorpus Christi, Texas, in 1956. He was introduced to racing at an early age through his father, who had worked on race cars as a hobby for his friends. He started racingquarter 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. He graduated fromMary Carroll High School in 1975.[6][7] Driving on both dirt and asphalt, he won track championships in his hometown, inHouston, and inSan Antonio between 1975 and 1977. During this time he also metLouisiana businessmanBilly Hagan.
Labonte’s first NASCAR race came in 1978 atDarlington Raceway. He qualified 19th in the No. 92Duck Industries Chevrolet and finished fourth that weekend. He ran four more races that season and had an additional two top-ten finishes. In 1979, he competed forNASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors along withDale Earnhardt,Harry Gant, andJoe Millikan while driving the No. 44Stratagraph Chevrolet for Hagan. Although Labonte failed to win the top rookie award, he was one of three rookies to finish in the top-ten in points. He ended the season with thirteen top-ten finishes. The following year, he won his first career Winston Cup race onLabor Day weekend at Darlington. He won $222,501 in prize money for the year and finished eighth in the final points standings.
Labonte failed to return to victory lane over the next two years but didn't finish outside the top-five in the final standings. He won his second career race in 1983 in theBudweiser-sponsored Chevrolet. In 1984, his team received a sponsorship fromPiedmont Airlines and he won races atRiverside International Raceway andBristol Motor Speedway as well as clinching his first Winston Cup championship. He dropped to seventh in the final points in 1985. During that season, he made his Busch Series debut atCharlotte in the No. 17Pontiac owned byDarrell Waltrip and won the 400 miles (640 km) race. Waltrip asked Labonte to drive after deciding to focus his driving priorities solely on Winston Cup racing during what would be Waltrip's 307-point gain overBill Elliott in the final eight races of the 1985 season.
Labonte fell back to twelfth in the standings in 1986. Before season's end, he announced he was leaving Hagan's team to drive the No. 11 Budweiser Chevrolet forJunior Johnson's team beginning the following year. In his first season with this team, he earned four pole-positions and won theHolly Farms 400, leaping up to third in the final standings. He followed that up with a fourth-place points finish in 1988, as well as winningThe Winston. In 1989, the team switched toFord Thunderbirds. Despite two wins during the season, he fell back to tenth in the championship.
In 1990, he signed with Leo Jackson'sPrecision Products Racing team[8] to drive the No. 1Skoal ClassicOldsmobile. He had four top-fives and nine top-tens and finished fifteenth in the points standings.[9]
Labonte scrapped plans for 1990 to run a self-owned independent team,[8] because he couldn't land a full sponsorship, the News-Record of Greensboro, N.C. reported in 1990,[8] and he signed to the Precision Products Racing team.
Labonte came back to Hagan Racing to drive the No. 94Sunoco Oldsmobile in 1991, winning his first pole since 1988. He began 1992 with finishes inside the top-eight in each of the first eight races. He had a total of four top-five finishes and sixteen top-ten finishes, ending the season eighth in points. In 1993, the team switched to the No. 14Kellogg's Chevrolet. While he had ten top-tens, for the first time in his career, Labonte failed to finish a race in the top-five and he dropped to eighteenth in points.
On July 1, 1993, it was announced that Labonte would be leaving Hagan Racing following 1993 to drive forHendrick Motorsports in 1994.
After leaving Hagan Racing in 1993, Terry Labonte was signed toHendrick Motorsports in 1994, where he began driving the No. 5Kellogg'sChevrolet Lumina. In 1995, the team switched toChevrolet Monte Carlos and won three races including the fall Goody's 500 event at Bristol, where the front of Labonte's car was wrecked afterDale Earnhardt crashed into him in the final lap.[10] In 1996, he brokeRichard Petty’s streak for consecutive races after winning atNorth 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 brotherBobby were able to perform a dual victory lap atAtlanta 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.
Labonte posted twenty top-ten finishes in 1997 and collected his only win of the season at the fall race atTalladega Superspeedway. In 1998, it was the final season to have Labonte's trademark mustache, where he went on to win thePontiac Excitement 400 and finished ninth in points. With a win at his home track atTexas Motor Speedway and in theSprint All-Star Race XV in 1999, Labonte finished twelfth in points, the first time he had finished outside the top-ten since 1993.
Labonte shaved his mustache off in 1999, where his most famous race was the 1999 Goody's Headache Powder 500 at Bristol. He was involved in one of the most infamous and controversial NASCAR finishes ever, when he was spun out by a lapped Darrell Waltrip while leading with ten laps to go when he slowed the field under caution. Labonte pitted for four tires and quickly recovered and was leading with one lap remaining. However, Dale Earnhardt, who was in second at the time, wrecked Labonte half-way to the checkered flag and won. Labonte finished 8th while wrecking. In victory lane, Dale Earnhardt maintained that it wasn't on purpose. In a post-race interview, Labonte didn't buy Earnhardt's excuses, angrily stating "[Earnhardt] never intends to take anybody out...it just happens that way."
