While it's already snowing in the South near Atlanta this weekend will be the first true test for teams with the new aero package on an intermediate speedway. If any crew chief has had their hands on the right winning combination at the fast paced track it his Trevor Bayne's new crew chief Bob Osborne.
Osborne won 3 races with former driver Carl Edwards at the track, sweeping the track in 2005 and once again in 2008. Osborne was on top of the pit box for 13 starts for Roush Fenway Racing from 2004-2012, with 3 wins, 8 top-fives, and 9 top-ten finishes, leading 331 laps, his average start with two drivers at the track is 11.4 and average finish is 13.9.
NASCAR will debut it's new engine package as well as the new aero package that teams will be using on the rest of the tracks on the schedule with the exception of Daytona and Talladega. The one thing that could play into the hands of Bayne and Osborne is, the driver has ran the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule the last few years full-time and the combination is suppose to be very close to what the Sprint Cup Series teams will be moving to this season.
Last fall at Texas, it looked like Bayne had the fastest car on the track at Texas Motor Speedway until a tire blew out that sent him into the wall. There is a concern about the tire combination that Goodyear will be bringing to the track as well. With Atlanta being an older surface, it is one of the venues that seems to put a problem in the equation with crew chief's as they have to keep their driver in place on tire wear.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
NASCAR tweaks qualifying rules for Xfinity, Truck Series after crash fest Sunday
Following Daytona's crash fest in qualifying on Sunday afternoon from it's Sprint Cup Series drivers, and replies from fans and drivers on the situation; officials have tweaked their qualifying procedure for restrictor plate qualifying. At least for the two races this weekend in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Sunday's incident involving NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran veteran Clint Bowyer and Reed Sorenson after Sorenson blocked Bowyer, NASCAR announced that they have tweaked the package for the two lower divisions this weekend.
How it works:
Sunday's incident involving NASCAR Sprint Cup veteran veteran Clint Bowyer and Reed Sorenson after Sorenson blocked Bowyer, NASCAR announced that they have tweaked the package for the two lower divisions this weekend.
How it works:
- The field will be broken into four groups based on a random draw. NASCAR officials will stage each group at the exit of pit road with their left-side tires on the outside white line of the pit stalls. This will eliminate drivers from pulling out of their pit stall and then parking by the exit of pit road before attempting to make a qualifying run.
- When the car begin to roll, it cannot stop, with NASCAR mandating that drivers must proceed on to the track and make a qualifying run. It will be at the driver’s discretion if they want to draft with those in their group or attempt a single car effort.
- The sessions have been shortened from five minutes to two minutes and 30 seconds.
- Between each of the four groups in Round 1, there will be a three-minute break and then a 10-minute break between Rounds 1 and Round 2 with the fastest 24 still advancing into the second round.
- Round 2 will see the 12 odd-ranked vehicles (fastest to slowest) make up the first group with the 12 even-ranked vehicles taking time as the second group. The staging will remain the same as will the session time limit (2:30). Following a 10-minute break, Round 3 will begin.
- Round 3 will take the top-12 cars in the two minute and 30 second allotment to compete for the pole.
“We continue to work in collaboration with the industry to implement the most exciting and competitive qualifying format, especially as it relates to Superspeedways,” said NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O’Donnell.
“As a result, we have made a few adjustments to the format for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR XFINITY Series events later this week at Daytona. We will continue to review the qualifying format for future Superspeedway events.”
Monday, February 16, 2015
The Red, White and Blue No. 6 returns
Mark Martin carried the three colors proudly from 1992-1999 with Valvoline as his sponsor for
Roush Fenway and with AAA for a couple of seasons. Now the proud red, white, and blue of Roush Fenway is upon us once again with Trevor Bayne behind the wheel of Roush Fenway's No. 6 Advocare Ford Fusion this week at Daytona International Speedway.
It has been 72 races since Roush Fenway pulled out the No. 6 Ford Fusion at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., running a Fifth Third Bank sponsored car in that event. Bayne will be running full-time with backing from Advocare this season as his primary sponsor.
