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Alex Labbé
Labbé at Road America in 2018
Born (1993-04-29) April 29, 1993 (age 30)
Saint-Albert, Quebec, Canada
Achievements2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
153 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 35 (Joey Gase Motorsports)
2023 position30th
Best finish14th (2020)
First race2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix)
Last race2023 Drive for the Cure 250 (Charlotte Roval)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 13 0
NASCAR Canada Series career
55 races run over 9 years
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 June 6, 2023.

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 Chevrolet Camaro for Joey Gase Motorsports. He also competes in the NASCAR Pinty's 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[edit]

Labbé at Autodrome Chaudière in 2013

Early years[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

NASCAR[edit]

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

Xfinity Series[edit]

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 SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [21]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

Pinty's Series[edit]

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[edit]

  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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