The 2000 season saw Labonte's consecutive start streak broken at 655 after he sufferedinner ear injuries in thePepsi 400 and was forced to miss theBrickyard 400 and theGlobal Crossing @ The Glen. 2000 was also his first winless season since 1993. His younger brother Bobby won that year's championship. He began 2001 with two top-six finishes in the first seven races but continued to fall in the points standings. Labonte’s trademark mustache returned mid-season but his fortunes did not change, eventually finishing the 2001 season in 23rd place. Even though he dropped back to 24th in 2002 with one top-five finish and four Top 10's, 2002 marked a definite turning point for Labonte with the appointment of veteran crew chief, Jim Long, to the team.
In 2003, Labonte won his first pole since 2000 atRichmond and won theMountain Dew Southern 500 where 23 years earlier he won his first in 1980 atDarlington Raceway after leading the last 33 laps. This was only his second win in a crown jewel event (the other being in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1980). That helped lead him to a 10th-place spot in points. About 90% of the NASCAR fans have labeled the 2003 Southern 500 win as the most popular win of 2003.
The 2004 season was much more of a struggle for Labonte, and Hendrick Motorsports announcedKyle Busch as Labonte's replacement when he retired. Late in the 2004-season, Labonte announced that 2004 would be his final full-time year on the circuit and would run part-time schedules for the next two years. The part-time schedule was nicknamed"Shifting Gears: Lone Star Style".
Labonte began his semi-retirement in 2005. He borrowed the number 44, his former number, fromPetty Enterprises and ran Hendrick's No. 44research and development car with some sponsorships from Kellogg's,Pizza Hut, andGMAC. His best finish in 2005 for Hendrick Motorsports came atPocono Raceway, where he finished twelfth.
Labonte also ran ten races with Hendrick Motorsports research and development car No. 44 in 2006.
Labonte also drove five races in the No. 11FedEx Chevrolet forJoe Gibbs Racing following the release ofJason Leffler, with a top finish of ninth at Richmond.
Labonte began the 2006 season driving the No. 96Texas Instruments/DLP HDTVChevrolet Monte Carlo car forHall of Fame Racing, a new team started by formerDallas Cowboys quarterbacksRoger Staubach andTroy Aikman. Labonte's past-champion's provisional guaranteed the team a starting spot in the first five races. Labonte's finishes in those races left the team thirtieth in points, sealing a spot for the team in each race as long as they remained in the top-35.Tony Raines took over the driving duties for the No. 96 car and ran for the rest of the season, with the exception of the road-course races atInfineon Raceway andWatkins Glen International. Labonte's best finish of 2006 came at Infineon, where he finished third due to a fuel mileage gamble by Philippe Lopez, the crew chief of the No. 96 DLP/Texas Instruments Chevrolet.
During the 2007 season, Labonte drove three races for Michael Waltrip Racing, both road course events, and the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, in the No.55NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry.[11][12] His best finish in the No. 55 was thirtieth twice, at Indianapolis and Watkins Glen.
On May 11, 2008, it was announced that Labonte would drive the No. 45 car of Petty Enterprises for six races in the middle of the 2008 Sprint Cup season, replacingKyle Petty on a temporary basis. Labonte was reunited with brother Bobby, who was the regular driver of the No. 43 for Petty. Labonte posted two solid top-twenty runs in the six-race tenure, a sixteenth at Daytona and a seventeenth at Infineon, both the best finishes for the No. 45 car this season. It was later announced that he would drive for Petty again in theBrickyard 400 Labonte was back in the No. 45 car for Petty Enterprises when theSprint Cup Series went to theMichigan International Speedway for the3M Performance 400 on August 17, 2008. He would be back in the No. 45 car again for theAMP Energy 500 at theTalladega Superspeedway for the final time in the 2008Sprint Cup Season. He would go on to post a seventeenth place finish, even after sustaining severe damage in one of the multi-car accidents. Labonte's results in 2008 proved far better on average than the previous three seasons, while driving also part-time.
Labonte drove the #10Valvoline car in place ofPatrick Carpentier in The American Red CrossPennsylvania 500.
It was reported first on January 23, 2009, that Labonte would attempt to make theDaytona 500 forPrism Motorsports, driving the No. 66Window World Toyota. The team announced they planned to race full-time withDave Blaney after Daytona. Labonte started 43rd, and went a lap down. He managed to get his lap back and fought up to finish 24th in the rain-shortened event.
Starting at Indianapolis in 2009, Labonte drove the No. 08 Toyota forCarter/Simo Racing for four races.
It was reported that Labonte would be forming a new team with Bill Stavola, formerly the co-owner ofStavola Brothers Racing.[13] In the team's debut, Labonte barely missed making the field at Richmond, but took theGander Mountain sponsorship to the No. 55Prism Motorsports car which had qualified 37th. Labonte would finish 40th in the race after an accident forced him out. It is not known for sure what caused the demise of Stavola Labonte Racing, as the team seemed to dissolve sometime after the 2010 season.
Labonte also raced at Phoenix in 2010 forWhitney Motorsports.
Entering 2011, it was announced thatFrank Stoddard would be starting his own team,FAS Lane Racing, with Labonte driving the No. 32 U.S. Chrome Ford Fusion in the Daytona 500. Labonte started 43rd and finished a respectable fifteenth. At the time, Labonte was semi-retired, but competed in seven additional races over the course of the year in the No. 32.
