Alex Labbé

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.

Alex Labbé
Labbé at Road America in 2018
Born (1993-04-29) April 29, 1993
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.

Racing career
Labbé at Autodrome Chaudière in 2013

Early years

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

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

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

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series
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
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

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