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.”
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