He returned to Stoddard's 32 car in 2012 where he would run all fourrestrictor plate races withC&J Energy Services as the sponsor. He finished with three top-twenties out of the four starts, including a season-best sixteenth in the October race atTalladega Superspeedway. Labonte led the2012 Daytona 500 briefly before being spun byMarcos Ambrose. He would continue on to finish eighteenth.
In 2013, Labonte would run five races for FAS Lane Racing, posting a best finish of nineteenth. In addition to running all four restrictor plate races, he ran atBristol Motor Speedway in March, finishing 25th.
In 2014, FAS Lane Racing would merge withGo Green Racing to formGo Fas Racing, and announced that Labonte would again return to the No. 32 car for all four superspeedway events. He ran as high as 6th in theDaytona 500 before being swept up in a late crash and finishing twentieth. Before the race, Labonte called this his final Daytona 500 start. At the2014 Coke Zero 400, his final start at Daytona, he dodged two huge wrecks and finished a solid eleventh place after the race was called 112 laps in due to rain.
On October 17, Labonte announced theGEICO 500 was to be his 890th and final start.[14] To commemorate the occasion, Go Fas Racing designed a car split into three designs: theKellogg's design from his 1996 title run on the driver side, thePiedmont Airlines design from his 1984 championship year on the passenger side, and theDuck Industries design from his early career in the center. However, NASCAR did not allow the scheme, due to a rule stating cars must have the same colors on both the driver side and passenger side of the car for safety reasons; the team would switch to the former design, while being allowed to retain the center.[15] Labonte qualified ninth, but because of the unapproved paint scheme, was forced to start at the tail end of the field. He would finish in 33rd place, one lap down in his final race.
In addition to his 22 wins in theSprint Cup Series, Labonte has won eleven races in theNationwide Series and one in theCraftsman Truck Series, as well as three all-star races: theBusch Clash in 1985 andThe Winston (now theSprint All-Star Challenge) in 1988 and 1999. He also won theIROC championship in 1989 with one win, and assisted the lateDavey Allison to the 1993IROC championship by driving his car to a sixth place finish in the final race of the season.
Including his two championship seasons, he has finished in the top-ten in the year-end standings seventeen times, and his top-five and top-ten totals approach 25 percent and 50 percent, respectively, of his total races. Labonte holds the record for most seasons between championships, with twelve seasons in between his 1984 & 1996 championships.
Labonte also collected class wins at the two most prestigious endurance races in the United States, the24 Hours of Daytona and12 Hours of Sebring, driving a GTO-classChevrolet Camaro during the1984 IMSA GT Championship season. In his career, Labonte started 32 Daytona 500s, second only toDave Marcis.
On February 21, 2014, Labonte was nominated for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2015, along with nineteen other candidates. This occurred not long after NASCAR revised the rules allowing current drivers eligibility into the Hall provided they are at least 55 years of age or have 30+ years of NASCAR experience.[16]
After being passed over as a first-ballot inductee for the class of 2015, Labonte was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016 on May 20, 2015. Joining Labonte in the 2016 class wereSpeedway Motorsports Executive ChairmanBruton Smith, and driversCurtis Turner,Bobby Isaac, andJerry Cook.[17]
On January 26, 2017, Labonte was named to theMotorsports Hall of Fame of America.[2]
In 1998, the senior Labonte was named as one ofNASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. A park was renamed for the Labonte brothers in their hometown of Corpus Christi in 2001, and they were chosen for entry into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. Labonte supports a variety of charities and due to his efforts, theRonald McDonald House in Corpus Christi, the Victory Junction Gang Camp near Randleman, North Carolina, and the Hendrick Marrow Program all have benefited.
