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🇺🇸 Bobby Labonte
Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, Cook-Out (Phil Stefanelli). One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Bobby Labonte
Born
8 May 1964(b. 1964)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Cook-Out (Phil Stefanelli)
Series
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Status
Active
Championships
11991
Career wins
10
Career podiums
33
Career starts
213
Career DNFs
6
Racer Rating
4,030
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,030Rank 3465 of 40,700 indexed, -167 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Bobby Labonte is a racing driver from United States who competes in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for Cook-Out (Phil Stefanelli). Labonte is a one-time champion (1991), with 10 wins and 33 podiums from 213 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,030 ranks Labonte 3465th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2026-02-07 | New Smyrna Speedway | DNF | −167 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +169 | North Carolina 1989 | NASCAR Xfinity | P4 |
| +152 | Richmond 1990 | NASCAR Xfinity | P3 |
| +148 | Darlington 1989 | NASCAR Xfinity | P7 |
| +146 | Charlotte 1989 | NASCAR Xfinity | P6 |
| +139 | Daytona International Speedway 1990 | NASCAR Xfinity | P6 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Michigan8 starts+33
Darlington14 starts+27
Hickory7 starts+24
Bristol12 starts+19
Struggles
Myrtle Beach4 starts-27
Dover13 starts-22
Loudon9 starts-21
Orange County6 starts-14
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Cook-Out (Phil Stefanelli) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −167 | 4,030 |
| 2025 | ▸NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Cook-Out / PSR Products / Pace-O_Matic (Phil Stefanelli) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −381 | 4,197 |
| 2024 | ▸NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Pace-O-Matic / CookOut (Philip Stefanelli) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −212 | 4,578 |
| 2023 | ▸NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Pace-O-Matic / Cook Out / Units / Coca-Cola (Philip Stefanelli) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P24 | −204 | 4,790 |
| 2022 | ▸NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | Pace-O-Matic (Philip Stefanell) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P30 | −215 | 4,993 |
| 2016 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P37 | −51 | 5,209 |
| 2008 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Richard Childress Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +49 | 5,260 |
| 2007 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Kevin Harvick, Inc. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −366 | 5,211 |
| 2006 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Kevin Harvick, Inc. | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | −95 | 5,577 |
| 2005 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P32 | +138 | 5,672 |
| 2004 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P34 | +138 | 5,534 |
| 1999 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P38 | +6 | 5,397 |
| 1998 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Joe Gibbs Racing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P18 | −96 | 5,391 |
| 1997 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −396 | 5,487 |
| 1996 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P5 | +865 | 5,883 |
| 1994 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P26 | −582 | 5,019 |
| 1993 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P31 | −98 | 5,600 |
| 1992 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 31 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +213 | 5,699 |
| 1991 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P1 | +565 | 5,486 |
| 1990 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P9 | +901 | 4,921 |
| 1989 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | +296 | 4,019 |
| 1988 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P41 | −186 | 3,723 |
| 1985 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | −74 | 3,909 |
| 1982 | ▸NASCAR Xfinity | Labonte Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | +2,633 | 3,983 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Labonte finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Kenny Wallace | 4,399 | 142 | 76 | 66 | 54% |
| 🇺🇸 Jeff BurtonFIA Bronze | 4,442 | 137 | 82 | 55 | 60% |
| 🇺🇸 Steve Grissom | 3,619 | 132 | 80 | 52 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Joe Nemechek | 2,996 | 131 | 81 | 50 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 Robert Pressley | 4,528 | 128 | 78 | 50 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Tommy Houston | 3,993 | 125 | 76 | 49 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Todd Bodine | 3,787 | 115 | 65 | 50 | 57% |
| 🇺🇸 Bobby Dotter | 4,182 | 114 | 83 | 31 | 73% |
| 🇺🇸 Chuck Bown | 4,141 | 110 | 70 | 40 | 64% |
| 🇺🇸 Tom Peck | 4,216 | 109 | 67 | 42 | 61% |
| 🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated | 7,334 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 33% |
| 🇺🇸 Kyle LarsonFIA Gold, 2× champion | 6,733 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,497 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 41% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed
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| 3,463 | 🇨🇦 Alex Labbe | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,030 |
| 3,464 | 🇺🇸 Bob Doyle | Prototype Cup Germany | 4,030 |
| 3,465 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Labonte | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 4,030 |
| 3,466 | 🇳🇱 Olivier Tielemans | World Touring Car Championship | 4,030 |
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