Glory Days: Terry Is Too Tough To Tame

How fitting that the last Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend at Darlington Raceway was won by Terry Labonte, one of the oldest drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series.

The 46-year-old from Corpus Christi, Texas, won his second Southern 500 Sunday, taking the lead when he was first off pit road with 32 laps to go after a 13.1-second pit stop.
“Bill Elliott and I were running like fourth or fifth and I thought to myself, ‘I hope one of us wins it. It would mean a lot more to us if one of us won it rather than some of the new guys that hadn’t run here as long and didn’t know the history and the tradition of the Darlington Raceway,’” Labonte said. “It’s a thrill for me to win the last Southern 500 run on Labor Day It’s also where I ran my first race and also won my first one. This place has always been pretty special.”