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Alex Labbé
Labbé at Sonoma Raceway in 2024
Born (1993-04-29) April 29, 1993 (age 31)
Saint-Albert, Quebec, Canada
Achievements2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
156 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 35 (Joey Gase Motorsports)
No. 07 (SS-Green Light Racing)
2023 position30th
Best finish14th (2020)
First race2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2024 The Loop 110 (Chicago Street)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 13 0
NASCAR Canada Series career
55 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 36 (LL Motorsports)
2022 position30th
Best finish1st (2017)
First race2012 ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix (ICAR)
Last race2022 Pinty's Fall Brawl (Delaware)
First win2016 CRS Express 300 (Chaudiere)
Last win2017 Lucas Oil 250 (St-Eustache)
Wins Top tens Poles
6 39 7
Statistics current as of October 6, 2024.

Alex Labbé (born April 29, 1993) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 35 Toyota Camry for Joey Gase Motorsports and the No. 07 Chevrolet Camaro for SS-Green Light Racing. He also competes in the NASCAR Canada Series on a part-time basis. He is the 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series champion. He has also competed in Quebec's ACT Series and in the PASS North Series.

Racing career

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Labbé at Autodrome Chaudière in 2013

Early years

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He was the rookie of the year and champion of the Quebec's Super Truck Series in 2009, rookie of the year in the Quebec's ACT Series in 2010 and vice-champion in 2013. He won three races in the Quebec's ACT Series and two in the US-based ACT Tour.

In 2014, he became the youngest champion of the Quebec's ACT Series[1] at 21. He also picked his first two wins in PASS North Series.

Pinty's Series

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Labbé finished sixth in his first start in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series at Circuit ICAR in 2012.[2] He continued to run sporadically with his family team, but then scored a pole in his first start with Dave Jacombs at Autodrome Saint-Eustache in 2014. However, Labbe fell out of the race with suspension problems.[3] Running part-time with Jacombs again in 2015, Labbe scored another pole, this one at Autodrome Chaudière, and finished a career-high second.[4] Labbe drove for Go Fas Racing in 2016,[5] running the full schedule for the first time in the No. 32 Can-Am Ford, grabbing four poles and winning what some say was the best race ever in the Pinty's Series, at Autodrome Chaudiere over Cayden Lapcevich by just over .3 seconds.[6] After finishing seventh in championship points in 2016, Labbe will return to the No. 32 in 2017.[7] In 2018, he only drove for one race with Jacombs Racing at Circuit Trois-Rivières, where he finished 3rd. In 2019, he drove for Jacombs Racing for a full-time season, excluding the final race which was run by Sam Charland. He finished 8th in the standings.

Xfinity Series

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Labbé made his Xfinity Series debut at Phoenix International Raceway in November 2016, driving the No. 90 Chevrolet Camaro for King Autosport.[8] He finished 23rd.[7][9] It was announced in April 2017 that he would make his second start at Texas Motor Speedway, with the same team he drove in 2016.

Labbé driving at Road America in 2018

In 2018, Labbé partnered with DGM Racing to drive the No. 36 Camaro full-time in the Xfinity Series.[10]

He returned for a limited schedule in the No. 90 car the following year for DGM, and finished sixth at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval in September.[11]

In 2020, he returned to the No. 36 for a majority of races, while he did the No. 90 for the events the No. 36 was not entered in or had other drivers in. In August, Labbé received a penalty for driving an Xfinity car in a Sports Car Club of America practice session at the Daytona Road Course ahead of the Xfinity Series race there, a violation of NASCAR's testing policy; the penalty resulted in him and his No. 36 team losing 75 points each and the latter being fined $50,000. The team appealed the ruling to the National Motorsports Appeals Panel, who rescinded the punishment.[12]

A full season in the No. 36 came in 2021. He finished 19th in points with three top tens.[13]

In 2022, Labbé returned to the No. 90 at Daytona, which was his first ever DNQ, before moving on to his old No. 36, which was driven by Spire Motorsports star Josh Bilicki at Daytona. Despite the lack of sponsorship, he ran every race after Daytona until Charlotte. Garrett Smithley would replace Labbe at Charlotte, since Smithley had sufficient sponsorship.

Labbé at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

In 2023, Labbé would once again fail to qualify for the season opener, and would run for RSS Racing in the No. 28 Ford for the next two races, which would be the first time he drove for another team rather than DGM in the Xfinity Series. He would also drive a new part-time fourth RSS car, the No. 29, in its first attempt at Sonoma. He would also compete for Emerling-Gase Motorsports and SS-Green Light Racing.

