Bobby Labonte Back in No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado at Michigan

Bobby Labonte  Back in No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado at Michigan 
Texas Native Looking  for Second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Win 

 
Brooklyn, MI  JUNE 14, 2005; Bobby Labonte will drive  the No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado at 
Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in the  Paramount Heath Insurance 200.  
The  June 18, 2005, race will be the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion’s third 
NASCAR  Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race of the season.  In his two previous 
starts, Labonte  finished second in March at Atlanta Motor Speedway and captured 
his first NCTS  victory at Martinsville in April. 
"I'm excited to  get a chance to drive the No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado at 
Michigan,�?? Labonte said.  “I really like working with Randy Goss and all the guys 
at Morgan-Dollar  Motorsports (MDM). We had a lot of fun at Atlanta and 
Martinsville and,  hopefully, we can do well at Michigan. I've always liked racing 
at Michigan.  It's my favorite track on the schedule, so it's a going to be a 
pretty neat deal  to be able to run in the Silverado on Saturday and then in 
our Interstate  Batteries Monte Carlo on Sunday. We'll also be in the Busch 
race at Michigan in  the fall, in our Eckrich car for ConAgra Foods, so to get to 
do four races  at Michigan in one year is pretty cool. I'm looking forward to 
it." 
With the victory in  March, Labonte became the first driver in NASCAR history 
to win a race in each  of the top-three major divisions at Martinsville.  A 
trip to the NCTS victory lane Saturday  will give Labonte that record at MIS as 
well. 
The Corpus Christi,  Texas, native has one NASCAR Busch Series (NBS) win and 
three NASCAR NEXTEL  (NNCS) Cup Series wins at the 2-mile superspeedway 
located in the Irish Hills of  South-Central Michigan.  
In 30 NBS and NNCS,  Labonte’s MIS record is nothing short of amazing.  He 
has four wins, three poles, nine  top-three, 12 top-five and 20 top-10 finishes. 
  
Labonte’s entry in  the Paramount Health Insurance 200 will again team him 
with longtime NASCAR  friend and racing rival, Dennis Setzer.  Setzer is the 
full-time driver of the No. 46 MDM Chevrolet  Silverado. 
“Dennis is a good friend,�?? Labonte continued. “He and I had  some great 
battles back in the late ‘80's at Caraway Speedway. We were rivals,  but very 
friendly rivals. I think people tried to make it a bigger rivalry than  it was, 
like we hated each other or something like that. That wasn't true at  all. All 
the times I raced him, I don't think he ever touched me or I ever  touched him. 
It was just good, clean racing that was a lot of fun.  So,  we’ve always 
raced each other close, but clean.�?? 
Practice  for the June 18, 2005 Paramount Health Insurance 200 at Michigan 
will  begin at noon on Friday, June 17, 2005 with the first one-hour practice  
session.  The NCTS final practice  will be from 2:50 p.m. to 3:50 p.m. 
Qualifying for the 36-truck starting field  will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 
18, 2005. The 100-lap, 200-mile race  will take the green flag at 3:15 p.m. 
Saturday afternoon.   PEE Channel will provide live  television coverage 
starting at 3:00 p.m. with radio coverage on MRN Radio and  XM Satellite Radio.