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Sporting News’ 60 Most Beautiful People: No. 41, Kristy Labonte Garrett
By Erik Spanberg
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Kristy Labonte Garrett is the daughter of two-time Cup champion Terry Labonte.
Kristy Labonte Garrett
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In 60 years of NASCAR racing, the sport has been filled with colorful characters. This year, Sporting News decided to craft a list of the sport's 60 Most Beautiful People.
The selections were made as a result of nominations sent in by readers and NASCAR fans to the Sporting News' publications and Web sites.
The list was finalized and published in a special edition, which is now available on newsstands and at the online store at streetandsmiths.com. SceneDaily is running the list, with one person from the top 60 to be featured each day.
Today's installment features No. 41, Kristy Labonte Garrett.
By the time Kristy Labonte Garrett reached high school, going to a NASCAR race had lost much of its allure.
Living in a private motor coach on the weekends, the waiting and monotony built up as the long season rolled by. Her dad, retired two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Terry Labonte, lived on a steady diet of FOX News and The Weather Channel. On race weekends, he typically turned in by 9 p.m.
“I would try to stay quiet,” she says. “Your parents, you love ‘em, but after a while it’s not what you want to do every weekend.”
Still, there are some perks. Every year, Kristy and other drivers’ kids enjoyed the Florida beaches while their dads tuned up for the Daytona 500. And growing up in High Point, N.C., her friends included Kyle Petty’s children as well as NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Brian Vickers.
Having friends who understood the busy lifestyle of NASCAR made things easier, she says.
This year, Kristy, 25, got married and moved to Fort Worth, Texas. She worked for her uncle, current NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Bobby Labonte, in racing for a couple of years before moving to Texas. Now she works as an event planner, with no motorsports connections.
She isn’t closing the door on NASCAR, but it’s not in her immediate plans, either.
“It’s what I grew up with and it’s all I’ve known my entire life, so I’m enjoying doing something completely different,” she says. “I had great parents. They kept us humble. They weren’t flashy at all.”
Mentioned Drivers: Bobby Labonte
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19 responses to "Sporting News’ 60 Most Beautiful People: No. 41, Kristy Labonte Garrett ". Post a Comment.
Ryden Caparelli said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 10:46 AMyayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Tracy McKay said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 12:30 PMI know I am not the sharpest tool in the shed...I freely admit that,but could someone please explain this to me? The book is called 60 Most Beautiful People in NASCAR!!!!...In the aticle they say "She isn't closing the door on Nascar, but it is not in her immediate plans either" I am so confused my head is hurting! So can we expect to see Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt in the days to come?
Johnny Come Lately said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 1:32 PMYes, I agree, the article should be re-titled: "Sporting News’ 60 Most Beautiful Event Planners: No. 41, Kristy Labonte Garrett". On the relevance scale, I'm going to rate this one a 2. I'm still left scratching my head....
Ross A Peot said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 2:45 PMI love your web site but come on. A pretty redheaded chick I might say but what does she have to do with racing other than being a daughter of a racer. How about some of the grass roots drivers?
Louise Diamond said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 3:16 PMLike Sterling Marlin???
red denney said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 3:21 PMSo what did she do to earn this position. Is it just a physical thing?
Jim Bayliss said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 4:27 PMIt is MY understanding that the fans voted these people in. But I didn't hear about any voting and certainly wouldn't have voted a person like that.
Anonymous said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 4:56 PMI find it hard to believe that "fan's" actually wrote in and nominated any of the people your showing here. This is a friggin' joke. Of all the official's/tech's, your saying that a 'fan' chose the a driver's wife? I hope your reporting of the race's doesn't come to this.
Werner Boehmert said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 5:35 PM"WE" nominated these people?...i've never heard of, nor have i ever seen her before this...
Georgia Ross said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 6:22 PMKristy sounds like she was bored to death with NASCAR. Her new non-NASCAR related job as an event planner and being Terry's daughter qualifies for No. 41??? My birthday is the same day as Terry's so do I qualify for 40??? LOL LOL LOL!!!
chuck terlinden said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 7:13 PM"Still, there are some perks. Every year, Kristy and other drivers’ kids enjoyed the Florida beaches while their dads tuned up for the Daytona 500." there's also the minor perk about being very wealthy while the rest of america toils away for peanuts
Betty Stoneman said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 8:23 PMSurely wish someone would make a nice comment about the pretty daughter of a well-liked good NASCAR driver. Seems to me there are an awful lot of jealous people around here.
Jim Bradley said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 9:01 PMHey --I voted for her ..Yal didnt get the ballots ?? ." there's also the minor perk about being very wealthy while the rest of america toils away for peanuts" Wish my Dad had been a Nascar driver too Chuck!Get over it
Georgia Ross said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 9:11 PMWe are NOT jealous #12. We didn't say she was not a pretty girl. We didn't say we didn't like Terry--God, he will always be one of my all-time favorite NASCAR Hotties. I think the whole point could possibly be that there are many people that have devoted their lives to the sport in various fields of endeavor that SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED.
Werner Boehmert said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 9:47 PMGeorgia...let me know when you need some help if things don't get brighter... :-)
lou wood said:
Dec 16, 2008 at 10:12 PMSeriously, number 41..? WTF, why not #10? You must be friggin' kiddin' me!? It's stuff like this that makes you think, "No wonder no one gives a hoot about NASCAR anymore!"
Art Sheeler said:
Dec 17, 2008 at 10:42 AMHow about Jeff burtons wife. What a pleasure she is to watch when Jeff is winning. Now that is a great Nascar person,you can see how devoted to racing and her man.Lets see more people like that in the 60 most beutiful people
Anonymous said:
Dec 17, 2008 at 11:09 AMIsn't she the one who was shown shacking up with Kasey Kanhe at Las Vegas on "Nascar 24/7" a couple years ago? One of his throw-aways might make her qualified.
Becky Deline said:
Jan 18, 2009 at 8:06 PMWhere does Sporting News pick these people?