Trevor Bayne

Trevor Bayne

Born February 19, 1991
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Achievements 2011 Daytona 500 Winner
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
67 races run over 6 years
Car no., team No. 6 (Roush Fenway Racing)
2014 position 59th
Best finish 53rd (2014)
First race 2010 AAA Texas 500 (Texas)
Last race 2015 Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond)
First win 2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 3 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
151 races run over 6 years
2014 position 6th
Best finish 6th (2013, 2014)
First race 2009 Scotts Turf Builder 300 (Bristol)
Last race 2014 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead)
First win 2011 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (Texas)
Last win 2013 DuPont Pioneer 250 (Iowa)
Wins Top tens Poles
2 72 7
Statistics current as of April 26, 2015.

Trevor Bayne (born February 19, 1991)[1] is an American NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race car driver. He drives the No. 6 Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series.

Bayne began his racing career racing go-karts at the age of five. After eight years, he moved to Allison Legacy Race Series, where he became the youngest top rookie. Two years later, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division. In 2008, he signed a contract with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to race in the NASCAR Camping World East Series, where he recorded one win, six top-five, and seven top-10 finishes. One year later, he recorded Sunoco Rookie of the Race honors after participating in the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway. Also in 2009, he began racing in the Nationwide Series for Michael Waltrip Racing. After about two years with the team, he moved to Roush Fenway Racing, at the late end of the season, and began racing in the Sprint Cup Series for Wood Brothers Racing. Bayne is best known for winning the 2011 Daytona 500, and is the youngest driver to win the race at the age of 20 years and 1 day.[2]

Career

Beginnings

Bayne was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in February 1991.[1] He began racing go-karts at the age of five. He continued to race the go-karts for eight years, during which he recorded three World Championships with more than 300 feature wins and 18 total State and Track Championships.[3]

In 2004, Bayne moved to the Allison Legacy Race Series, where he became the youngest top rookie. In 2005, he became the series' National Champion. During the two years he raced in the series, he won 14 races, earned 19 pole positions and recorded 30 top-five finishes in only 41 starts. When Bayne was 15 years old, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division, in which he received the highest rookie honors.

In 2008, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. hired him under their driver development program. During the same year, he began racing in the NASCAR Camping World East Series, and won his first race at Thompson International Speedway. Also in that season, Bayne recorded six top-five and seven top-10 finishes and finished fourth in point standings. One year later, he participated in the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway, where he received Sunoco Rookie of the Race honors.[1][3]

Nationwide Series

2010 Nationwide car

2009–2010: Michael Waltrip Racing/Diamond-Waltrip Racing

Bayne made his first Nationwide Series start in 2009 in a joint venture between Means Racing and Dale Earnhardt Incorporated at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he finished in the 23rd position. He then signed a contract with Michael Waltrip Racing for a limited race schedule.[4] In his first start for the team in the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, he qualified 2nd and finished 28th. He got the pole position at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished 7th at that race and the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond.

During the 2010 season, Bayne drove the #99 Out Pet Care Toyota Camry for Diamond-Waltrip Racing in 28 races before moving to Roush Fenway Racing.[5] While with Michael Waltrip Racing in 2010, he recorded three pole positions, five top-fives and nine top-ten finishes. After announcing his departure from MWR after 2010, he was released and replaced with the Truex brothers Ryan Truex and Martin Truex, Jr..

2010–2014: Roush Fenway Racing

Racing for Roush Fenway in 2011

In October 2010, Bayne signed a contract with Roush Fenway Racing.[3] By the conclusion of the season, he had recorded three pole positions, six top-five and eleven top-ten finishes, and finished seventh in the final point standings.[6]

During the 2011, he returned to team to drive the number 16 car.[7] After recovering from his illness, Bayne made his return to racing in the Nationwide Series. He ran in the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 4, 2011, finishing third. He won his first Nationwide Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway on November 5, 2011, by edging out Denny Hamlin on a late race restart. Despite only competing in 29 of the 34 races, Bayne finished eleventh in points, recorded five top-five finishes, and fourteen top-ten finishes to go along with his Texas win.

For 2012, Bayne took over Carl Edwards' #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series; a lack of sponsorship sidelined the team after the first five races. In 2013, Bayne replaced Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in the No. 6 car, with Stenhouse moving up to the Sprint Cup Series full-time.[8] On June 9, Bayne got his second career Nationwide Series victory by winning the DuPont Pioneer 250 at Iowa Speedway after Austin Dillon's handling went away.[9]

Bayne returned to the #6 and RFR for the 2014 season.[10] Advocare, previously a sponsor in the Cup Series and primary sponsor of Austin Dillon the prior two years, came on to sponsor the full season.

Bayne came close to many wins in the spring of 2014. He almost won at Dover and was edged by Kyle Busch for the win. In an interview he said "My team's improved significantly. This series is so tough this year and we've been on our game. But you want to be greedy and ask for more." He finished second again at Chicago after leading a few laps. He then took home $200,000 in the Dash-4-Cash program at the Iowa race and split it between him and a randomly chosen fan.

