Terry Labonte likely to drive No. 45 Petty Enterprises car again at Talladega

By Jeff Gluck - Associate Editor
Sunday, September 21, 2008

DOVER, Del. – Terry Labonte could return to Petty Enterprises' No. 45 car at Talladega, team official Robbie Loomis said Sunday.

Loomis, Petty's executive vice president of race operations, said the team was "looking hard at putting Terry" in a car at Talladega, in part because of the unusual impound rules at restrictor-plate tracks.

"It's hard to put yourself in the situation to go race if you're a guy who has to qualify in because you do so many funny things," Loomis said. "You see guys go behind the wall and change their oil and do all that stuff. We don't want to get in that situation – if we go down there, we want to race."

Another reason, Loomis said, is that Labonte gave the team its best finish of the season at the July Daytona race.

Labonte, whose brother Bobby drives Petty's No. 43 car, has raced seven times for the team this season. He finished 16th at the Daytona race, and was 17th at Sonoma. The No. 45 car is still searching for its first top-15 finish.

Loomis said Kyle Petty will again drive the car next week at Kansas and Chad McCumbee – who will test this week at Charlotte – will drive the Lowe's Motor Speedway race.

McCumbee is expected to drive in four or five more races with the team this season, Loomis said, and Petty is on the schedule for Phoenix.

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    chris welch said:
    Sep 21, 2008 at 5:29 PM

    anybody would be better than the talentless kyle petty. terry and bobby should hookup and be good at dega.

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    Bob Anthony said:
    Sep 22, 2008 at 8:47 AM

    Hey chris, "BITE ME", I suppose you could do better! Go back and cheer for your Hendrick driver. Petty fans don't need to hear your opinion.

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    Pat Draper said:
    Sep 24, 2008 at 2:17 PM

    Stop the fighting kids your both right in a way. Kyle has a lot of other stuff to do and take care of his motorcycle rides and now 2 camps. Petty needs a good young driver and i don't mean McCumbee. Some one with a few more years on him. A. J. would be great to fit in there and so would Patrick. Both thoses drivers are very into Nascar and want to stay in and drive. I hope someone gives both of them a good car for 2009.

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