Pre-Race Report: Bayne heads to Phoenix

Trevor Bayne is heading to the second round of the west swing races at Phoenix Raceway, the driver goes into the race sitting in the 11th position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series after the first three events of the season.

 Phoenix Raceway has been one of the toughest tracks for Trevor Bayne on the Cup Series circuit since arriving on tour in 2011.  He has yet to score a top-ten finish at the track in the desert, with a career best finish coming last spring when Bayne piloted the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion to a 23rd place finish.  Bayne has averaged a 27.8 start at the track and a 30.6 average finish in five events at the track.

Bayne did have success at Phoenix Raceway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series in the 10 career starts he had at the track.  Bayne scored 1 top-five and 6 top-ten finishes, and averaged a 12.5 start and 13.1 finish in the series.  Crew Chief Matt Puccia has been on the pit box for 11 MENCS events at Phoenix Raceway with his best finish coming with Greg Biffle in 2012, a 3rd place finish.

This weekend AdvoCare will return this weekend as the primary sponsor on the No. 6 Ford Fusion at Phoenix after two weeks of new sponsors being on the car at Atlanta and Las Vegas. 

Trevor Bayne on Phoenix:  "We've started off on a really positive note with this AdvoCare team so far in 2017 and I'm confident that we can continue that this weekend in Phoenix.  Phoenix is a challenging track that races a lot like a short track.  I'm ready to get there this weekend and hopefully we can have another solid run on Sunday."