David Ragan ran the No. 6 Ford from 2007 to 2011, until UPS pulled the plug on their sponsorship and went to just 1 race a season with the No. 99 team. So now we're back to seeing Roush's primary number back on the track after a few years of absence from the scene of Sprint Cup Series race. Bayne's Advocare Ford looks much like Mark Martin's No. 6 AAA Ford from 2005 in his final season with Roush Fenway Racing.
This will be Bayne's first full-time season behind the wheel of a Sprint Cup Series car, after running part-time with the Wood Brothers organization for a few seasons, that amounted up to 54 starts in the Sprint Cup Series with the oldest running team in NASCAR. Bayne said that he didn't feel that he had to fill Mark Martin's legacy at Roush because David Ragan once had already tried that, he felt that it was the Roush Fenway legacy he had to carry on in the No. 6.
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Roush Fenway and with AAA for a couple of seasons. Now the proud red, white, and blue of Roush Fenway is upon us once again with Trevor Bayne behind the wheel of Roush Fenway's No. 6 Advocare Ford Fusion this week at Daytona International Speedway.
It has been 72 races since Roush Fenway pulled out the No. 6 Ford Fusion at Homestead-Miami Speedway with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., running a Fifth Third Bank sponsored car in that event. Bayne will be running full-time with backing from Advocare this season as his primary sponsor.David Ragan ran the No. 6 Ford from 2007 to 2011, until UPS pulled the plug on their sponsorship and went to just 1 race a season with the No. 99 team. So now we're back to seeing Roush's primary number back on the track after a few years of absence from the scene of Sprint Cup Series race. Bayne's Advocare Ford looks much like Mark Martin's No. 6 AAA Ford from 2005 in his final season with Roush Fenway Racing. This will be Bayne's first full-time season behind the wheel of a Sprint Cup Series car, after running part-time with the Wood Brothers organization for a few seasons, that amounted up to 54 starts in the Sprint Cup Series with the oldest running team in NASCAR. Bayne said that he didn't feel that he had to fill Mark Martin's legacy at Roush because David Ragan once had already tried that, he felt that it was the Roush Fenway legacy he had to carry on in the No. 6.
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Trevor Bayne Media Day Interview From Ford Performance
Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, will be
entering his first full-time season driving in the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series after driving the past four years on a limited schedule with the
Wood Brothers. Bayne, who won the 2011 Daytona 500 in storybook
fashion, spoke about the season ahead at media day.
TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – “It’s crazy to think my
dream is finally coming true. This is the year where I get to do what
I’ve always wanted to do and be a Sprint Cup driver full-time, so to
think about that it’s a pretty wild feeling and to know I’m driving for
Jack Roush in his 6 car and we have one sponsor on the car every single
weekend, I couldn’t paint a much better picture.”
WHAT ABOUT 2015 IN GENERAL? “I feel really confident about this season, really, having the experience behind me with Bob Osborne and some of the other guys on our team. With the new guys coming into Roush trying to change that culture a little bit and really focusing on what we can do with these race cars to make them more competitive, I feel that we’re making big gains so I’m excited about that and I can’t wait to see what we can do once we get to places like Atlanta and Vegas and Phoenix and other race tracks that aren’t necessarily all about timing and not being in the big one like here at Daytona.”
A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS COMING INTO THE SPORT. “I’m going on 24 this week, so I’m getting older. I actually age, believe it or not, but it’s crazy to think, honestly, that I’ve been around NASCAR’s top three series for the last four or five years. To have driven for the Wood Brothers for that long, for over 50 races, to have gotten that experience at the Cup level, I think that’s really gonna help me going into this season. Even though it’s my first year at the Cup level full-time, I’ve gotten that kind of experience and I think that’s gonna help me a lot going into this.”
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE YOUNG GUYS? “You’ve got to be humble and keep your eyes open when you’re here. I think when you come in you feel like you know it all, even though you want to act like you don’t feel that way, you still feel that way. I still have a lot to learn and I wish I would have been more of a sponge than I was when I first got into this sport, and I think there’s just so much to learn – especially young guys that are coming off of short tracks. When you get to these mile-and-a-halves and restrictor plate races, it’s way different than anything you’ve done growing up. So you’ve just got to absorb as much as you can and lean on your teammates and people around you who are a little smarter than you are at a young age.”
