Did Bobby Labonte ever Win the Daytona 500?

Robert Allen Labonte is a semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver and current Fox NASCAR analyst.

Labonte is the first driver to win both the Winston Cup (2000) and the Busch Series (1991) championships in their current touring forms.

Bobby Labonte has 21 career wins in NASCAR’s top series, however, Labonte has never won the prestigious Daytona 500 race.

He only came close to winning the Daytona 500 once, in 1998, when he finished second to Dale Earnhardt. In 2012, he attempted to win the Daytona 500 in the No. 47 JTG Racing Toyota.

Bobby Labonte is the first driver to complete the NASCAR Triple Threat at the same track, winning races in each of NASCAR’s top three racing series at Martinsville.

Labonte is the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion. He and his older brother, Terry Labonte, are one of only two sets of brothers to have both won the Cup.