Bayne has second go at Pocono

Trevor Bayne's first visit to Pocono in June included a trip to ARCA victory lane and a 24th place finish in the Sprint Cup Series in his first starts at Pocono Raceway.  Bayne had never been able to turn a lap at the 2.5 mile tricky triangle because of the schedule that was laid out by Ford Motorcraft and the Wood Brothers and the NASCAR Xfinity Series never racing at the track.

Bayne celebrates his ARCA win in June

"I learned a lot," said Bayne.  "Obviously, I was at ground zero.  I had never been here before, never seen the place before.  I had to start at the bottom and learn everything there is know about the place.

"Since Pocono, I feel like our cars have come to life.  I think we're making progress, so coming back here we've got something to look forward to."

This is only the second track on the schedule that the series will be at for the second time this season, technically if you take Daytona off, it will be the first non-restrictor plate track to run its second event.  There is an 8 week split between the two Pocono events, which is much less than most other tracks on the schedule.

"It's not like Phoenix, where it's the second or third and then it's the second to last race," Bayne stated.  "It's almost like a new season by the time you go back."

After last weekend's struggle at Indianaplis, the team needs to get back on track to the pattern they were on before New Hampshire.  Bayne had knocked off a pair of ninth place finishes, and a 13th at Kentucky before struggling the past two weeks.