Bobby's Personal Stats
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| Height: 5'8" |
| Weight: 165 |
| Birthdate: 5/8/64 |
| Hometown: Corpus Christi, TX |
| Wife: Donna(married 3/29/91) |
| Son: Robert Tyler(4/18/94) |
| Daughter: Madison Elizabeth(1/15/98) |
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Began racing go karts in 1978
Moved from Texas to North Carolina in 1979 when his father, Bob, was hired to join Bobby's older brother, Terry, at Hagan Racing
Began working full time at Hagan Racing in 1982
Graduated in 1982 from Trinity High School, Trinity, NC
Began Late Model stock cars in 1986
1987 won Late Model Championship at Caraway Speedway in Asheboro, NC(12 wins,seven poles and 20 top fives in 23 races)
Began Late Model Sportsman in 1988
Moved to the Busch Series in 1990
1990 BGN Most Popular Driver (5 wins, 4 poles)
1991 Nascar Busch Series Champion, missed back-to-back crowns by three points to Joe Nemechek in 1992
First Winston Cup Start at Peak 500 in Dover in 1991
First career pole, Fall 1993 at Richmond
First victory, Spring 1995 at Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte
1995 Victories: Charlotte, Michigan, Michigan
1996 Victory: Nov 10th Napa 500 at Atlanta
1997 Victory: Nov 16th Napa 500 at Atlanta
1998 Pole: Feb 15th Daytona 500-Bobby and Terry became the first brothers to share the front row in Daytona history.
1998 Victories: March 9th Primestar 500 at Atlanta, April 26th Diehard 500 at Talladega.
April 26, 1998: Bobby becomes first Pontiac to win a restrictor plate race.
1999 Victories: June 6th MBNA Platinum 400 at Dover, June 20th Pocono 500 at Pocono, July 25th Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono, August 22 Pepsi 400 at Michigan, November 21st Napa 500 at Atlanta.
July 25, 1999: Bobby becomes the first driver to win both races at Pocono since Tim Richmond in 1986. Only 4 drivers have accomplished this: Bobby Allison-1982, Bill Elliott-1985, Tim Richmond-1986, and Bobby Labonte-1999
2000 Victories: February 27th Dura-Lube 400 at Rockingham, August 5 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, September 3 Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, October 8 UAW-GM Quality 500 at Lowe's.
November 12, 2000: Bobby clinches the Winston Cup title. He is the first Pontiac driver in 11 years to win the title. He is the only driver to have a title in the Winston Cup and the Busch series. He and Terry are the first brothers in Nascar history to both have a Winston Cup Title.
2001 Victories: July 29th Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway, November 18th NAPA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Bobby's Winston Cup Stats
| YEAR | RACES | WINS | TOP 5's | TOP 10'S | POLES | POINTS | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | |
| 1993 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19th | |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21st | |
| 1995 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 10th | |
| 1996 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 11th | |
| 1997 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 7th | |
| 1998 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 6th | |
| 1999 | 34 | 5(career high) | 23 | 26 | 5 | 2nd | |
| 2000 | 34 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 1st | |
| 2001 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 4561 | |
| Career | 294 | 18 | 84 | 142 | 24 | $20,140,947 | |
Best Finish: 1st-18 times/Most Recent-2001 NAPA 500-Atlanta
Biggest Purse: $831,225-2000 Brickyard 400
Bobby is the first driver to win back to back Napa 500 races since Richard Petty did in 1970 & 1971. Way to go Bobby!!!
Bobby's All-Time Wins
| YEAR | DATE | TRACK | OWNER | CAR |
| 1995 | 5/28 | Charlotte Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Cheverolet |
| 1995 | 6/18 | Michigan Int'l Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Cheverolet |
| 1995 | 8/20 | Michigan Int'l Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Cheverlet |
| 1996 | 11/10 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Cheverolet |
| 1997 | 11/16 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1998 | 3/9 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1998 | 4/26 | Talladega Superspeedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1999 | 6/6 | Dover Downs | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1999 | 6/20 | Pocono Raceway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1999 | 7/25 | Pocono Raceway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1999 | 8/22 | Michigan Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 1999 | 11/21 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2000 | 2/27 | North Carolina Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2000 | 8/5 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2000 | 9/3 | Darlington Raceway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2000 | 10/8 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2001 | 7/29 | Pocono Raceway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
| 2001 | 11/18 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Joe Gibbs | Interstate Batteries Pontiac |
1995: 3
1996: 1
1997: 1
1998: 2
1999: 5
2000: 4
2001: 2
Total Wins: 18
Bobby's Busch Stats
| YEAR | RACES | WINS | TOP 5's | TOP 10'S | POLES |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 2 |
| *1991 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 2 |
| 1992 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| *1994 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1996 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| CAREER | 160 | 9 | 48 | 88 | 6 |
Other Busch Career Highlights:
1990-Most Popular Driver
*1991-Won BGN Championship
*1994-Won BGN Championship as an owner(David Green:driver)
Only driver to have a championship as a driver and as an owner.
1998-Joe Gibbs buys team from Bobby and hires Tony Stewart as the driver. Bobby will drive 8 races while Tony fulfills his contract obligations with the IRL. Tony will team up with Bobby in the 1999 WC season.
1999-Bobby, Terry, and Terry's son Justin will be sharing driving duties in the #44 Slim Jim Chevy. Bobby will also be driving the #18 MBNA Pontiac.
Bobby broke his shoulder during Busch practice at Darlington.
Bobby has withdrawn from all 1999 Busch races. He feels it's too much of a risk to his chances of winning the Winston Cup championship.
