By Diecast Dude, on June 24th, 2010%
Bobby Labonte. As if you didn't know that.
The news that Bobby Labonte has severed ties with the #71 team and is now free-lancing, this weekend at New Hampshire running Robby Gordon’s #7 car while Gordon is occupied elsewhere and then taking a couple of turns in the #09, invokes a sense of relief rather than . . . → Read More: Twilight Or First Rays Of The New Dawn For Bobby Labonte?
By Diecast Dude, on January 25th, 2009%
The Toyota All-Star Showdown last night at Irwindale was, in a word, fun. Short track action is the only way to go when it comes to stock cars, and oh did we have action a-plenty. Making it all the sweeter was Irwindale’s configuration: short (half-mile) yet wide enough to create multiple grooves with cars running three . . . → Read More: Logano… Excuse Me, Longer Isn’t Better (But Wider Sure Is)
By Diecast Dude, on January 20th, 2009%
… but they also could have done far better. Presenting your Bobby Labonte #96 Ask.com Ford Fusion:
To me, it looks like a car with normally no sponsor that slapped one on at the last second. It’s passable (which will probably be its standard modus operandi on the track, but I digress), however they could have . . . → Read More: They Could Have Done Worse…
By Diecast Dude, on December 11th, 2008%
I’m not fathoming the logic behind Petty Enterprises, which has done everything but sign the paperwork on a merger with (read: disappearance into) Gillett Evernham Even Though He Isn’t Around Anymore, giving Bobby Labonte the boot. A few months ago he signed a four year extension with PE even though it had no sponsor lined up . . . → Read More: Making Less Than No Sense