Bobby Labonte

He also competed in two Busch Series races, winning a pole and finishing second and 24th respectively.

In his first race, he finished 30th, bringing home only $220.

In addition to his Busch Series schedule, he made two Winston Cup starts in a Bobby Labonte Racing car at Dover International Speedway and Michigan International Speedway, finishing 34th and 38th, respectively.

He won his first Busch Series title.

Robert Allen Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and current analyst for NASCAR on Fox.

He also currently competes full-time in the Superstar Racing Experience, driving the No. 18 car.

Labonte was born on May 8, 1964, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

He began racing in 1969 in quarter midgets in his home state of Texas, winning his first feature race one year later.

From then until 1977, he drove in quarter-midgets throughout the United States, winning many races.

In 1978, he advanced to the go-kart ranks but moved to North Carolina with his family following older brother Terry's advancement to the Winston Cup Series.

In 1980, Bobby made his NASCAR International Sedan Series debut in Atlanta, finishing third.

Bobby made his Busch Series debut in 1982 at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 30th.

Following his graduation from Trinity High School, he worked as a fabricator on Terry's cars at Hagan Racing.

Labonte returned to the Busch Series in 1985, running two races in a car he owned himself at Martinsville.

In 1987, Labonte won 12 races at Caraway Speedway, clinching the track championship, in addition to working for Jay Hedgecock.

By 1990, Labonte had finally earned enough money to race in the Busch Series full-time.

He founded his own team and drove the No. 44 Oldsmobile.

He was successful, winning two poles (both at Bristol Motor Speedway), scoring six top-5s, and 17 top-10s.

He ended up finishing fourth in the standings and was also voted the Busch Series' "Most Popular Driver."

Next season, he continued his second-division success by winning the NASCAR Busch Series championship with two wins, 10 top-five, and 21 top-10 finishes.

He also won his first Busch Series race, at Bristol, then won again at O'Reilly Raceway Park in August.

Labonte's 1992 season was a successful one, and he ended up winning three races (at Lanier, Hickory, and Martinsville respectively), but lost the championship title to Joe Nemechek by three points.

In 1993, Labonte was called up by Bill Davis Racing to drive in the Winston Cup Series.

He signed a contract to drive the No. 22 Ford Thunderbird.

Labonte is the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion.

He and his older brother, Terry Labonte, are one of only two pairs of brothers to have both won the Cup championships (along with Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch).

He is also the uncle of former Xfinity Series race winner Justin Labonte.

A native of Corpus Christi, Texas, Labonte is the first driver to have won both the Winston Cup championship (2000) and the Busch Series championship (1991) in both series current touring form.

(Ned Jarrett previously won both under the old points championship format).

Bobby also won the IROC title in 2001.

Labonte is also the first driver to complete the NASCAR Triple Threat at the same track, by winning races at Martinsville in each of NASCAR's top three racing series.

In his rookie season, he won his first pole at Richmond International Raceway, collected six top-10s, and finished 19th in points.

He was also second place behind Jeff Gordon for Rookie of the Year honors.

That championship finish is, to date, the second-closest finish in the history of NASCAR's top three series (behind the tiebreaker between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards in the Sprint Cup Series in 2011).

The following season, he competed at Concord Motorsports Park, winning six times, and ran six more Busch races, finishing 16th at Darlington Raceway.

The next season, he ran seven more Busch Series races and had his first top-five finish at North Carolina Speedway.

He had two more top-10s that year.

In his next race, though, he finished in 17th, his best finish so far.

The next season, Bobby prepared his car, which Terry drove, and Terry won his first Busch pole position and finished second at Road Atlanta.

Labonte's main success came driving late-model stock cars.