Winston Cup Veteran Terry Labonte joined Hendrick Motorsports in 1994, after almost 20 years competing in NASCAR's premier circuit. He captured his second Winston Cup Championship in 1996, driving for the No. 5 Kellogg`s/Quaker State Chevrolet Team. Labonte had previously won the championship in 1984. In the year 2000, Labonte ended a NASCAR Winston Cup record of 655 consecutive starts when post concussion syndrome forced him to sit out a race. He established the record in the Goody`s 500 at Martinsville in April of 1996, surpassing Richard Petty`s former record of 513 starts. Even though Labonte ended his record of 655 consecutive starts, he still managed to record a consistent 2000 season by recording three top-five finishes and six top 10s, and he started on the pole once. By the end of the 1999 season, Labonte had recorded a streak of winning at least one event in each of the seven years he has been with Hendrick Motorsports. That year, he also won The Winston All-Star race in May at Charlotte for the second time in his career.
