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HARRISBURG, N.C. — Bobby Labonte will replace Marcos Ambrose behind the wheel of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota next season.

“JTG Daugherty Racing is a solid race team that has come close to winning races with Marcos Ambrose and I’m looking forward to developing our new partnership in 2011,” Labonte said. “The team is thriving and their technical alliance with MWR (Michael Waltrip Racing) is intact. It’s great to have next year already set in stone so when this season ends we can begin focusing on next year right away. Everything is in place and we have all the right ingredients to win races together.”

The 46-year-old Texas native, who won the 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship while driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, has 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup victories to his credit. He has 26 pole awards, 114 top-five and 199 top-10 finishes in Sprint Cup competition.

“We are really happy Bobby has decided to join our team because I have known him for a long time and I have always admired him as a professional driver and as an individual,” Daugherty said. “He will do an outstanding job representing our products and team. He has gotten to a point in his career that he still has some things to accomplish. He is highly experienced with a championship on his r