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEKEND? “I think that we had as good of equipment at the Wood Brothers as anywhere, but I think Daytona is not necessarily about equipment, it’s about being at the right place at the right time, keeping yourself out of trouble and having enough friends that will push you to the win at the end and not root you out. This race is one of the hardest races to win and it’s also when you do win it’s not because it was, I guess it’s easy when you do win too because for me in 2011 it’s not like I was a better race car driver than anyone else out there. I was just in the right place at the right time and I was really blessed to have won that race, but also, like I said before, it can be very hard, so this is a very different race than any other race we go to.”
HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO PROGRESS ONCE WE GET INTO THE REAL SEASON? “I think it’s gonna take a little bit of time of working together and getting in a rhythm being there every weekend to figure out what I need in these race cars. They’re a new car. We haven’t gotten to test at all. It’s my first time working with Bob Osborne and Roush Fenway has a lot of changes going on, so I think our expectations have to stay realistic these first few weeks. I’m not saying we couldn’t go run top-10 at Atlanta, but I think if we expect to go there and just win just because it’s gonna be tough to do. We can do that and we should have that mindset, but it’s gonna be a work in progress, I think, until mid-summer.”
HOW IS YOUR HEALTH? “I’m doing great. I feel good and have been working out a lot and using my AdvoCare products to help me stay fit, so I’m good to go.”
A BIG YEAR FOR YOU, RIGHT? “It is. I think this is the year I’ve waited on since I was basically five or six years old, when I figured out this is what I wanted to do. To finally have this opportunity, I feel like I got to the Cup Series as fast as I wanted to, but to be able to run full-time it’s taken a little longer than I had hoped. These last two or three years have been challenging for me to be patient, but I just trusted Jack that he said he was gonna run me in Cup and here we are, but now it’s worth the wait to be in the 6 car with Bob Osborne as my crew chief, with AdvoCare on the car every race. It really is great.”
WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT OF DOUBT? “No, I don’t think I ever have. I believed that I was capable of it and I believed I was here for a reason and God was gonna provide that opportunity and here we are. I never had that doubt, but I just kind of wondered when.”
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOUR 500 WIN. “It’s been since 2011. Four years. It’s hard to believe. I feel like it just happened. It’s crazy to think about, but I think now I have a better perspective than I did then on things and just more appreciation for this opportunity. If you win one race and then all of a sudden get the ride of your lifetime and get to run full-time and do all that, you probably don’t appreciate it as much. So this patience deal has taught me a lot and I feel ready to go and I’m as hungry as I can possibly be to go out here and succeed. I’ve spent a lot of time with my team this off-season and I think Roush Fenway is kind of in a reboot situation, where culture is changing, our cars are changing, our people have changed, and we still have a lot of the same great people that have always been there, so I feel like this is a great time for me to be a part of this and to be moving into the Cup Series. I have two solid teammates with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Greg Biffle to be able to lean on and I think it’s a perfect storm.”
YOU NEED TO GROW A MULLET LIKE RICKY. “I’m not gonna grow a mullet like Ricky. It’s not gonna happen.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? “I don’t know. I give him a hard time about it, but we’ll see. It’s alright.”
WOULD YOU CUT IT? “I would help him. If he needs some scissors or a mirror, I would hold it for him.”
ANY PRESSURE WITH CARL MOVING ON AND YOU MOVING IN THAT SPOT? “I don’t necessarily feel like I’m moving into Carl’s spot. I don’t think that anybody would ever come in and try to replace Carl. He’s such a great driver and had so much success at Roush Fenway Racing I kind of feel like it’s a new deal – a new number, new team. I didn’t really move into his team, either. A lot of those guys are on Ricky’s team and Greg’s team, and some of them are on mine, but it’s a hodge podge of different people. I think that’s part of the culture change you’re gonna see at Roush Fenway Racing with Mark McArdle, Kevin Kidd being there and Robbie Reiser still being there, I think we’ve got a more direct approach, a more productive approach versus reactive. We were always reacting off of our issues versus being productive to not have those issues in the future and I think you’re gonna see us really come to life halfway through this year. As we learn these new cars and we learn each other and I get in a rhythm of doing this every single weekend.”
