Osborne to crew chief Bayne in 2015

Trevor Bayne will have a one of Roush Fenway's veteran crew chief's atop of his pit box in the 2015 season.  Roush Fenway Racing announced this morning that Bob Osborne will be making his return to the pit box after a two-year hiatus from crew chiefing in the sport.  Osborne was the crew chief at Charlotte when Bayne failed to make the field in the October event, the team likely will be falling back on the No. 99 team's points from 2014 in 2015 to start off the season.

Osborne stepped down in mid-2012 because of medical issues, until stepping down he served as crew chief for Carl Edwards from 2004-2012, all but 27 races in his career.  This will be Bayne's first full-time season in the Sprint Cup Series after serving part-time with Wood Brothers Racing team for the past four seasons and becoming the youngest ever winner of the Daytona 500.

Bayne has worked with Mike Kelley and Chad Norris in the NASCAR Xfinity Series most of his career, so Osborne will be a different mix on top of the pit box.  Osborne has nine years of experience as a crew chief with 297 starts, 18 wins, 86 top-fives, and 142 top-tens, along with 11 poles, mainly coming from Carl Edwards' performance.  After New Hampshire in July of 2012, Osborne stepped down because of his illness and Chad Norris took over his position. 

Bayne's former Sprint Cup crew chief Donnie Wingo at the Wood Brothers organization has moved on to work with David Gilliland at Front Row Motorsports.