Daytona is Bayne's best shot on the schedule to win before the playoffs

After a dismal finish at Sonoma Raceway that was brought on by overheating issues with his No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion the driver will now go to one of his best tracks on the circuit and try and do what his teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr., did in May at Talladega. 

Bayne finished 10th in February at Daytona

Daytona International Speedway has been one of Trevor Bayne's strongest points in his career.  He won the 500 in his first try and he's been very strong in the past at plate racing when he hasn't been taken out in the huge multi-car incidents.  Last July, Bayne drove the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford to a 3rd place finish in the Coke Zero 400 at the track and was right in contention for the victory the last few laps of the race.

Bayne has scored 2 top-fives and 4 top-ten finishes in his career at the track, and if the team is going to push to make it into the Playoffs off of a victory this will be the place that they have their best chance at doing so.  Bayne finished 10th in the Daytona 500 earlier this season after being involved in several incidents and still kept his car up in the race for a solid finish. 

With Stenhouse, Ryan Blaney and Austin Dillon now winning this season it pretty much has made it a situation where the No. 6 team has to win to get in now.  They are 18th in the standings, Dillon is 22nd but with a win.  Bayne is now 86 points behind Matt Kenseth who is 12th in the standings and the first driver without a victory.  So to make up those points is pretty much going to be out of question. 

The strengths of the Roush Fenway Racing restrictor plate program is where the fastest cars at.  Former crew chief Jimmy Fennig has been the head of the program since stepping down as the crew chief in 2015 and he's kept the Roush plate cars up to par with everyone else.  Stenhouse's win at Talladega in the May event was proof of that.  Now it's time Bayne gets that win at Daytona.