Labonte, 65, keeps close tabs on the NASCAR Cup Series ... and Tony the Tiger.
where he was an honorary race official. Darlington is special to Terry, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016, four years before Bobby.
Darlington is the site where he won his first Cup race four years later, beating none other than David Pearson in 1980.“I remember we went down into turn 1 and somebody had dumped some oil or water on the track and two of the three of the cars got in it and brushed the wall and two or three made it through there and didn't, and I was one that didn't hit anything.
“I didn't realize that was going to be my last win,” he said adding with a chuckle, “I would’ve just retired that afternoon." In 1998 Labonte was named as one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers. It’s a list that includes the likes of Pearson, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Richard Petty.
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