In the 1983Hal Needham/Burt Reynolds movieStroker Ace, Labonte appeared as himself (but credited as a "NASCAR Driver"), along with many other contemporary drivers.[18]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | Team | 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 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | Ref |
| 1978 | Hagan Racing | 92 | Chevy | RSD | DAY | RCH | CAR | ATL | BRI | DAR | NWS | MAR | TAL | DOV | CLT | NSV | RSD | MCH | DAY | NSV | POC | TAL | MCH | BRI | DAR 4 | RCH 7 | DOV | MAR 9 | NWS | CLT 24 | CAR | ATL 13 | ONT | 39th | 659 | [19] | ||||||
| 1979 | 44 | RSD 35 | RCH 8 | ATL 25 | NWS 15 | BRI 7 | DAR 29 | MAR 9 | NSV 9 | DOV 6 | CLT 7 | TWS 5 | RSD 18 | MCH 25 | NSV 25 | POC 23 | MCH 26 | BRI 8 | DAR 3 | RCH 17 | DOV 25 | MAR 9 | CLT 15 | NWS 6 | CAR 27 | ATL 7 | 10th | 3615 | [20] | |||||||||||||
| Buick | DAY 16 | CAR 15 | TAL 9 | DAY 29 | TAL 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olds | ONT 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Chevy | RSD 7 | RCH 24 | CAR 10 | ATL 15 | BRI 10 | DAR 32 | NWS 22 | MAR 23 | NSV 7 | DOV 5 | CLT 3 | TWS 5 | RSD 33 | MCH 11 | NSV 22 | POC 6 | MCH 11 | BRI 23 | DAR 1 | RCH 8 | DOV 28 | NWS 7 | MAR 7 | CLT 31 | CAR 4 | ATL 5 | ONT 8 | 8th | 3766 | [21] | |||||||||||
| Olds | DAY 6 | TAL 32 | DAY 32 | TAL 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Chevy | RSD 2 | 4th | 4052 | [22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buick | DAY 40 | RCH 26 | CAR 21 | ATL 19 | BRI 7 | NWS 7 | DAR 14 | MAR 5 | TAL 7 | NSV 6 | DOV 8 | CLT 14 | TWS 23 | RSD 22 | MCH 11 | DAY 8 | NSV 5 | POC 13 | TAL 3 | MCH 14 | BRI 3 | DAR 4 | RCH 4 | DOV 29 | MAR 9 | NWS 30 | CLT 23 | CAR 7 | ATL 7 | RSD 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | DAY 4 | ATL 8 | DAR 6 | TAL 2 | CLT 34 | RSD 2* | MCH 28 | DAY 27 | POC 3 | TAL 5 | MCH 21 | BRI 4 | RCH 6 | DOV 27 | CLT 16 | CAR 4 | ATL 8 | RSD 27 | 3rd | 4211 | [23] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | RCH 5 | BRI 4 | CAR 2 | NWS 2 | MAR 20 | NSV 2 | DOV 4 | POC 5 | NSV 2 | DAR 35 | NWS 3 | MAR 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | DAY 6 | RCH 22 | CAR 24 | ATL 8 | DAR 36 | NWS 6 | MAR 6 | TAL 6 | NSV 8 | DOV 31 | BRI 6 | CLT 33 | RSD 31 | POC 9 | MCH 5* | DAY 5 | NSV 11 | POC 12 | TAL 29 | MCH 4 | BRI 5 | DAR 5 | RCH 5 | DOV 4 | MAR 24 | NWS 5 | CLT 4 | CAR 1 | ATL 4 | RSD 7 | 5th | 4004 | [24] | |||||||||
| 1984 | DAY 12 | RCH 3 | CAR 2 | ATL 7 | BRI 2 | NWS 4 | DAR 2 | MAR 24 | TAL 25 | NSV 8 | DOV 3 | CLT 30 | RSD 1* | POC 3 | MCH 31 | DAY 7 | NSV 6 | POC 4 | TAL 3 | MCH 2* | BRI 1* | DAR 8 | RCH 8 | DOV 2 | MAR 2 | CLT 5 | NWS 9 | CAR 3 | ATL 30 | RSD 3 | 1st | 4508 | [25] | |||||||||
| 1985 | DAY 25 | RCH 6 | CAR 3* | ATL 6 | BRI 3 | DAR 4 | NWS 7 | MAR 6 | TAL 7 | DOV 16 | CLT 5 | RSD 1* | POC 28 | MCH 22 | DAY 8 | POC 26 | TAL 39 | MCH 9 | BRI 29 | DAR 7 | RCH 2* | DOV 24 | MAR 27 | NWS 3 | CLT 33 | CAR 12 | ATL 6 | RSD 2* | 7th | 3683 | [26] | |||||||||||
| 1986 | Olds | DAY 2 | RCH 15 | CAR 1* | ATL 3 | BRI 7 | DAR 32 | NWS 27 | MAR 3 | TAL 29 | DOV 17 | CLT 11 | RSD 12 | POC 35 | MCH 12 | DAY 19 | POC 6 | TAL 38 | GLN 32 | MCH 12 | RCH 18 | DOV 19 | MAR 15 | NWS 10 | CLT 15 | CAR 31 | ATL 8 | RSD 10 | 12th | 3473 | [27] | |||||||||||
| Chevy | BRI 2 | DAR 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Junior Johnson & Associates | 11 | Chevy | DAY 18 | CAR 8 | RCH 5 | ATL 4 | DAR 32 | NWS 8 | BRI 9 | MAR 5 | TAL 2 | CLT 6 | DOV 3 | POC 37 | RSD 4 | MCH 28 | DAY 10 | POC 6 | TAL 6 | GLN 2 | MCH 33 | BRI 4 | DAR 5 | RCH 8 | DOV 32 | MAR 3 | NWS 1* | CLT 4 | CAR 4 | RSD 8 | ATL 28 | 3rd | 4007 | [28] | |||||||
| 1988 | DAY 5 | RCH 9 | CAR 31 | ATL 4 | DAR 23 | BRI 16 | NWS 1 | MAR 4 | TAL 4 | CLT 9 | DOV 12 | RSD 2 | POC 32 | MCH 3 | DAY 19 | POC 9 | TAL 14 | GLN 18 | MCH 13 | BRI 22 | DAR 8 | RCH 3 | DOV 18 | MAR 7 | CLT 10 | NWS 4 | CAR 3 | PHO 2 | ATL 8 | 4th | 4007 | [29] | ||||||||||