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 6 DO YOU THINK OF MARK MARTIN’S CAR? “I do a little bit, but David Ragan got to take those shoes, so when I think of the 6 I just think of Jack’s legacy – what Roush Fenway Racing has accomplished in their 27 or 28 years they’ve been doing this. I think it’s exciting to be a part of this organization and I was pumped up to sign with them in 2010 and get this opportunity, but I’m probably more now to see what’s happened at that race shop and at that team – to see the changes that are taking place. I think we’re in as good of a position now than we’ve ever been.”
DID YOU KNOW CARL WAS LEAVING BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED IT? “No, I think Carl is very private. He does a good job of not letting things get in the way and not talking about them with anybody, really. I think he keeps things close to home and sometimes that’s best. You guys found out as fast as I did. We could all have our hunches and all that, but that’s basically it.”
DO YOU GET JEALOUS OF CHASE ELLIOTT OR KYLE LARSON WITH THE WAY THEY GOT THAT FULL-TIME RIDE RIGHT AWAY? “It just happened perfect for them, it really did. There were times when, like I said, I had to work on my patience, but I’m excited for those guys because they’ve been successful and they’ve done a great job. But this sport is all about timing. Who is driving what car when and had Chase Elliott been in a Junior Motorsports car three or four years ago, it might have been a different story for him, but he caught that perfect timing of being in that 9 car when it was super-fast and he could go win races and, to be honest, I feel like anybody in the top-30 in Cup could get in the race-winning car and have an opportunity to win the race that weekend. So it’s all about timing and that’s why I say I’m so excited to be a part of Roush Fenway Racing right now because I feel like the timing is gonna be right and in the next year or so you’re gonna see us come to life and be able to contend for wins and championships and everything we’ve always wanted to accomplish. This is a huge opportunity for me and something that I’ve always wanted.”
IS THERE A SENSE OF COMFORT GETTING IN THE CAR KNOWING YOU’VE GOT THAT EXPERIENCE? “It’s gonna be new this year with a new format of cars and all that and no testing. That makes it very tough on a guy that’s gonna run full-time for the first year with a new team, but I’ve got the XFINITY Series experience, which I think is gonna relate a lot more to these Cup cars this season than the old Cup cars even. The experience I got with the Wood Brothers driving their car was something that I couldn’t thank them enough for because it’s gonna prepare me for this season.”
JAMIE MCMURRAY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE’LL ALWAYS BE INTRODUCED AS A DAYTONA 500 CHAMPION. THE SAME GOES FOR YOU. “That’s good to know. I was wondering if I could replace that one day with something, but maybe if you win a championship that would change it, but Jamie has won a lot of big races.”
DO YOU FIND YOUR TIME IS TAKEN UP MORE FOR THIS RACE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE YOU’VE WON? “It has. It’s fun to come here. It’s enjoyable because I know it’s gonna be a little bit of a buzz about it. Obviously, it’s been a few years ago and we’re still talking about it, so it was a big deal. I can’t say enough how much more it means to me now even than it did then just because I have seen how hard it is to win this race, and it makes you more appreciative of it.”
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| Bayne takes questions during Media Day |
WHAT ABOUT 2015 IN GENERAL? “I feel really confident about this season, really, having the experience behind me with Bob Osborne and some of the other guys on our team. With the new guys coming into Roush trying to change that culture a little bit and really focusing on what we can do with these race cars to make them more competitive, I feel that we’re making big gains so I’m excited about that and I can’t wait to see what we can do once we get to places like Atlanta and Vegas and Phoenix and other race tracks that aren’t necessarily all about timing and not being in the big one like here at Daytona.”
A LOT OF YOUNG GUYS COMING INTO THE SPORT. “I’m going on 24 this week, so I’m getting older. I actually age, believe it or not, but it’s crazy to think, honestly, that I’ve been around NASCAR’s top three series for the last four or five years. To have driven for the Wood Brothers for that long, for over 50 races, to have gotten that experience at the Cup level, I think that’s really gonna help me going into this season. Even though it’s my first year at the Cup level full-time, I’ve gotten that kind of experience and I think that’s gonna help me a lot going into this.”
