Terry never dominated at any point in his career, but he was the definition of consistency and always quietly racked up Top 5’s & 10’s, while picking up a couple wins here and there. He won just twice in both of his championship seasons.

Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, and ned Jarrett made nascar as great as the drivers back then

Love seeing the Labontes celebrating together!! 🏆🏆🏆

Texas Terry Labonte was a real man and probably the most humble person in the series at the time. Men were men back then

Terry was class act. Love that guy. I was a huge Gordon fan. But when he was coming to the last lap of the 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500 I never jumped so high for a non Jeff Gordon driver lol. ICE MAN Terry Labonte

A real man winning the championship

At the time I loved the Reconfiguration of Atlanta but now I feel like this true oval would suit the newer cars and have better racing

Thanks for uploading this. I thought I'd find an Atlanta race to watch since today's race was postponed. TBH, I like Atlanta's original configuration. I really enjoyed this race.

back when every race counted for the Cup, not just one

Thank you for this. It is cool that Bobby Labonte won the race and his brother won the championship the way they do side-by-side at the end. Also thank you for the quality. So many of these old races are rough-looking this one is really nice.

The Labontes were a classy set of racers. Never dominate but both very consistent. Lucky I got to see both of their careers and to see them win in person. I remember Terry's first win at Darlington and I was at Darlington for his last career victory. 🏆 🏆

We can't ignore Wally Dallenbachs sportsmanship after his wreck with Loy Allen. His concern was only for Allen... Class act right there

1:17:15 Imagine buying a Intel 386-based computer in November 1996…

I sat in turn one at this race. Cold as hell, in the shade and catching wind off the cars. DJ was my driver back then, third in points going into the finale in ATL. I remember 24 Gordon absolutely ripping everyone a new asshole, with I believe 11 wins, and Jack Rousch interrupting a post race victory interview with Ray Evernham accusingly him of soaking the 24s tires. It was seemingly the perfect season for a team. But, this season goes to show how well the point system works, and previous seasons as well being decided by four or five points. Seems like such a garbage show now.

Terry Labonte was pure class.

I’m here because I listened to the Dale Jr Download today and they talked about this race

1:39:07 Loy Allen once again getting cut out of the car on the Atlanta front stretch. This was his second crash resulting in extraction that year as he wrecked hard at the Rock and was subsequently out for several races. To add insult to injury (literally), he nailed the turn 4 wall in nearly the same exact spot 2 years prior and had to be pulled out his car.

Amazing that the Todd Bodine and Jack Sprague crash didn't bring out a yellow.

You know what makes this race so much better than today's racing... The commentary... God is the commentary awful today and trackside is good awful... It's all dry humor and stale sharp chips.

2:47:12 Is that the same Gary that once chased someone with an axle according to Bootie Barker? The name seems immensely similar if not the same.

This was the day after Tyson Holyfield I

Labonte Family Day

11:57 this is so faster no I mean the old Atlanta is way more pack of action racing than today new repave. See again that. Clip 11:57 so freaking fast

Rods n Racing, Belleville Illinois?

He doesn't remember the wreck but that's normal...

Pole!

I love all the "real man won the championship" comments here that are actually veiled shots at Jeff Gordon. I'd respect you all just a bit more (but not a hell of a lot still) if you'd just say what's on your minds.

2:46:50

Those Monte Carlos and Grand Prixs look sweet. Fords, meh.

Final race for Rick Mast in the #1 car Final race for Wally Dallenbach in the #15 car Final race for Ken Schrader in the #25 car Final race for Ricky Craven in the #41 car Final race for Morgan Shepherd in the #75 car

Dale Dale what a punk

Dale SR got his daughter pregnant.