| 1989 | Ford | DAY 9 | CAR 18 | ATL 36 | RCH 30 | DAR 18 | BRI 24 | NWS 5 | MAR 5 | TAL 2 | CLT 39 | DOV 4 | SON 15 | POC 1 | MCH 14 | DAY 6 | POC 13 | TAL 1 | GLN 14 | MCH 40 | BRI 5 | DAR 33 | RCH 12 | DOV 14 | MAR 11 | CLT 11 | NWS 3 | CAR 14 | PHO 2 | ATL 40 | 10th | 3569 | [30] | |||||||||
| 1990 | Precision Products Racing | 1 | Olds | DAY 2 | RCH 32 | CAR 9 | ATL 40 | DAR 14 | BRI 4 | NWS 15 | MAR 31 | TAL 6 | CLT 13 | DOV 13 | SON 35 | POC 20 | MCH 7 | DAY 4 | POC 10 | TAL 42 | GLN 14 | MCH 14 | BRI 4 | DAR 14 | RCH 17 | DOV 15 | MAR 9 | NWS 27 | CLT 17 | CAR 13 | PHO 13 | ATL 21 | 15th | 3371 | [31] | |||||||
| 1991 | Hagan Racing | 94 | Olds | DAY 13 | RCH 14 | CAR 39 | ATL 35 | DAR 15 | BRI 9 | NWS 31 | MAR 31 | TAL 37 | CLT 10 | DOV 24 | SON 6 | POC 21 | MCH 25 | DAY 41 | POC 15 | TAL 24 | GLN 34 | MCH 16 | BRI 9 | DAR 5 | RCH 19 | DOV 26 | MAR 6 | NWS 14 | CLT 6 | CAR 28 | PHO 12 | ATL 15 | 18th | 3024 | [32] | |||||||
| 1992 | DAY 7 | CAR 7 | RCH 8 | ATL 9 | DAR 9 | BRI 4 | NWS 9 | MAR 4 | CLT 6 | DOV 21 | SON 2 | POC 10 | MCH 38 | POC 16 | GLN 8 | MCH 23 | BRI 31 | DAR 14 | RCH 13 | DOV 7 | MAR 11 | NWS 8 | CAR 9 | PHO 16 | 8th | 3674 | [33] | |||||||||||||||
| Ford | TAL 36 | DAY 21 | TAL 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | CLT 12 | ATL 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | 14 | DAY 11 | CAR 10 | RCH 24 | ATL 33 | DAR 9 | BRI 21 | NWS 6 | MAR 9 | TAL 37 | SON 9 | CLT 33 | DOV 20 | POC 32 | MCH 20 | DAY 9 | NHA 31 | POC 16 | TAL 14 | GLN 23 | MCH 29 | BRI 34 | DAR 33 | RCH 8 | DOV 8 | MAR 7 | NWS 7 | CLT 16 | CAR 15 | PHO 14 | ATL 13 | 18th | 3280 | [34] | ||||||||
| 1994 | Hendrick Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY 3 | CAR 17 | RCH 9 | ATL 14 | DAR 35 | BRI 24 | NWS 1 | MAR 15 | TAL 32 | SON 28 | CLT 35 | DOV 26 | POC 18 | MCH 20 | DAY 15 | NHA 11 | POC 15 | TAL 10 | IND 12 | GLN 6 | MCH 8 | BRI 33 | DAR 10 | RCH 1* | DOV 7 | MAR 14 | NWS 2 | CLT 7 | CAR 5 | PHO 1* | ATL 8 | 7th | 3876 | [35] | |||||
| 1995 | DAY 8 | CAR 26 | RCH 1 | ATL 3 | DAR 34 | BRI 7 | NWS 16 | MAR 36 | TAL 26 | SON 5 | CLT 2 | DOV 37 | POC 1 | MCH 9 | DAY 19 | NHA 4 | POC 14 | TAL 33 | IND 13 | GLN 5 | MCH 2 | BRI 1 | DAR 19 | RCH 2 | DOV 15 | MAR 2 | NWS 4 | CLT 3 | CAR 4 | PHO 13 | ATL 13 | 6th | 4146 | [36] | ||||||||
| 1996 | DAY 24* | CAR 34* | RCH 8 | ATL 2 | DAR 5 | BRI 2 | NWS 1* | MAR 24 | TAL 4 | SON 5 | CLT 3 | DOV 2 | POC 7 | MCH 2 | DAY 2 | NHA 6 | POC 16 | TAL 24 | IND 3 | GLN 2 | MCH 3 | BRI 5 | DAR 26 | RCH 5 | DOV 21 | MAR 2 | NWS 5 | CLT 1* | CAR 3 | PHO 3 | ATL 5 | 1st | 4657 | [37] | ||||||||
| 1997 | DAY 2 | CAR 7 | RCH 7 | ATL 9 | DAR 13 | TEX 4* | BRI 3 | MAR 4 | SON 3 | TAL 6 | CLT 8 | DOV 14 | POC 9 | MCH 39 | CAL 2 | DAY 2 | NHA 7 | POC 35 | IND 40 | GLN 8 | MCH 10 | BRI 7 | DAR 6 | RCH 17 | NHA 41 | DOV 37 | MAR 22 | CLT 11 | TAL 1* | CAR 7 | PHO 11 | ATL 21 | 6th | 4177 | [38] | |||||||
| 1998 | DAY 13 | CAR 8 | LVS 15 | ATL 12 | DAR 6 | BRI 2 | TEX 6 | MAR 26 | TAL 4* | CAL 3 | CLT 41 | DOV 10 | RCH 1 | MCH 19 | POC 12 | SON 42 | NHA 14 | POC 31 | IND 9 | GLN 40 | MCH 36 | BRI 13 | NHA 39 | DAR 25 | RCH 21 | DOV 18 | MAR 6 | CLT 38 | TAL 3 | DAY 6 | PHO 10 | CAR 8 | ATL 8 | 9th | 3901 | [39] | ||||||
| 1999 | DAY 38 | CAR 7 | LVS 8 | ATL 13 | DAR 11 | TEX 1* | BRI 13 | MAR 15 | TAL 39 | CAL 9 | RCH 26 | CLT 11 | DOV 17 | MCH 23 | POC 16 | SON 29 | DAY 10 | NHA 11 | POC 6 | IND 11 | GLN 11 | MCH 26 | BRI 8 | DAR 17 | RCH 43 | NHA 31 | DOV 27 | MAR 40 | CLT 21 | TAL 34 | CAR 14 | PHO 28 | HOM 31 | ATL 40 | 12th | 3580 | [40] | |||||
| 2000 | DAY 7 | CAR 17 | LVS 31 | ATL 15 | DAR 11 | BRI 5 | TEX 8 | MAR 23 | TAL 7 | CAL 33 | RCH 2 | CLT 22 | DOV 11 | MCH 26 | POC 12 | SON 27 | DAY 41 | NHA 43 | POC 11 | IND | GLN | MCH 20 | BRI 16 | DAR 15 | RCH 25 | NHA 25 | DOV 13 | MAR 17 | CLT 27 | TAL 5 | CAR 38 | PHO 17 | HOM 25 | ATL 17 | 17th | 3433 | [41] | |||||