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO THE YOUNG GUYS? “You’ve got to be humble and keep your eyes open when you’re here. I think when you come in you feel like you know it all, even though you want to act like you don’t feel that way, you still feel that way. I still have a lot to learn and I wish I would have been more of a sponge than I was when I first got into this sport, and I think there’s just so much to learn – especially young guys that are coming off of short tracks. When you get to these mile-and-a-halves and restrictor plate races, it’s way different than anything you’ve done growing up. So you’ve just got to absorb as much as you can and lean on your teammates and people around you who are a little smarter than you are at a young age.”
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT WEEKEND? “I think that we had as good of equipment at the Wood Brothers as anywhere, but I think Daytona is not necessarily about equipment, it’s about being at the right place at the right time, keeping yourself out of trouble and having enough friends that will push you to the win at the end and not root you out. This race is one of the hardest races to win and it’s also when you do win it’s not because it was, I guess it’s easy when you do win too because for me in 2011 it’s not like I was a better race car driver than anyone else out there. I was just in the right place at the right time and I was really blessed to have won that race, but also, like I said before, it can be very hard, so this is a very different race than any other race we go to.”
HOW DO YOU EXPECT TO PROGRESS ONCE WE GET INTO THE REAL SEASON? “I think it’s gonna take a little bit of time of working together and getting in a rhythm being there every weekend to figure out what I need in these race cars. They’re a new car. We haven’t gotten to test at all. It’s my first time working with Bob Osborne and Roush Fenway has a lot of changes going on, so I think our expectations have to stay realistic these first few weeks. I’m not saying we couldn’t go run top-10 at Atlanta, but I think if we expect to go there and just win just because it’s gonna be tough to do. We can do that and we should have that mindset, but it’s gonna be a work in progress, I think, until mid-summer.”
HOW IS YOUR HEALTH? “I’m doing great. I feel good and have been working out a lot and using my AdvoCare products to help me stay fit, so I’m good to go.”
A BIG YEAR FOR YOU, RIGHT? “It is. I think this is the year I’ve waited on since I was basically five or six years old, when I figured out this is what I wanted to do. To finally have this opportunity, I feel like I got to the Cup Series as fast as I wanted to, but to be able to run full-time it’s taken a little longer than I had hoped. These last two or three years have been challenging for me to be patient, but I just trusted Jack that he said he was gonna run me in Cup and here we are, but now it’s worth the wait to be in the 6 car with Bob Osborne as my crew chief, with AdvoCare on the car every race. It really is great.”
WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT OF DOUBT? “No, I don’t think I ever have. I believed that I was capable of it and I believed I was here for a reason and God was gonna provide that opportunity and here we are. I never had that doubt, but I just kind of wondered when.”
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOUR 500 WIN. “It’s been since 2011. Four years. It’s hard to believe. I feel like it just happened. It’s crazy to think about, but I think now I have a better perspective than I did then on things and just more appreciation for this opportunity. If you win one race and then all of a sudden get the ride of your lifetime and get to run full-time and do all that, you probably don’t appreciate it as much. So this patience deal has taught me a lot and I feel ready to go and I’m as hungry as I can possibly be to go out here and succeed. I’ve spent a lot of time with my team this off-season and I think Roush Fenway is kind of in a reboot situation, where culture is changing, our cars are changing, our people have changed, and we still have a lot of the same great people that have always been there, so I feel like this is a great time for me to be a part of this and to be moving into the Cup Series. I have two solid teammates with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Greg Biffle to be able to lean on and I think it’s a perfect storm.”
YOU NEED TO GROW A MULLET LIKE RICKY. “I’m not gonna grow a mullet like Ricky. It’s not gonna happen.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? “I don’t know. I give him a hard time about it, but we’ll see. It’s alright.”
WOULD YOU CUT IT? “I would help him. If he needs some scissors or a mirror, I would hold it for him.”
ANY PRESSURE WITH CARL MOVING ON AND YOU MOVING IN THAT SPOT? “I don’t necessarily feel like I’m moving into Carl’s spot. I don’t think that anybody would ever come in and try to replace Carl. He’s such a great driver and had so much success at Roush Fenway Racing I kind of feel like it’s a new deal – a new number, new team. I didn’t really move into his team, either. A lot of those guys are on Ricky’s team and Greg’s team, and some of them are on mine, but it’s a hodge podge of different people. I think that’s part of the culture change you’re gonna see at Roush Fenway Racing with Mark McArdle, Kevin Kidd being there and Robbie Reiser still being there, I think we’ve got a more direct approach, a more productive approach versus reactive. We were always reacting off of our issues versus being productive to not have those issues in the future and I think you’re gonna see us really come to life halfway through this year. As we learn these new cars and we learn each other and I get in a rhythm of doing this every single weekend.”
