Editing Bobby Labonte (section)

====2010====
[[File:Bobby Labonte 71 Car.jpg|thumb|left|Labonte's car for the first half of the 2010 season]]
From February 2010 – June 2010, Labonte drove for [[The Racer's Group|TRG Motorsports]] and its No. 71.<ref name="Labonte with TRG">[http://www.racewayreport.com/drivers/news/bobby_labonte.html TRG Motorsports announces Bobby Labonte in No. 71 full-time in 2010]</ref> Even though TRG's 2009 owner points were not enough to make the field guaranteed for the first five races of 2010, Labonte's past championship provisional gave the team that to fall back on, in the case that Labonte's qualifying runs are not fast. For 2010, Labonte was also reunited with Doug Randolph as his crew chief. Randolph finished the 2007 season with Labonte in the No. 43 for Petty Enterprises, posting two of three of Labonte's Top 10 runs. TRG also announced an alliance with Richard Childress Racing for 2010.<ref name="TRG RCR alliance">[http://www.racewayreport.com/news/trg_motorsports.html TRG Motorsports forms alliance with RCR]</ref> RCR shared technology and equipment with TRG for the season. They also allied with [[Stewart Haas Racing]], as [[Tony Stewart]] will provide a pit crew to the team.

In his first race in the TRG, Labonte finished 21st in the [[Daytona 500]] after he started 42nd with a champions provisional. For much of the race, Labonte was in the Top 25. He would end up fading back over the next few races, as he and the team would struggle for consistency. On the May 16th Dover race, due to lack of sponsorship, Labonte and the 71 team parked the car after 66 laps. Arguably, some people might say that this season is the worst of his full-time career, as he only had two Top 20 finishes in 2010 one at the [[Daytona 500]] and one at the [[Infineon Raceway]] road course event.

On June 22, 2010, it was announced that Labonte would be leaving the No. 71 due to the team being unable to secure sponsorship. On June 23, Labonte was hired to drive car No. 7 for [[Robby Gordon Motorsports]] at New Hampshire in a one-race deal.<ref name="Labonte leaving TRG">Labonte also drove the #09 car for [[Phoenix Racing (NASCAR team)|Phoenix Racing]] at Daytona and Chicago. [http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Sources_Bobby_Labonte_plans_to_leave_TRG_Motorsports_this_week.html Labonte Leaving TRG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626111630/http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Sources_Bobby_Labonte_plans_to_leave_TRG_Motorsports_this_week.html |date=2010-06-26 }}</ref>

C&J Energy Services entered into a partnership with Phoenix Racing<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bobby-labonte-sponsor-news-2010-09-28/|title=Bobby Labonte sponsor news 2010-09-28|work=Motorsport.com|access-date=2018-03-17|language=en|archive-date=2018-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317231940/https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/bobby-labonte-sponsor-news-2010-09-28/|url-status=dead}}</ref> which allowed Labonte to be hired to take over the No. 09 car beginning at Daytona and Labonte split the rest of the 2010 season between Phoenix Racing and TRG Motorsports. On October 11, Stavola-Labonte Racing hired Labonte to drive its No. 10 car at Charlotte and Texas in a two-race deal. The team is co-owned by Bobby's older brother Terry. Despite bouncing around, Labonte competed in every race for the 2010 season.