| 2001 | DAY 24 | CAR 29 | LVS 22 | ATL 5 | DAR 38 | BRI 6 | TEX 13 | MAR 23 | TAL 11 | CAL 30 | RCH 38 | CLT 23 | DOV 17 | MCH 26 | POC 31 | SON 36 | DAY 40 | CHI 25 | NHA 32 | POC 34 | IND 19 | GLN 21 | MCH 29 | BRI 10 | DAR 11 | RCH 38 | DOV 17 | KAN 27 | CLT 27 | MAR 34 | TAL 13 | PHO 20 | CAR 28 | HOM 11 | ATL 32 | NHA 27 | 23rd | 3280 | [42] | |||
| 2002 | DAY 20 | CAR 16 | LVS 38 | ATL 14 | DAR 23 | BRI 16 | TEX 10 | MAR 6 | TAL 20 | CAL 21 | RCH 33 | CLT 12 | DOV 15 | POC 38 | MCH 31 | SON 3 | DAY 14 | CHI 13 | NHA 22 | POC 9 | IND 13 | GLN 31 | MCH 33 | BRI 30 | DAR 31 | RCH 41 | NHA 30 | DOV 38 | KAN 12 | TAL 38 | CLT 21 | MAR 22 | ATL 25 | CAR 32 | PHO 26 | HOM 28 | 24th | 3417 | [43] | |||
| 2003 | DAY 30 | CAR 27 | LVS 16 | ATL 20 | DAR 24 | BRI 39 | TEX 16 | TAL 5 | MAR 14 | CAL 12 | RCH 21 | CLT 21 | DOV 10 | POC 7 | MCH 10 | SON 25 | DAY 4 | CHI 15 | NHA 20 | POC 5 | IND 19 | GLN 18 | MCH 13 | BRI 11 | DAR 1 | RCH 8 | NHA 18 | DOV 20 | TAL 22 | KAN 16 | CLT 18 | MAR 6 | ATL 33 | PHO 30 | CAR 12 | HOM 15 | 10th | 4162 | [44] | |||
| 2004 | DAY 20 | CAR 17 | LVS 17 | ATL 24 | DAR 19 | BRI 18 | TEX 41 | MAR 23 | TAL 25 | CAL 7 | RCH 18 | CLT 37 | DOV 7 | POC 7 | MCH 26 | SON 40 | DAY 8 | CHI 6 | NHA 16 | POC 6 | IND 38 | GLN 39 | MCH 27 | BRI 15 | CAL 19 | RCH 18 | NHA 24 | DOV 27 | TAL 21 | KAN 21 | CLT 25 | MAR 25 | ATL 31 | PHO 32 | DAR 28 | HOM 31 | 26th | 3519 | [45] | |||
| 2005 | 44 | DAY | CAL 36 | LVS | ATL | BRI 18 | MAR | TEX 40 | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT 38 | DOV | POC 12 | MCH | CHI 42 | NHA | POC | IND 36 | KAN 33 | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX 31 | PHO | HOM | 40th | 1071 | [46] | ||||||||||||
| Joe Gibbs Racing | 11 | Chevy | SON 12 | DAY | GLN 37 | MCH 40 | BRI 27 | CAL | RCH 9 | NHA | DOV | TAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Hall of Fame Racing | 96 | Chevy | DAY 17 | CAL 34 | LVS 24 | ATL 22 | BRI 27 | MAR | SON 3 | DAY | GLN 37 | MCH | BRI | 41st | 1278 | [47] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hendrick Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | TEX 25 | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR 34 | CLT 33 | DOV | POC 39 | MCH | CHI 43 | NHA | POC 25 | IND | CAL 40 | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN 38 | TAL | CLT 21 | MAR | ATL | TEX 36 | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Michael Waltrip Racing | 55 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON 35 | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND 30 | POC | GLN 30 | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 204 | [48] |
| 2008 | Petty Enterprises | 45 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC 30 | MCH 29 | SON 17 | NHA 35 | DAY 16 | CHI 38 | IND 27 | MCH 32 | BRI | CAL | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | TAL 17 | CLT | MAR | ATL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 46th | 811 | [49] | ||
| Gillett Evernham Motorsports | 10 | Dodge | POC 32 | GLN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Prism Motorsports | 66 | Toyota | DAY 24 | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | TEX | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | 51st | 338 | [50] | |||||||||||||||||
| Carter Simo Racing | 08 | Toyota | IND 33 | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI 40 | ATL 39 | RCH | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT 37 | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM 42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Stavola Labonte Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | ATL | BRI | MAR | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | SON | NHA | DAY | CHI | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH DNQ | 68th | 83 | [51] | ||||||||||
| Prism Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | RCH 40 | NHA | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | MAR | TAL | TEX | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitney Motorsports | 81 | Dodge | PHO 41 | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | FAS Lane Racing | 32 | Ford | DAY 15 | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL 34 | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SON 32 | DAY 28 | KEN | NHA | BRI 33 | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL 34 | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 39th | 102 | [52] | ||||
