European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 30 stars and stripes Mideast edition june 2007 building momentum Labonte sees Promise despite finishing 33rd by Mike Harris the associated press dont Tell Bobby Labonte he cant take anything positive out of finishing the former Lascar Champi on int completely disappointed about running out of Gas a Lap from the finish of sundays Road race at though the dry tank Likely Cost him a top15 or maybe even a the Way Labonter new 43 Dodge Avenger ran gave him something to build on this week for the Sextel cup race at new Hampshire International we unloaded and we were probably the most prepared for that race than wed Ever Labonte we tested twice at Virginia International raceway when we we Felt pretty confident with the setup we we qualified 13th with a comfortable race we had two Good practices and everything was working really in the we were running in the top 12 or so and then we got turned around and went to the we were making our Way Back to the front and we were going to be in pretty Good shape and we ran out of Gas with one Lap to go and finished it was one of those deals where we could at least hold our Heads up a Little bit because we had a Good race car and made a Good he Labonte and the rest of the re building Petty enterprises team need to keep their chins up As they slowly rebuild a team that has been out of Contention for Marcio Jose p Bobby Labonte 43 still holds out Hope of making the 10race Chase for the Sextel cup you still can have a bad race or but youre going to have to be consistently racing in the top that when you have a bad you wont feel so Bobby Labonte Petty enterprises Driver last in his first season with the Labonte Man aged three to fives and eight top los on the Way to finishing 21st in the Driver after the first 16 races of the 2001 cup Champion is 19th in the but with Only one top10 that not what teammate and team co owner Kyle Petty had in mind when he brought Labonte you Hope that your growth is going to be on a line straight said who is taking some time out of his 45 Dodge in the Middle of the season to do to commentary and is 35th in the with the experience and the competitive feel ing that Labonte brings to the we know its going in the right even if the results Arent what wed like to we know were making we can see it and we can feel but the Competition Doest stand it looks like a Long shot at this but Labonte has not Given up on making it into the top 12 in Points and qualifying for the 10race Chase for the Champion with 10 races until the Chase Labonte is 244 Points out of 12th we have to be in the top 10 from Here on Labonte you still can have a bad race or but youre going to have to be consistently racing in the top that when you have a bad you wont feel so we finished 33rd at Sonoma and we backed that up with a 34th the week before at that just cant compounding the problems for the Petty team and everyone else this season is the introduction of Nastars car of which is competing in 16 races in 2007 and will be run in All 36 events in the with its front splitter and rear along with a big bulkier is totally different from the one the teams have been new Hamp Shire will be the cots eighth race All on Nastars Shorter tracks and the Sonoma Road i think there is More risk Over Reward in trying some things in the cot right Labonte our i think we want to go and test we want to do that rather than doing things at the we tried some things at Dar Lington earlier this year and that bit us a Little we were better at better at Phoenix and had a Good car at we know what we need to work on right but we dont know for Labonte is just hoping that the team will take some More positive and we Haven been As competitive As we wanted to he weve been using up our Luck be cause we Haven been racing As we Haven been perform ing As so we have to per form and we have to perform better in the next few if we dont were not going to be up in the we cant make it on a Gas situation or by staying out of we just have to race Sextel race 17 Lenox Industrial tools 300 at new Hampshire into Speedway sunday last race Juan Pablo Montoya showed off his Road racing prowess stretching his fuel to the limit and grabbing his first Sextel cup last year Kyle Busch had to go to overtime at new Hampshire International Speedway for his first Victory of the at the last restart on Lap Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards moved past Elliott but Busch easily pulled away from the Driver to watch Kyle dropped by Hendrick has raced Well since Dale Earnhardt made his decision to join Hen he won at new Hampshire last year and finished fourth in a Ftp ver standings after 16 of 36 races Jeff Denny Hamlin Matt Jeff Burton Jimmie Tony Stewart cart Edwards Kevin Clint Kyle Martin Dale Earnhardt Ryan Jamie Mark Martin Kurt Greg Bobby Casey Busch series this week camping world 200 at 9 am last race after missing the Start of the race because his helicopter  find a place to Denny Hamlin rallied to take the Check ered Flag in a Wacky 250 at the Milwaukee but because substitute Driver Aric Almirola started the race in Ham Lins Lascar officially will credit Almiro la with the Points and prize last Yean Carl Edwards easily held off a late Challenge from Kevin Harvick to win at new Hampshire International next race win Dixie july Daytona craftsman trucks this week Oreilly 200 at last race Johnny Benson took the Lead just past Halfway at the Milwaukee then held off Ron Hornaday on a late re Start to win his second straight last year Jack Sprague raced to his first Victory of holding off Rookie Eric Dar next race built Ford Tough july Lex for More coverage indy racing this week Sun Trust indy Challenge at last race Dario Franchitti survived a slip Pery Short Oval to win the Iowa Corn indy last year Sam Hornish blew by team mate hello Castr Neves Early in the race to win the Sun Trust indy next race Watkins Glen grand july formula one this week French grand prix at last race Rookie sensation Lewis Hamil ton did it racing to his second straight Victory in the grand prix on june last Yean Michael Schumacher won the French grand prix for a record eighth next race British grand july Silver oars this week monttremblant07 at 7 last race Paul Tracy pushed his Way to the front and held off Robert Doornbos on the final Lap to win the grand prix of Cleve last year no this is inaugural next race grand prix of july standings for other series on Page