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 6 DO YOU THINK OF MARK MARTIN’S CAR? “I do a little bit, but David Ragan got to take those shoes, so when I think of the 6 I just think of Jack’s legacy – what Roush Fenway Racing has accomplished in their 27 or 28 years they’ve been doing this. I think it’s exciting to be a part of this organization and I was pumped up to sign with them in 2010 and get this opportunity, but I’m probably more now to see what’s happened at that race shop and at that team – to see the changes that are taking place. I think we’re in as good of a position now than we’ve ever been.”
DID YOU KNOW CARL WAS LEAVING BEFORE HE ANNOUNCED IT? “No, I think Carl is very private. He does a good job of not letting things get in the way and not talking about them with anybody, really. I think he keeps things close to home and sometimes that’s best. You guys found out as fast as I did. We could all have our hunches and all that, but that’s basically it.”
DO YOU GET JEALOUS OF CHASE ELLIOTT OR KYLE LARSON WITH THE WAY THEY GOT THAT FULL-TIME RIDE RIGHT AWAY? “It just happened perfect for them, it really did. There were times when, like I said, I had to work on my patience, but I’m excited for those guys because they’ve been successful and they’ve done a great job. But this sport is all about timing. Who is driving what car when and had Chase Elliott been in a Junior Motorsports car three or four years ago, it might have been a different story for him, but he caught that perfect timing of being in that 9 car when it was super-fast and he could go win races and, to be honest, I feel like anybody in the top-30 in Cup could get in the race-winning car and have an opportunity to win the race that weekend. So it’s all about timing and that’s why I say I’m so excited to be a part of Roush Fenway Racing right now because I feel like the timing is gonna be right and in the next year or so you’re gonna see us come to life and be able to contend for wins and championships and everything we’ve always wanted to accomplish. This is a huge opportunity for me and something that I’ve always wanted.”
IS THERE A SENSE OF COMFORT GETTING IN THE CAR KNOWING YOU’VE GOT THAT EXPERIENCE? “It’s gonna be new this year with a new format of cars and all that and no testing. That makes it very tough on a guy that’s gonna run full-time for the first year with a new team, but I’ve got the XFINITY Series experience, which I think is gonna relate a lot more to these Cup cars this season than the old Cup cars even. The experience I got with the Wood Brothers driving their car was something that I couldn’t thank them enough for because it’s gonna prepare me for this season.”
JAMIE MCMURRAY TALKED ABOUT HOW HE’LL ALWAYS BE INTRODUCED AS A DAYTONA 500 CHAMPION. THE SAME GOES FOR YOU. “That’s good to know. I was wondering if I could replace that one day with something, but maybe if you win a championship that would change it, but Jamie has won a lot of big races.”
DO YOU FIND YOUR TIME IS TAKEN UP MORE FOR THIS RACE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE YOU’VE WON? “It has. It’s fun to come here. It’s enjoyable because I know it’s gonna be a little bit of a buzz about it. Obviously, it’s been a few years ago and we’re still talking about it, so it was a big deal. I can’t say enough how much more it means to me now even than it did then just because I have seen how hard it is to win this race, and it makes you more appreciative of it.”
