Trevor Mitchell Bayne was born on February 19,1991 and is an American professional stock car racing driver, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman.
55 Facts About Trevor Bayne
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Trevor Bayne last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 18 Toyota Supra for Joe Gibbs Racing and part-time in the American Crate All-Star Series presented by PPM, driving the No 29 Longhorn Chassis for Trevor Bayne Racing.
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Trevor Bayne is the youngest person to ever win the Daytona 500, the largest event in NASCAR, doing so a day after his 20th birthday in 2011.
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Trevor Bayne began racing go-karts at the age of five.
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Trevor Bayne continued to race go-karts for eight years, during which he recorded three World Championships with more than 300 feature wins and 18 total State and Track Championships.
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In 2005, When Trevor Bayne was 15 years old, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division, in which he received the highest rookie honors.
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However, as Ganassi had shut down its Nationwide Series program after 2008, Trevor Bayne made his first Xfinity Series start in 2009 at Bristol Motor Speedway driving a Ganassi car carrying the No 52 of Means Racing.
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Trevor Bayne then signed a contract with Michael Waltrip Racing for a limited race schedule.
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Trevor Bayne got the pole position at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished 7th at that race and the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond.
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In October 2010, Trevor Bayne signed a multi-year contract with Roush Fenway Racing.
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Trevor Bayne then went on medical leave for much of the spring.
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Trevor Bayne won his first Xfinity Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway on November 5,2011, by edging out Denny Hamlin on a late race restart.
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For 2012, Trevor Bayne was moved by Roush to the No 60 Ford in the Nationwide Series, however a lack of sponsorship sidelined the team after the first five races.
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Trevor Bayne came back to run one more race later in the season.
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Trevor Bayne returned to the No 6 and RFR for the 2014 season.
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Trevor Bayne came close to many wins in the spring of 2014.
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Trevor Bayne almost won at Dover and was edged by Kyle Busch for the win.
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Trevor Bayne then took home $200,000 in the Dash-4-Cash program at the Iowa race and split it between him and a randomly chosen fan.
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On February 9,2022, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that they had signed Trevor Bayne to drive the No 18 in seven races.
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Trevor Bayne finished 3rd in his first race of 7 at Fontana.
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Trevor Bayne finished 5th at Las Vegas and 6th at Homestead, his final race of the season.
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Trevor Bayne moved to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series and raced for the Wood Brothers Racing team in the Texas 500, starting 28th and finishing 17th.
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Trevor Bayne returned to the Wood Brothers in 2011 for a limited schedule.
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Trevor Bayne won the first race of the season, the Daytona 500, to become youngest winner in Daytona 500 history, at the age of 20 years and one day.
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Trevor Bayne raced at Talladega, but was caught up in an early crash.
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However, Trevor Bayne's illness returned after racing at Nashville Superspeedway, and was hospitalized for five weeks, with his Nationwide ride being taken over by Chris Buescher, Kevin Swindell and Matt Kenseth.
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The illness was originally thought to be Lyme disease, but later that same year it was announced that Trevor Bayne had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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For 2012,2013, and 2014, Trevor Bayne returned to the No 21 for a limited schedule.
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On May 24,2014, RFR announced that Trevor Bayne would be running the No 6 full-time in the Sprint Cup Series for the 2015 season.
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Trevor Bayne was not eligible to run for Rookie of the Year consideration, having spent four years running in several races.
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Trevor Bayne got collected in a late-race accident involving Jeff Gordon, Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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At Dover on May 31,2015, Trevor Bayne got into an accident involving Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett.
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Trevor Bayne got his first top ten of the year at Michigan, during the rain-delayed Quicken Loans 400.
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However, because several cars stayed out for the final yellow while the race leaders pitted, Trevor Bayne got his lap back and when the race was later called because of rain showers, Trevor Bayne had finished 9th.
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Trevor Bayne picked up his first ARCA win at Pocono after starting first and dominating the race, and recorded another Cup Series top ten in the 2015 Coke Zero 400.
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The next week at Talladega, Trevor Bayne would have yet another strong race, as he would lead several laps and finish 10th.
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The next week at Daytona, Trevor Bayne scored his third career top-5 finish with a 3rd place outing.
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The next week at Kentucky, it would come down to a fuel mileage race and Trevor Bayne would conserve enough fuel to finish 11th.
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The next week at Indianapolis, Trevor Bayne would be involved in a wreck with Clint Bowyer on a Green-White-Checkered attempt and finish 30th.
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In February 2017, Trevor Bayne picked up his first top ten finish of the season at the 2017 Daytona 500.
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Trevor Bayne ran as high as third and finished 10th.
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At the 2017 Brickyard 400, Trevor Bayne had a fantastic race that ultimately was his nearest-miss of his entire career.
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Thanks to a strategy call by Matt Puccia, Trevor Bayne moved up in the standings to fourth and was in a position to take the lead from Brad Keselowski when Keselowski, Kasey Kahne, and Jimmie Johnson pitted.
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Trevor Bayne's strategy was first thwarted by a caution that came out as soon as he took the lead, and after slipping in the standings from a pit stop found himself running fourth again.
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Trevor Bayne was about to take the lead on a restart, but got collected in an accident involving him, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and a few other cars.
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Trevor Bayne got another Top 10 running at Martinsville by passing a few cars on the last lap and finishing sixth, sideways across the line from a multi-car last lap crash.
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Trevor Bayne finished 22nd in points for the second year in a row while breaking a new record for most Top 5s and Top 10s in a year, with 2 and 6, respectively.
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Trevor Bayne later revealed that he had offers to drive, but did not have the sponsorship money necessary for any of them.
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Trevor Bayne would make his second consecutive start in the series for Niece at Richmond, replacing full-time driver Ty Majeski in the No 45, as Majeski was out for undisclosed reasons.
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Trevor Bayne finished fifth at Bristol, but was disqualified when his truck failed the minimum height requirement during post-race inspection.
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Trevor Bayne has credited his faith for helping him handle both the overnight success he experienced by winning the Daytona 500 as well as the health scare that took him away from racing briefly during the 2011 season.
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Trevor Bayne has been on several mission trips to Mexico with Back2Back Ministries including one in December 2011.
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Trevor Bayne attended Passion 2012 at the Georgia Dome and was recognized for his faith in front of approximately 45,000 college students during the final session of the conference.
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On November 12,2013, Trevor Bayne announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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In December 2012, Trevor Bayne announced his engagement to Ashton Clapp.