| 23 | IND 41 | POC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Front Row Motorsports | 38 | Ford | GLN 34 | MCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | FAS Lane Racing | 32 | Ford | DAY 18 | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL 29 | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY 20 | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | TAL 16 | CLT | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 44th | 94 | [53] |
| 2013 | DAY 26 | PHO | LVS | BRI 25 | CAL | MAR | TEX | KAN | RCH | TAL 29 | DAR | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY 19 | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL 35 | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 42nd | 87 | [54] | |||
| 2014 | Go Fas Racing | DAY 20 | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL 24 | KAN | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | SON | KEN | DAY 11 | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL 33 | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 40th | 88 | [55] | ||
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Hagan Racing | Buick | 19 | 16 |
| 1980 | Oldsmobile | 17 | 6 | |
| 1981 | Buick | 12 | 40 | |
| 1982 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1983 | Chevrolet | 41 | 6 | |
| 1984 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 1985 | 31 | 25 | ||
| 1986 | Oldsmobile | 5 | 2 | |
| 1987 | Junior Johnson & Associates | Chevrolet | 14 | 18 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5 | ||
| 1989 | Ford | 4 | 9 | |
| 1990 | Precision Products Racing | Oldsmobile | 20 | 2 |
| 1991 | Hagan Racing | Oldsmobile | 31 | 13 |
| 1992 | 34 | 7 | ||
| 1993 | Chevrolet | 19 | 11 | |
| 1994 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 9 | 3 |
| 1995 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 1996 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 1997 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 1998 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 1999 | 19 | 38 | ||
| 2000 | 25 | 7 | ||
| 2001 | 34 | 24 | ||
| 2002 | 11 | 20 | ||
| 2003 | 41 | 30 | ||
| 2004 | 38 | 20 | ||
| 2006 | Hall of Fame Racing | Chevrolet | 43 | 17 |
| 2009 | Prism Motorsports | Toyota | 43 | 24 |
| 2011 | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 43 | 15 |
| 2012 | 43 | 18 | ||
| 2013 | 39 | 26 | ||
| 2014 | Go Fas Racing | 24 | 20 |
| NASCARBusch Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | 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 | NBSC | Pts | Ref |
| 1985 | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | 17 | Pontiac | DAY | CAR | HCY | BRI | MAR | DAR | SBO | LGY | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | IRP | SBO | LGY | HCY | MLW | BRI | DAR | RCH | NWS | ROU | CLT 1 | HCY | CAR | MAR | 97th | 0 | [56] | |||||
| 1986 | Labonte Motorsports | 44 | Olds | DAY | CAR | HCY | MAR | BRI | DAR | SBO | LGY | JFC | DOV | CLT | SBO | HCY | ROU | IRP | SBO | RAL 2 | 66th | 170 | [57] | |||||||||||||||
| Buick | OXF 41 | SBO | HCY | LGY | ROU | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | MAR | ROU | CLT | CAR | MAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Labonte Motorsports | 94 | Olds | DAY | RCH | CAR | MAR | VOL | HCY | DAR | BRI | LAN | SBO | NZH | CLT 10 | DOV 20 | ROU | HCY | MYB | GLN 1* | OXF | NHA | SBO | DUB | IRP | ROU | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV 30 | CLT 31 | NHA | CAR | MAR | 48th | 560 | [58] | |
| 1992 | DAY | CAR | RCH | ATL | MAR | DAR | BRI | HCY | LAN | DUB | NZH | CLT | DOV 3 | ROU | MYB | GLN 3 | VOL | NHA 37 | TAL | IRP | ROU | MCH | NHA | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | 46th | 666 | [59] | ||||||||
