Bobby Labonte to Drive for Robby Gordon Motorsports at Loudon

Bobby Labonte to Drive for Robby Gordon Motorsports at Loudon

Former Champ to Pilot No. 7 Toyota at NHMS

Charlotte, NC (June 23, 2010) – Robby Gordon Motorsports will put 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Bobby Labonte behind the wheel of the No. 7 Toyota at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 this weekend in a current one-race deal.

“When we found out that Bobby was available to drive for us, we jumped at it,” said team owner Robby Gordon. “To have a past champion driving your car is a good opportunity. I think we can learn from him this weekend and it will help our program moving forward.”

Robby Gordon Motorsports finished second in last weekend’s race at the Infineon Raceway.

“I can’t thank Robby and his folks enough for this opportunity,” said Labonte. “We’re going to New Hampshire with the goal of having another solid run for his team. They had a great finish at Sonoma and have some momentum right now. I’m just thankful for the opportunity and hope to get another solid finish for his team.”

Labonte will be making his first start for Robby Gordon Motorsports and plans on running the full race this Sunday.

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Permalink Reply by bighead on June 24, 2010 at 10:48am

While it would be nice to have 2 cars at Indy, it would probably be more beneficial to have 2 cars at Atlanta......Labonte owned that track for years and to be able to gather info on a cookie cutter would be priceless.......

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Cesario Jr. on June 24, 2010 at 11:48am

I'm a Bobby Labonte fan and look forward to this weekend. TRG was such a disappointment this year. I knew Bobby would not put up with the SnP thing. He's way too competitive (you'll understand when you hear him on the scanner) to settle for that at this point in his career. I've been following Bobby since the mid-90's. As some have mentioned, Bobby will not use up the equipment. I do disagree that he will not push the car when it matters. He has had to be very careful with equipment recently because of the teams he was with that didn't have new cars waiting in the wings if something happened. I hope Robby gives him a green light to go for it.

He will be around at the end ala Martin/Kenseth/Burton to compete for a good finish. I'm curious how he will react to the Toyota as, I believe, he has not driven this new chassis as of yet.

Having Robby as a teammate to Bobby is very intriguing. Totally different driving styles, however they should complement each other very well. The competitive juices will be flowing since Bobby hasn't had someone of caliber in the shop since he drove with Gibbs (Stewart). Obviously, Kyle Petty and Paul Menard aren't, in my opinion, of Bobby's caliber.

To piggyback what others have said, I will be following SpeedFactory and I imagine you will have a good portion of new viewers and subscribers after bringing Bobby on board.

GO BOBBY!!

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Permalink Reply by xcmtb on June 24, 2010 at 12:32pm

Be sure to join the Planet members in the online chat during the race Sunday. Its a blast. Fortunately, I'll miss the chat this week 'cause I'm heading to the race track!

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Cesario Jr. on June 24, 2010 at 3:00pm

Will definitely make a point to stop in! Will the car have a new look this weekend or will it mimic PJ's from Sears Point (except be #7 instead of #07)?

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Permalink Reply by Randy on June 24, 2010 at 12:10pm

Yes, who is going to sponsor the car for the race?????

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Permalink Reply by Rob Hoban on June 24, 2010 at 12:18pm

Not sure if anyone posted this on the site today, but Robby and Bobby will be in Tradin' Paint during the last segment this afternoon. Sometime between 2 and 3 PM EST.