Bayne and Stenhouse ready to work together in 2017

Both drivers a year older, a year wiser and now having to do something that they have never done before at Roush Fenway Racing.  For the first time in Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse's careers they will be the two drivers going forward with the organization in 2017.

Trevor Bayne talks to the media on Tuesday

When Trevor Bayne first arrived on the scene at Roush Fenway in 2010, there was that little theme Ricky VS Trevor that went on for their first two seasons while running in the NASCAR Xfinity Series now the atmosphere and culture has taken a shift with the two drivers.  Now there is no Ricky VS Trevor, it is the two of them against the rest of the competitors. 

Bayne said during Roush Fenway's facebook live when he brought up the most asked question was what was going to be different being a two car team this year?

"We are excited to go to work together, I've been telling everybody early on when we were at Roush Fenway Racing it was always Ricky VS Trevor,  and I think we're kind of passed that.  That kind of mentality of which team is going to be the best on the race weekend and who's going to beat who, it's now going to be Ricky and Trevor verses every other organization, Roush Fenway verses Hendrick and Joe Gibbs and everybody else. 

"We know we have to work together to be the best we can be and help our guys out and keep them going through the whole season."

Stenhouse seemed to carry on Bayne's thoughts about the shift in the relationship at Roush Fenway for the new season. 

"Yeah I'm excited," stated Stenhouse.  "The guys in the shop are really working well together from both teams.  Even down to making parts for different generator carts, they'll make two for each of em.  They've just been really working really well together, so I'm excited to see that keep evolving over the year and I do think we have really good personnel in the right positions.  Everybody is wanting to make it the best year yet, that we have had, Trevor and I in our Cup careers and get Roush Fenway back to where they belong."

"With the people we moved around I feel like they are making their own race team, like they're working that hard; it's not just for someone else.  We all want to win.  I feel like we got the right people in the right places and we're ready for 2017."