MOORESVILLE, N.C. –Â Bobby Labonte, the 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion, will return to the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series this weekend in Valencia, Spain.
Labonte, who ran the full NASCAR Whelen Euro Series schedule last year, will drive the No. 70 Mishumotors Chevrolet SS in the ELITE 1 Division for the German team, sharing the car with team owner Mirco Schultis.
“The racing is really good and the competition is getting stronger every year in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series so I am excited to get back in the car at the GP of Spain,” Labonte said. “Last year’s race in Valencia was pretty intense, especially in turn one. We had some great door-to-door battles along the way and it will be great to take what we learned last year and drive there for the second time.
“More and more European fans are discovering the special atmosphere of the Euro NASCAR events and it will be great to meet them again in Valencia this weekend.”
It will be the second start at the Spanish 4-km road course for Labonte, who finished 14th in points with one top-five and four top-10s last year in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.
At Tours in France, in what was his first outing on a European short track, the Corpus Christi native grabbed his first NASCAR Whelen Euro Series podium finish.
The first ever NASCAR driver to win a championship both in the NASCAR Cup Series and in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Labonte won 21 races at the highest level of NASCAR in the United States.