What Jack Roush bringing back the No. 6 to a long-time fan

If you have been a fan for a long period of time you know the history that Mark Martin had with Jack Roush's team in the No. 6 Fords.  For the majority of Mark Martin's career he raced in Roush's Fords and was able to win 35 Sprint Cup Series events with the organization from 1988-2005.

I was a fan of the Batesville, Arkansas driver from the time he stepped into Roush's No. 6 Strohs Light Fords in 1988.  Mark never raced anyone with hard aggression on the track, I liked how he could win races without the bumper like Earnhardt Sr., and Rusty Wallace.  Mark was the gentleman's racer.  To this day, I think Mark and Jack were robbed of at least two championships from NASCAR on stupid calls in 1990 and 2002.

When Mark left Roush I went for a different driver because I am a long-time Ford Racing fan.  I had a lot of hard feelings when Mark departed.  I knew he and Jack Roush still had a solid relationship with one another because they were a strong pair through the years.  When the announcement was made last May that Trevor Bayne was to bring the No. 6 Advocare Ford Fusion up to the Sprint Cup Series its return, it made things clearer for myself that Carl Edwards was not going to be making his return.  So I had a decision that I'd go with the car that I grew up rooting for as a fan.

In a lot of ways I feel Mark Martin and Trevor Bayne are a lot a like in their driving styles.  Neither have a very aggressive style, which Trevor is criticized for a lot.  Trevor carries himself off the track with a lot of respect just like Martin did in his career.

In November I asked Mark if he was ready for the 6 to make its return
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Yes sir. RT @TBayneDiehards: @markmartin are you ready for 2015 and the 6 car to return full-time?

 Roush's legacy began with the No. 6 Ford in 1988 in NASCAR, it will return to the track in just about 61 days.  It has been a long-time coming for Bayne and the car number, as Bayne has been with Roush's organization since the fall of 2010 and Roush has not ran the car number since Ricky Stenhouse had the car on the track at Daytona in 2012 for the Daytona 500.  Bayne attempted to make the field at Charlotte and did not have any points to fall back on when he did not have the speed.  

There a lot of old No. 6 fans like myself looking forward to seeing what Bayne can do in Sprint Cup full-time in 2015.  Just having the 6 car back on the track fills a void!  

Roush could be expanding Xfinity program in 2015

It didn't take long for the news to break last night about Darrell Wallace Jr., wanting out of his deal at Joe Gibbs Racing and as soon as it did the first organization that popped up as the possible organization for the 21 year old driver to go to was Roush Fenway Racing.

The program had only plans to run Elliott Sadler, Chris Buescher and Ryan Reed in the series next season with a part-time program with Sprint Cup Series regular Ricky Stenhouse.  Rumors however have changed those plans and have Wallace heading to what could possibly be a fifth car for Roush in the lower division.  So what car number would that put Wallace in? 

Stenhouse is already set to drive the No. 6 car in a few races next year, however, from what I have been told the organization still has the rights to the No. 17 that Tanner Berryhill has used.  So there are possibilities that Roush could run five cars in the series if they needed to do so.   A formal announcement to add Wallace to the lineup should come soon, as the expectations are that Trevor Bayne's former crew chief Chad Norris will be taking the role as Wallace's crew chief.

No one could have predicted this when the season ended last month at Homestead-Miami Speedway where Wallace won the season finale in the Camping World Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports.  In 6 career starts in the Xfinity Series, Wallace has 4 top-tens and 1 pole, with an average start of 7.2 and average finish of 12.7.

He has made 44 starts in the Camping World Truck Series with 5 wins, 14 top-fives, and 26 top-tens with 3 poles, averaging a 9.9 start and 10.8 start.