Sprint Cup Series

2010–2014: Wood Brothers Racing

Bayne's 2011 Daytona 500 winning car
Bayne's 2013 Cup car at Texas Motor Speedway

Bayne moved to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series and raced for the Wood Brothers Racing team[11] in the Texas 500, starting 28th and finishing 17th.[12] He returned to the Wood Brothers in 2011 for a limited schedule. He won the first race of the season, the Daytona 500, to become youngest winner in Daytona 500 history, at the age of 20 years and one day.[2] This was the Wood Brothers' first win since the 2001 season when Elliott Sadler won at Bristol.[13] Despite the big win, Bayne finished 40th the next week at Phoenix. The Daytona 500 win also granted Bayne eligibility for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in 2011 and 2012. However, the Wood Brothers originally didn't have the sponsorship to run the non-points event or Talladega. The team later announced that Bayne would run the All-Star as well as the spring Talladega race with sponsorship from Camping World and Good Sam Club. After the Samsung Mobile 500, Bayne was hospitalized for a spider bite but was released that Wednesday.[14] Bayne raced at Talladega, but was caught up in an early crash. However, Bayne's illness returned after racing at Nashville Superspeedway, and was hospitalized for five weeks, with his Nationwide ride being taken over by Chris Buescher, Kevin Swindell and Matt Kenseth. Bayne's Cup Series ride for the Coca-Cola 600 was driven by Roush Fenway teammate Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.. The illness was later revealed to be Lyme Disease.[15] Bayne would return to the seat of the #16 and would win his first Nationwide race in Texas. For 2012, 2013 and 2014, Bayne returned to the No. 21 for a limited schedule.

2015–present: Roush Fenway Racing

On May 24, 2014, RFR announced that Bayne would be running the No. 6 full-time in the Sprint Cup Series for the 2015 season.[16] Near the end of the 2014 season, Bayne intended to run the No. 6 Advocare Cup car in a few races to get a head-start on his 2015 campaign. However, the plan was aborted after he failed to qualify in his first race at Charlotte in October.[17] Bayne is not eligible to run for Rookie of the Year consideration having spent 4 years running in several races.

Bayne qualified 15th in a controversial qualifying session for the Daytona 500. However a crash during the first Budweiser Duel forced Bayne to a backup car. He got collected in a late-race accident involving Justin Allgaier but nonetheless finished the race on the lead lap.

Personal life

Bayne is an outspoken Christian. He has credited his faith for helping him handle both the overnight success he experienced by winning the Daytona 500 as well as the health scare that took him away from racing briefly during the 2011 season.[18] He has been on several mission trips to Mexico with Back2Back Ministries including one in December 2011. Bayne also attended Passion 2012 at the Georgia Dome and was recognized for his faith in front of approximately 45,000 college students during the final session of the conference.

In December 2012, Bayne announced his engagement to Ashton Clapp.[19] The couple were married on June 4, 2013.[20]

On November 12, 2013, Bayne announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[21]

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.)

Sprint Cup Series

Daytona 500 results
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
2011 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 32 1
2012 40 35
2013 33 27
2014 14 33
2015 Roush Fenway Racing Ford 37 30

Nationwide Series

* Season in progress.
1 Ineligible for series championship points.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Roush Fenway Racing – Trevor Bayne Bio". Roushfenway.com. 1991-02-19. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anderson, Lars (February 28, 2011). "The Kid Wins a Wild One: In just his second Cup start, on the day after he turned 20, Trevor Bayne survived a wreck-filled race and outran his elders to become the youngest Daytona 500 winner in history". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Trevor Bayne". Wood Brothers Racing. 1991-02-19. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  4. ↑ Team Release (2009-06-01). "Bayne to drive for MWR in eight Nationwide races – Jun 1, 2009". Nascar.Com. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Roush Fenway Signs Trevor Bayne". MotorRacingNetwork.com. 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  6. ↑ "Trevor Bayne Career Statistics". Racing-Reference.info. 1991-02-19. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  7. ↑ Trevor Bayne 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results
  8. ↑ Pockrass, Bob (June 26, 2012). "Matt Kenseth leaving Roush Fenway Racing; move to Joe Gibbs Racing may be imminent". Sporting News. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  9. ↑ "Trevor Bayne overcomes rain at Iowa". ESPN. June 9, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Two-IDF-soldiers-killed-in-clash-with-Hamas-tunnel-infiltrators-363470
  11. ↑ Brothers, Wood (2010-10-28). "Trevor Bayne Set to Make Sprint Cup Debut at Texas". Wood Brothers Racing. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  12. ↑ "Trevor Bayne Impressive in Sprint Cup Debut at Texas". Catchfence. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  13. ↑ Associated Press (February 21, 2011). "Bayne's World! Rookie driver Trevor Bayne wins Daytona 500". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Spider sense? Trevor Bayne has healthy elbow and confidence going to Talladega | NASCAR News Now". SceneDaily.com. 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  15. ↑ Newton, David (January 24, 2012). "Trevor Bayne says he had Lyme". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  16. ↑ Gluck, Jeff (2014-05-24). "Trevor Bayne gets full-time Cup ride at Roush Fenway". USA Today. Retrieved 2014-05-25.
  17. ↑ "ROUSH, BAYNE BRINGING BACK NO. 6 CAR FOR CHARLOTTE". NASCAR. 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  18. ↑ Chad Bonham (2011-10-18). "Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne talks about his wild year - Inspiring Athletes". Blog.beliefnet.com. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
  19. ↑ "NASCAR'S Trevor Bayne engaged". WATE-TV. Knoxville, TN. December 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  20. ↑ Meredith, Luke (June 9, 2013). "Trevor Bayne wins NASCAR Nationwide in Iowa". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  21. ↑ Nate Ryan, "Trevor Bayne Diagnosed With MS, But Will Continue to Race," USA Today, 12 November 2013.

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Achievements
Preceded by
Jamie McMurray		 Daytona 500 winner
2011 		Succeeded by
Matt Kenseth