Bobby Labonte Michigan Preview #43 Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup Series LifeLock 400 Michigan International Speedway June 15, 2008 Quotes from Bobby Labonte: “I get asked about my favorite racetrack a lot. I always say Michigan. Your car doesn’t have to be perfect at Michigan. You can move around the racetrack and find where you car is working the best. So it puts the racing a little more into the hands of the driver. It’s plenty wide enough to race and pass. So far it has been hard to pass in these new cars. I’m anxious to see how it does at Michigan where you have so much room.” “While it has been hard to pass on the racetrack, I’ve been able to pick up a lot of spots on pit road over the last several weeks. The No. 43 pit crew has been awesome. Between the fast stops and the great calls that Jeff Meendering (crew chief) has been making, we’re able to pick up valuable track positions. Pit road is a competitive place these days. Some teams have crews that do nothing besides pit the car. My team has been as good as any of them. “I couldn’t think of a better way to help our family celebrate Father’s Day than to have my brother as my teammate. I hope our father will enjoy watching us race together. Our father is the single most important reason for our driving careers. A lot of the success that I’ve had on the racetrack is a result of coming from a racing family. So I want to extend a Happy Father’s Day to all of the fathers and sons that are racing on the local short tracks together. These are some of the best times of your lives.” Bobby Labonte at Michigan International Speedway * Labonte has scored three wins at Michigan; he swept the track in 1995 and scored the third win in 1999. * In 31 starts at MIS he has amassed nine top-5s and 16 top-10s, finishing within the top-10 in over half of his visits to the track. * The driver’s most recent top-10 at Michigan was in 2007 when he finished ninth. * On four occasions Labonte has started from the point position at MIS. He has started from within the top-10 positions 16 times, the most recent of which was last fall when he started fourth. * Of a possible 6,088 laps at MIS, Labonte has completed 5,764 (94.7%), including 240 laps led. His average start at the D-shaped oval is 12.4 and average finish is 13.5.