Sunday, February 8, 2015
A look at the No. 6 Advocare Racing crew
BOB OSBORNE
Crew Chief
DOB: 06/05/1974
GREG EMMER
Car Chief
Hometown: Allenton, WI
Hometown: Camden, SC.@NascarQB
Hometown: McFarland, WI
@KaleUphoff
Hometown: China Grove, NC
Hometown: Mooresville, NC
(@Showtime17Pech)
Crew Chief
DOB: 06/05/1974
Home town: Chester, PA
GREG EMMER
Car Chief
Hometown: Allenton, WI
CORY BALDWIN
Front Tire Changer
DOB: 07/25/1990
Hometown: Severn, MD
Hometown: Severn, MD
ALAN TROUTMAN
Front Tire Carrier
RICHIE WILLIAMS
Jackman
DOB: 03/10/1983Hometown: Camden, SC.@NascarQB
KALE UPHOFF
Rear Tire Changer
DOB: 10/03/1982Hometown: McFarland, WI
@KaleUphoff
BRADLEY SUTTON
Rear Tire Carrier
DOB: 12/20/1980Hometown: China Grove, NC
JOSH PECH
Gas Man
DOB: 07/14/1987Hometown: Mooresville, NC
(@Showtime17Pech)
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Mark Martin won't be driver's coach at Roush, wants to step away from the track
It was July of last year, that Mark Martin said he was returning home to be a drivers coach for Roush Fenway Racing's Xfinity Series program drivers.
During Media week Jeff Burton said on NASCAR America that Jack Roush made the mistake of not keeping Mark Martin on as their driver's coach to help work with Trevor Bayne and others. So it's been a constant question asked by fans, is Mark Martin not going to be there in 2015? The answer is "No". That was the answer that Martin gave to a fan yesterday and then he gave his complete answer this morning.
During Media week Jeff Burton said on NASCAR America that Jack Roush made the mistake of not keeping Mark Martin on as their driver's coach to help work with Trevor Bayne and others. So it's been a constant question asked by fans, is Mark Martin not going to be there in 2015? The answer is "No". That was the answer that Martin gave to a fan yesterday and then he gave his complete answer this morning.
I didn't want to go to the races. I've done enough of that for now. Except for dirt track. RT @dustincary: @markmartin what happen at Roush?
I respect his decision to not keep the position, Mark Martin has been racing since he was 16 years old, and around NASCAR since 1988, even before when he raced in the early 80s and returned with Roush Fenway in 88. I can't blame Martin for wanting to back away from NASCAR and not be around the races. He's been doing it so long, and he wants to be around the dirt track circuit it appears with Jared Landers.
Deep down, I had a feeling when Burton remarked on it that Martin just couldn't be around NASCAR without being inside a race car. It's an addiction that it is hard to break, and I just believed that it had nothing to do with his relationship with Jack Roush.
RFR replied on their facebook page to a fan blaming them for letting him go with this comment
".Mark
decided at this time that he just simply didn't want to make that much
of a commitment. Mark is a great guy, he did a great job last year.
Nobody gave more of themselves to this sport and nobody deserves more to
relax a little bit at this point. We certainly respect that."
Monday, February 2, 2015
Bayne will fight uphill battle with critic fans and media
It's easy to see the negativity that some fans and the media can layout about Trevor Bayne heading into the 2015 season with his first full-season with Roush Fenway Racing. All you have to do is go onto twitter.com and search his name and see some of the comments fans are making about towards him and his chances of winning this season.
Bayne has been faced with many uphill battles from the beginning. He lost his ride with Diamond Waltrip in 2010 due to sponsorship problems, then Jack Roush stepped in and signed him to a new deal that year. Later that year, he ran his first Sprint Cup Series race with the Wood Brothers team at Texas Motor Speedway and finished in 18th. The following year was one of the first major setbacks, even though, he scored the biggest upset victory in Daytona 500 history that year, Bayne became ill after the race at Texas in 2011, and it was reported that he had Lymes Disease at the time, he missed five races that year due to the problem.
Then in 2012, it seemed that he was facing the same problem at Roush that he was with Waltrip's organization, no sponsorship, and very slim schedule in the then Nationwide Series. He was still running for the Wood Brothers with little success. It was announced that the following year he would be taking over the No. 6 Ford Mustang with sponsorship from Cargill Beef.
Bayne scored his second career win at Iowa in 2013, the same week he and his wife Ashton were married. Later that year Bayne made the announcement that Advocare would be sponsoring him in 2014 in the Nationwide Series, and on November 12, 2013 he made another announcement that many believe would setback his career. Bayne announced that he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, doctors cleared Bayne to keep racing.
"I am in the best shape I've ever been in, and I feel good," Bayne said in the announcement. "There are currently no symptoms and I'm committed to continuing to take the best care of my body as possible."
