Editing Bobby Labonte (section)

====2006–2008====
[[Image:Bobby Labonte brings his car in after a crash during the Ford 300 (Homestead-Miami Speedway, 2007).jpg|thumb|left|Bobby Labonte brings his car in after a crash during the 2007 Ford 300 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.]]
In his inaugural season in the famous No. 43 car, Labonte collected three Top 5's and eight Top 10's. His Top 5's included an impressive run at [[Martinsville Speedway|Martinsville]], where he finished 3rd after being in contention for the win much of the day. He ended up finishing 21st in the points standings, three spots better than he did two years before.

[[Image:Bobby Labonte 2008 Cheerios Dodge Charger.jpg|thumb|right|Labonte's 2008 Cup racecar]]

Labonte began the 2007 season with a 21st-place finish in the [[2007 Daytona 500|Daytona 500]], after avoiding the many accidents the race had. Labonte would end the year with no Top 5's and only three Top 10's. However, due to a more consistent season, he finished 18th in the points standings, a three-position improvement over 2006. In November, Labonte formed a full-service marketing agency, [http://www.blmarketing.net Breaking Limits], which is based in Huntersville, North Carolina.

In 2008, Labonte continued his contract with Petty Enterprises, but experienced a largely unsuccessful season, gathering only three Top 10's and no Top 5's on his way to finishing 21st in the Sprint Cup point standings. In December of that year, Labonte was released from [[Petty Enterprises]] while the team was negotiating a deal with a private equity firm that fell through, and Petty partnered with [[Gillett Evernham Motorsports]].