Car: #44 Kellogg's Chevorlet
Drove for: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew chief: Philippe Lopez
Born: November 16, 1956 in Corpus Christi, Texas
Teammates: Jeff Gordon (24), Jimmie Johnson (48), Kyle Busch (5)
Marital status: Married - Kim
Children: a Son - Justin, Daughter - Kristy
Last Race: November 5, 2006, Dickies 500
Career highlights:

• 1984 Winston Cup Champion
• 1996 Winston Cup Champion

Pretty much the coolest driver all around ever.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS…
1 In 25 full seasons at the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series level, Terry Labonte has finished in the top-five in the championship standings on seven occasions – including two circuit championships – and in the top-10 an amazing 17 times.
2 Labonte won his first career Cup Series championship in 1984, driving the No. 44 Chevrolets for car owner Billy Hagan. In 1996, he claimed his second career title, edging teammate Jeff Gordon by a mere 37 points in one of the closest races in history.
3 In 56 years of Cup-level competition, Labonte is one of just 14 drivers with multiple championships – a list that includes Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Buck Baker, Tim Flock, Ned Jarrett, David Pearson, Lee Petty, Richard Petty, Herb Thomas, Darrell Waltrip, Joe Weatherly and Tony Stewart.
4 Labonte has won races at nine different active tracks, as well as North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and Riverside (Calif.) Raceway, where NASCAR no longer competes. Labonte has won pole positions at 12 different active tracks, along with North Wilkesboro, Riverside, and the old Texas World Speedway in College Station.
5 With his fourth-place finish in the 1982 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Labonte became the youngest driver in motor sports history to win $1 million and the 12th NASCAR driver to reach that mark.
6 In Labonte's first NASCAR race, the 1978 Southern 500 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, he started 19th and finished fourth in the No. 92 Chevrolet for Hagan Racing. He earned his first victory in his 59th start, the Sept. 1, 1980 Southern 500 at Darlington, and his first pole position in 1981, taking the number-one starting spot for the spring race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
7 Labonte won the 1989 International Race of Champions (IROC) title, one of six IROC Series in which he has competed. That effort included a victory at Michigan International Speedway. Labonte also clinched the 1993 IROC title for the late Davey Allison through his substitute effort in the final event at Michigan in August of that year.
8 Labonte broke Richard Petty's record of 513 straight starts in 1996 and continued his "Iron Man" streak until Aug. 5, 2000, when he missed the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis while recovering from injuries suffered a month earlier in a race at Daytona Beach, Fla. Labonte's mark of 655 consecutive starts was surpassed in 2002 when Ricky Rudd started his 656th straight race.
9 Labonte's 1999 victory in "The Winston" (now the NASCAR NEXTEL All-Star Challenge) was the second triumph among his 19 starts in the annual winners-only all-star race and came exactly 11 years to the day since his first victory on May 22, 1988. In addition, Labonte has finished second once (1987) and third twice (1985, 1997). He has competed in all but two of the races, missing only the 1991 and 2006 events.
10 Terry and Bobby Labonte are the only brothers in NASCAR history to win Cup Series championships. Terry won in 1984 and 1996, with Bobby winning in 2000. They were inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in February 2002.
11 Terry Labonte's first 22 Cup Series wins were distributed evenly among short tracks (Bristol, 2; Richmond, 3; North Wilkesboro, 4); intermediates (Darlington, 2; North Carolina Speedway, 2; Phoenix, 1; Texas, 1; Concord, 1); superspeedways (Pocono, 2; Talladega, 2); and road courses (Riverside, 2).
12 His last race was the Dickies 500 on November 5, 2006. He finished down only 22 laps in 36 place.

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