Editing Bobby Labonte (section)

====1995–2000====
[[Image:Bobby-Labonte-18-Car-Madagascar-Theme-JGR.jpg|thumb|right|Bobby Labonte's former JGR car on display at the [[Joe Gibbs Racing]] headquarters.]]
At the end of the 1994 season, Labonte departed to replace [[Dale Jarrett]] as the driver of the No.18 [[Interstate Batteries]] [[Chevrolet]] for [[Joe Gibbs Racing]]. Labonte would pick up his first career win in the Coca-Cola 600 in 1995, a win he would call later in 2018 the favorite of his career.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.moatf.com/episode-47-the-bobby-and-jen-show/|title=Episode #47 – The Bobby and Jen Show|date=2018-04-18|work=MOATF Podcast|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US}}</ref> He would also go on to sweep the races at Michigan and finish 10th in the standings.

In 1996, Labonte won the season-ending race at Atlanta, the same race where his brother Terry won the championship. The two took a victory lap together in what Labonte said was one of the "most emotional and memorable moments of [his] life". That year, he finished 11th in the points standings. In 1997, Gibbs switched car makes to a [[Pontiac Grand Prix]]. Labonte would go on to win the season-ending race at Atlanta for the second year in a row. He ended up 7th in the standings, his best finish at that point in his career.
[[File:BobbyLabonteRIR98.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Bobby Labonte at Richmond International Raceway in 1998.|Bobby Labonte at Richmond in 1998.]]
In 1998, Labonte won at both Atlanta and Talladega, as well as pole positions for both Daytona races, finishing 2nd to [[Dale Earnhardt]] in the 500. He finished the year in 6th in final points, improving by a position.

In 1999, Labonte won five Winston Cup races, the most he has ever won in a single season. He won at Dover in the spring, swept both Pocono races (he was the third to accomplish this particular sweep, after [[Bobby Allison]] in 1982 and [[Tim Richmond]] in 1986; since 1999, [[Jimmie Johnson]] in 2004, [[Denny Hamlin]] in 2006, and [[Dale Earnhardt Jr.]] in 2014 have also done this), the second Michigan race, and the season finale at Atlanta. However, during the season, he suffered a broken shoulder in an accident while qualifying for a Busch Series race at [[Darlington Raceway]], but raced in the Cup event two days later. Labonte started the race, but at the first caution was relieved by [[Matt Kenseth]]. He finished 2nd in the points standings to [[Dale Jarrett]], losing the championship by 201 points.

In 2000, Labonte won four races, the early-season race at Rockingham, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, the Southern 500 at Darlington, and the fall race at Charlotte. He led the point standings for 25 weeks straight after taking over at California, and never relinquished it on the way to winning the Winston Cup championship, finishing ahead of Earnhardt by 265 points, completing all but nine of the 10,167 laps that season, with four wins, 19 Top 5 finishes, 24 Top 10 finishes, three poles, an average finish of 7.4, and had zero times of finishing with a [[Did not finish]] (DNF). Labonte became the second driver in NASCAR history to win the championship and not score a single DNF and first since [[Cale Yarborough]] in 1977. Labonte is currently the last to accomplish this.