On May 24, 2014 Roush Fenway Racing made the announcement diehard Trevor Bayne fans had been waiting to hear for a long time. Trevor Bayne would be bringing the iconic No. 6 Ford back to the track in 2015 with full-backing from Advocare. The sponsor and driver seem to be a perfect fit for one another, as Advocare is a company that has helped many people change their health standards.
“AdvoCare is excited to move to the Sprint Cup Series with Roush Fenway and Trevor next season," said Mike Vaught, AdvoCare director of sponsorships said during the announcement. “Roush Fenway is a great partner, and Trevor and his wife Ashton are great ambassadors for AdvoCare. We are looking forward to the No. 6 car racing in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015, carrying the AdvoCare colors."
Bayne has faced these obstacles through his career. This year, he will face a lot of fans trash talking and the media saying he's on the hot season to perform in his first season full-time. However, it appears that the company sponsoring him and Roush Fenway are very pleased with his performance in the past to make the jump to the highest level of motorsports competition this season.
Mark Martin also said he looks forward to his old car returning to the track for the first time since the Daytona 500 in 2012.
“That number brings back a lot of memories,” said team owner Jack Roush. “It reminds me of all the battles we fought to get to where we are today; the victories and the defeats. Success in NASCAR does not come easy. It comes at a price and requires a great deal of passion, sacrifice, dedication and hard work. To me the No. 6 exemplifies all of that.
"Trevor Bayne is a Daytona 500 champion already and a fine young man in our sport who has worked really hard and having experience of working with Advocare over the past several years has been a great experience as well. I know the combination will be awesome and I can't wait to see you guys on the race track in 2015," Mark Martin exemplified during the video he did for the announcement.
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| Bayne has faced adversity since the begnining |
Then in 2012, it seemed that he was facing the same problem at Roush that he was with Waltrip's organization, no sponsorship, and very slim schedule in the then Nationwide Series. He was still running for the Wood Brothers with little success. It was announced that the following year he would be taking over the No. 6 Ford Mustang with sponsorship from Cargill Beef.
Bayne scored his second career win at Iowa in 2013, the same week he and his wife Ashton were married. Later that year Bayne made the announcement that Advocare would be sponsoring him in 2014 in the Nationwide Series, and on November 12, 2013 he made another announcement that many believe would setback his career. Bayne announced that he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, doctors cleared Bayne to keep racing.
"I am in the best shape I've ever been in, and I feel good," Bayne said in the announcement. "There are currently no symptoms and I'm committed to continuing to take the best care of my body as possible."
On May 24, 2014 Roush Fenway Racing made the announcement diehard Trevor Bayne fans had been waiting to hear for a long time. Trevor Bayne would be bringing the iconic No. 6 Ford back to the track in 2015 with full-backing from Advocare. The sponsor and driver seem to be a perfect fit for one another, as Advocare is a company that has helped many people change their health standards.
“AdvoCare is excited to move to the Sprint Cup Series with Roush Fenway and Trevor next season," said Mike Vaught, AdvoCare director of sponsorships said during the announcement. “Roush Fenway is a great partner, and Trevor and his wife Ashton are great ambassadors for AdvoCare. We are looking forward to the No. 6 car racing in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015, carrying the AdvoCare colors."
Bayne has faced these obstacles through his career. This year, he will face a lot of fans trash talking and the media saying he's on the hot season to perform in his first season full-time. However, it appears that the company sponsoring him and Roush Fenway are very pleased with his performance in the past to make the jump to the highest level of motorsports competition this season.
Mark Martin also said he looks forward to his old car returning to the track for the first time since the Daytona 500 in 2012.
“That number brings back a lot of memories,” said team owner Jack Roush. “It reminds me of all the battles we fought to get to where we are today; the victories and the defeats. Success in NASCAR does not come easy. It comes at a price and requires a great deal of passion, sacrifice, dedication and hard work. To me the No. 6 exemplifies all of that.
"Trevor Bayne is a Daytona 500 champion already and a fine young man in our sport who has worked really hard and having experience of working with Advocare over the past several years has been a great experience as well. I know the combination will be awesome and I can't wait to see you guys on the race track in 2015," Mark Martin exemplified during the video he did for the announcement.
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