labonte has lived in thomasville, north carolina, area for most of his career, terry and kim labonte married in 1978. during his first year with billy hagan, where worked while they was in high school in texas, they have two children who have grown up around racing, just as labonte did years ago, justin labonte, born in 1981, was a late model champion at caraway speedway in 2003 and raced a limited busch series schedule in 2004 (including a win at chicagoland speedway in july) with a sponsorship for the coast guard, that sponsor expanded to a full schedule in 2005, kristy, born in 1983, graduated with a business marketing major from high point university.