Trevor Bayne, No. 99 Aaron's Dream Machine - Nashville Preview

CORNELIUS, N.C. — Tennessee driver Trevor Bayne heads to Nashville Superspeedway for Saturday night’s Nationwide Series race that promises an extra $25,000 in the winner’s purse for any series regular. The Knoxville native qualified second at Nashville in June in just his second start. Bayne’s qualifying effort and performance the rest of the season led owners Michael Waltrip, Gary Bechtel and Blake Bechtel to select Bayne as the driver for the newly created Diamond-Waltrip Racing team for the 2010 season. The new team enjoys partial season sponsorship from Aaron’s but is aggressively pursuing additional sponsorship opportunities. Bayne, one of NASCAR’s rising stars, already posted three top-10 finishes in just 19 career starts including a sixth-place finish in Las Vegas this season.

QUOTES

BAYNE ON NASHVILLE: “Nashville is where I made my debut for Michael Waltrip Racing so it’s going to be cool to go back there where it all started. We qualified on the outside pole last year which was way over our expectations. During the race we raced in the top 10 until we got wrecked. I know we can run good there and I really love the race track. It really fits my driving style. I have a lot of confidence in our team after the car they brought me in Bristol. I am really excited to see what kind of car the Diamond-Waltrip team will bring for me this weekend. The Bechtels and Michael are giving me a great opportunity here and I think we have a chance to do really well and hopefully bring along some corporate support in the coming days. We’ll be a great deal for a sponsor for sure.”

WHAT IS YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING THE DASH 4 CASH AT NASHVILLE? “I really like the Dash 4 Cash program. I think it gives us and extra incentive go out there and try and win the race. It also bring some extra attention to the NASCAR Nationwide Series. I think we have a good shot at winning the extra money. We have had some really good race cars lately and we have proven that we can run up front. Now we just need to be around the top five at the end of the race. I am really excited for this weekend and hopefully we can come home a little richer.”

BAYNE ON THE NASHVILLE TROPHY: “The Gibson Guitar is probably one of the coolest trophy’s that you can win. I think everyone wants to win at Nashville just so they can get a guitar. I don’t think I could smash the trophy like Kyle Busch did last year. Sam Bass does such a great job painting the guitar I just don’t think I could see all that hard work go to waste. It’s a one of a kind trophy that I would really like to hang on my wall one day soon.”

ADDITIONAL NOTES OF INTEREST

• For the non-Aaron’s races, the Diamond-Waltrip team will alter its paint scheme running a plain hood and moving the Diamond-Waltrip logo to the quarter panel.

• Bayne made his Michael Waltrip Racing debut last June at Nashville Superspeedway. He started the race second and was involved in an incident with just under 100 laps remaining and finished 28th.

• Last weekend, Bayne and driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. visited Jackson Hole, Wyo. to snowboard and snowmobile in Yellowstone National Park. For additional pictures contact Stacie Fandel at sfandel@michaelwatlrip.com.

• This weekend Bayne has a chance to win an extra $25,000 for his team thanks to Nationwide Insurance’s “Dash 4 Cash” program. This program is a bonus program implemented to develop and support NNS regulars, up-and-comers and those who compete part-time in the series (Sprint Cup drivers must compete in every Nationwide event in order to qualify for the individual race payout. Should a winner not be eligible for the $25,000 bonus, the prize money will roll over to the next “Dash 4 Cash” race.

• Bayne will sign autographs and participate in a Q & A at the Nashville Race Fan Festival. The event will take place at the Camping World on 2633 Music Valley Dr in Nashville, Tenn. from 5-8 p.m. local time.

Trevor Bayne on SPEED-TV's Race Hub

Trevor Bayne looks ahead to Bristol Motor Speedway

Diamond-Waltrip Racing - Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Post Race Report

as Vegas, Nev. — A great two-tire pit call by crew chief Jerry Baxter and impressive driving skills by rookie Trevor Bayne equaled a career-best NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) finish of sixth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bayne qualified the No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine in the 18th spot, but quickly worked his way into the top 15. The Tennesse native remained in and around the top 15 until Baxter called for a two-tire stop with just over 50 laps remaining in the Sam’s Town 300. The call gave the Diamond-Waltrip team great track position. The young phenom was able to remain in the top seven over the last 50 laps and passed Justin Allgaier for sixth with four laps to go. The sixth-place finish helped the No. 99 Aaron’s Toyota move 11 spots to 13th in the NNS championship point standings.



NNS Racing Results

Kevin Harvick grabbed his 35th NNS victory by winning the Sam’s Town 300

Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski and Brian Vickers rounded out the top-five

The race was delayed by an hour and a half for rain

The race featured 14 lead changes among 10 drivers

The race was slowed by eight cautions for a total of 39 laps

NASCAR estimated 45,000 race fans in attendance at Las Vegas Motor Speedway



DWR NNS Race Results

Trevor Bayne, No. 99 Diamond-Waltrip Toyota Camry - finished sixth



DWR Driver Standings

Trevor Bayne, No. 99 Diamond-Waltrip Toyota Camry - 150 points, ranks 13th

Gained 11 spots in the NNS championship point standings

Sits just 185 points out of the lead



TREVER BAYNE, No. 99 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota

Started 18th and finished sixth

Was the highest-finishing NNS regular

Passed Justin Allgaier for sixth with four laps to go

A key caution flew on lap 84 allowed Bayne to stay on the lead lap

A two-tire pit stop with 55 laps to go bolstered Bayne into the top five

Grabbed his career-best NNS finish of sixth

Recorded his third top-10 finish in just 18 NNS starts


BAYNE QUOTE: “It’s pretty awesome, man. I’m pumped up. Good deal -- good momentum for this team. We said we want to get better every week and we’ve done that so far. If we continue to do that every week, we’ll be in victory lane before too long. Before we get ahead of ourselves, we just got to race every weekend. We got to go to the next track and be prepared. We gained a lot in our Monday morning meeting last week and we have to do the same this week — just keep getting better and better. These guys are awesome. Pit road was unbelievable and we were right there with all the best of the best. I couldn’t ask for anything better. Jerry Baxter (crew chief) is doing a great job of adapting to my style of driving.


“I think track position was a big thing. We took two tires and that got us track position so we could hold them off because when you’re back about 10th place, you can’t make up any track position against the frontrunners. That was a big step in our race to get us up in track position.”