| 14 | CLT 4 | MAR | CAR 13 | HCY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Chevy | DAY 4 | CAR 39 | RCH 12 | DAR 3 | BRI 9 | HCY | ROU | MAR | NZH | CLT 37 | DOV 10 | MYB | GLN 2 | MLW | TAL 3 | IRP 3 | MCH 3 | NHA 29 | BRI 30 | DAR 18 | RCH 32 | DOV 26 | ROU | CLT 6 | MAR 30 | CAR 5 | HCY | ATL 13 | 20th | 2399 | [60] | ||||||
| 1994 | DAY 4 | CAR 1 | RCH 6 | ATL 4 | MAR 1* | DAR 37 | HCY | BRI 33 | ROU | NHA 20 | NZH | CLT 8 | DOV 2 | MYB | GLN 1* | MLW | SBO | TAL 2 | HCY | IRP | MCH 35 | BRI 9 | DAR 13 | RCH 4 | DOV 9 | CLT 1 | MAR 6 | CAR 34 | 18th | 2720 | [61] | |||||||
| 1995 | DAY 3 | CAR 3 | RCH 2 | ATL 16 | NSV 3 | DAR 32 | BRI 5 | HCY | NHA 21 | NZH | CLT 7 | DOV 36 | MYB | GLN 1 | MLW | TAL 15 | SBO | IRP | MCH 2 | BRI 5 | DAR 35 | RCH 5 | DOV | CLT 8 | CAR 26 | HOM 13 | 17th | 2490 | [62] | |||||||||
| 1996 | 5 | DAY 39 | CAR 9 | RCH 10 | ATL 1 | NSV 4 | DAR 3 | BRI | HCY | NZH | CLT 4 | DOV 3 | SBO | MYB | GLN 1 | MLW | NHA 2 | TAL 4 | IRP | MCH 3 | BRI 10 | DAR 1* | RCH 10 | DOV 4 | CLT 15 | CAR 6 | HOM | 13th | 2699 | [63] | ||||||||
| 1997 | DAY | CAR | RCH 43 | ATL 10 | LVS 28 | DAR | HCY | TEX 18 | BRI | NSV | TAL | NHA | NZH | CLT 12 | DOV 8 | SBO | GLN 5 | MLW | MYB | GTY 26 | IRP | MCH 19 | BRI 31 | DAR 42 | RCH | DOV 9 | CLT 11 | CAL 18 | CAR | HOM | 33rd | 1455 | [64] | |||||
| 1999 | Labonte Motorsports | 44 | Chevy | DAY 19 | CAR | LVS 14 | ATL 24 | DAR 4 | TEX 14 | NSV | BRI 4 | TAL 1 | CAL 22 | NHA 20 | RCH DNQ | NZH 38 | CLT DNQ | DOV 14 | SBO | GLN | MLW | MYB | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH 36 | BRI 8 | DAR DNQ | RCH | DOV 11 | CLT 33 | CAR | MEM | PHO 34 | HOM | 30th | 1761 | [65] |
| 2000 | DAY 3 | CAR | LVS | ATL DNQ | DAR DNQ | BRI 35 | TEX DNQ | NSV | TAL 8 | CAL DNQ | RCH | NHA | CLT | DOV 21 | SBO | MYB | GLN | MLW | NZH | PPR | GTY | IRP | MCH | BRI | DAR | RCH | DOV | 64th | 470 | [66] | ||||||||
| 04 | CLT DNQ | CAR | MEM | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASCARSuperTruck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | NCTS | Pts | Ref |
| 1995 | Hendrick Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | PHO 2 | TUS | SGS | MMR | POR | EVG | I70 | LVL | BRI | MLW | CNS | HPT 3 | IRP | FLM | RCH 1 | MAR | NWS | SON | MMR | PHO | 37th | 515 | [67] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
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| 24 Hours of Daytona results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Class | No | Team | Car | Co-drivers | Laps | Position | Class Pos. |
| 1981 | GTX | 44 |  Hagan Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | David PearsonBilly Hagan | 50 | 61DNF | 22DNF |
| 1982 | GTP | 44 | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | Billy HaganGene Felton | 295 | 38DNF | 13DNF |
| 1983 | GTO | 4 | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | Billy HaganLloyd Frink | 467 | 20 | 9 |
| 1984 | GTO | 4 | Hagan Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | Billy HaganGene Felton | 588 | 6 | 1 |
| 1985 | GTP | 4 | Lee Racing | Lola-Chevrolet | Lew PriceCarson BairdBilly Hagan | 160 | 51DNF | 19DNF |
| 1986 | GTO | 28 | Texas Enterprises | Oldsmobile Calais | Phil ParsonsHarry Gant | 3 | 66DNF | 23DNF |
| 1987 | GTO | 28 | Protofab Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | Greg PickettDarrell Waltrip | 410 | 31DNF | 12DNF |
| 2005 | DP | 44 | Doran Racing | Pontiac Doran DP |  Jan MagnussenBryan HertaBobby Labonte | 675 | 9DNF | 9DNF |
And because of his longevity, the man also known as 'Texas Terry'...
Early in his career he was known as the 'Iceman' for his coolness under pressure.
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| Preceded by | NASCAR Cup Series Champion 1984 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | IROC Champion IROC XIII (1989) | Succeeded by |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by | NASCAR All-Star Race 1988 1999 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Busch Clash Winner 1985 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Southern 500 Winner 1980 2003 | Succeeded by |
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