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 In
1987, while working for car builder
Jay Hedgecock, Bobby tried racing
again and won the track championship
at Caraway Speedway. Three years
later, in 1990, he ran the entire
Busch Series schedule and finished
fourth in the series standings. A
year later, he scored his first
career Busch Series victory at
Bristol and went on to win the
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In
1992, Labonte missed back-to-back
Busch Series titles by just three
points, as Joe Nemechek took the
title in the closest points race in
Busch Series history. Bobby finally
joined the Cup series fulltime in
1993, running a No. 22 Ford for Bill
Davis Racing. He finished second in
the rookie of the year battle to
Jeff Gordon, but did capture his
first Bud Pole Award at Richmond in
December.
His career really began to flourish
in 1994, when he joined Joe Gibbs
Racing. Bobby took his first Cup win
that season in the Coca-Cola 600 and
swept both races at Michigan en
route to a 10th-place finish in the
season points. It all came together
in 2000, when Bobby captured the
NASCAR title with four wins and 24
top-10 finishes in 34 starts. To
this day, however, Labonte says his
biggest break in racing was when he
was fired from Hagan Racing in 1986.
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