It's hard to believe that with Richmond being so close to the Wood Brother's home the team never tried making the trip to the 3/4 mile Richmond International Raceway while Trevor Bayne was behind the wheel of their car. This weekend will be the first time that the Knoxville, Tennessee native has gotten behind the wheel of a cup car at the short track.
Bayne has ran 8 events at Richmond in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2009, with his best career finish being 3rd in 2010 with Diamond Waltrip Racing in the No. 99 OUT! Pet Care Toyota. Bayne has one more top-five finish in 2013 with Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne suffered from an engine issue last weekend in the race at Bristol, the team told him they would not be able to diagnose the issue until they returned to the shop.
Fellow Roush Fenway Racing driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr., stated last night while on Claire B Lang's Dialed In that the RFR team will not be running the newer chassis's at Richmond this weekend and from what I gathered Talladega will be ran with the older chassis as well. The team apparently wants to take the time to make the car better for races at Kansas and Charlotte in the coming weeks.
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