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2016 King Autosport 90 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO
23
HOM 67th 18 [14]
2017 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX
28
BRI RCH TAL CLT
33
DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 67th 13 [15]
2018 DGM Racing 36 DAY
24
ATL
18
LVS
17
PHO
22
CAL
19
TEX
32
BRI
11
RCH
16
TAL
24
DOV
21
CLT
34
POC
18
MCH
37
IOW
23
CHI
21
DAY
15
KEN
32
NHA
23
IOW
16
GLN
19
MOH
9
BRI
23
ROA
16
DAR
19
IND
19
LVS
16
RCH
21
ROV
13
DOV
21
KAN
12
TEX
30
PHO
20
HOM
21
17th 540 [16]
2019 90 DAY ATL
19
LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI
31
RCH TAL
25
DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA
22
IOW GLN
16
MOH BRI ROA DAR
17
IND LVS
17
RCH ROV
6
DOV KAN
15
TEX PHO HOM
18
30th 195 [17]
2020 36 DAY
10
PHO
22
CLT
16
BRI
33
HOM
25
HOM
23
TAL
9
KEN
24
KEN
24
DAY
30
DAR
16
RCH
23
RCH
12
BRI
13
LVS
32
TAL
10
ROV
4
KAN
23
TEX
11
MAR
27
PHO
21
14th 609 [18]
90 LVS
18
CAL
13
DAR
17
ATL
27
POC
17
IRC
8
TEX
31
KAN
21
ROA
15
DRC
27
DOV
19
DOV
17
2021 36 DAY
40
DRC
22
HOM
15
LVS
35
PHO
32
ATL
17
MAR
31
TAL
21
DAR
10
DOV
19
COA
20
CLT
14
MOH
11
TEX
18
NSH
17
POC
16
ROA
21
ATL
15
NHA
36
GLN
39
IRC
13
MCH
31
DAY
31
DAR
10
RCH
19
BRI
19
LVS
38
TAL
21
ROV
14
TEX
24
KAN
33
MAR
8
PHO
30
19th 502 [13]
2022 90 DAY
DNQ
19th 461 [19]
36 CAL
24
LVS
15
PHO
19
ATL
19
COA
36
RCH
19
MAR
15
TAL
12
DOV
19
DAR
19
TEX
33
CLT PIR
10
NSH
23
ROA
15
ATL
23
NHA
27
POC
37
IRC
12
MCH
26
GLN
35
DAY
8
DAR KAN BRI
26
ROV
6
LVS MAR
13
92 TEX
17
TAL HOM
DNQ
PHO
18
2023 36 DAY
DNQ
30th 246 [20]
RSS Racing 28 Ford CAL
28
LVS
18
PHO ATL
DGM Racing 92 Chevy COA
15
91 RCH
11
MAR
26
TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR
11
NHA
12
ROV
15
LVS HOM MAR PHO
RSS Racing 29 Ford SON
25
NSH
Emerling-Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota CSC
21
ATL IND
11
SS-Green Light Racing 08 Ford POC
28
ROA
33
MCH
Chevy GLN
24
DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX
2024 Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO COA
26
RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR 44th 69 [21]
SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy SON
20
IOW NHA NSH CSC
29
POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL
DGM Racing 91 Chevy ROV
14
LVS HOM MAR PHO

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Pinty's Series

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NASCAR Pinty's Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NPSC Pts Ref
2012 Ghislain Labbé 36 Dodge MSP ICAR
6
MSP DEL MPS EDM SAS CTR
31
CGV
30
BAR RIS KWA 38th 65 [22]
2013 MSP DEL MSP ICAR
11
MPS SAS ASE CTR
8
RIS MSP BAR KWA 32nd 70 [23]
2014 MSP ACD ICAR
4
EIR SAS CTR
15
20th 139 [24]
Jacombs Racing 72 Dodge ASE
16
RIS
2
MSP BAR KWA
2015 36 MSP
27
ACD
2
SSS
7
ICAR
6
EIR SAS ASE
11
CTR
4
RIS MSP
23
KWA 13th 229 [25]
2016 Go Fas Racing 32 Ford MSP
5
SSS
15
ACD
1*
ICAR
2
TOR
12
EIR
7
SAS
3
CTR
4
RIS
12
MSP
23
ASE
9
KWA
3
7th 423 [26]
2017 MSP
5
DEL
1
ACD
2
ICAR
4
TOR
4
SAS
1*
SAS
3
EIR
1*
CTR
5
RIS
1
MSP
6
ASE
1*
JUK
20
1st 542 [27]
2018 Jacombs Racing 36 Chevy MSP JUK ACD TOR SAS SAS EIR CTR
3
RIS MSP ASE NHA JUK 36th 41 [28]
2019 Ford MSP
7
JUK
13
ACD
3
TOR
18
SAS
4
SAS
10
EIR
4
CTR
19
RIS
5
MSP
22
ASE
4*
NHA
2
JUK 8th 420 [29]
2022 Dumoulin Compétition 07 Dodge SUN MSP ACD AVE TOR EDM SAS SAS CTR OSK ICAR
4
MSP 30th 78 [30]
Jacombs Racing 36 Ford DEL
6

References

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  1. ^ "Labbe Honored For First ACT Title At Banquet of Champions".
  2. ^ "Ranger adds another road course win; takes Circuit ICAR". TSN. June 3, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  3. ^ "Alex Labbe's NASCAR Pinty's Series races". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  4. ^ "Alex Labbe 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  5. ^ "Pinty's Series In The News At Motorama". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  6. ^ "Labbe Wins A Race For The Ages". NASCAR Home Tracks. Archived from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  7. ^ a b Racing, Go-Fas. "NASCAR Pinty's Series: Labbé confirms 2017 return and Xfinity outings". Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  8. ^ "Alex Labbé rejoint ses idoles en série Nascar XFinity". La Nouvelle Union (in French). November 7, 2016. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  9. ^ "Alex Labbe 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  10. ^ Fagnan, René (February 8, 2018). "NASCAR Pinty's champion Alex Labbe to race full Xfinity season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  11. ^ Massie, Michael (September 29, 2019). "Alex Labbe Scores Career-Best Finish at Charlotte ROVAL". Frontstretch. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  12. ^ DeGroot, Nick (August 12, 2020). "DGM Racing and Alex Labbe win NASCAR penalty appeal". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Alex Labbe – 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  14. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  16. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  18. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  20. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  21. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  22. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2012 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  23. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2013 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  24. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  25. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  26. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  27. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  28. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2018 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  29. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2019 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  30. ^ "Alex Labbe – 2022 NASCAR Pinty's Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
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