| Trevor Bayne | |||||||
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 Bayne during the 2017 NASCAR Media Tour | |||||||
| Born | Trevor Mitchell Bayne (1991-02-19)February 19, 1991 (age 34) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements | 2011 Daytona 500 Winner (youngest ever, 20 years & 1 day) 2005Allison Legacy Series Champion | ||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||
| 187 races run over 9 years | |||||||
| 2018 position | 31st | ||||||
| Best finish | 22nd (2016,2017) | ||||||
| First race | 2010AAA Texas 500 (Texas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2018AAA Texas 500 (Texas) | ||||||
| First win | 2011Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career | |||||||
| 165 races run over 10 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 96th | ||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2013,2014) | ||||||
| First race | 2009Scotts Turf Builder 300 (Bristol) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Focused Health 302 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| First win | 2011O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge (Texas) | ||||||
| Last win | 2013DuPont Pioneer 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 10 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| 2025 position | 45th | ||||||
| Best finish | 35th (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020South Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
| Last race | 2025Sober or Slammer 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 85th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015Pocono ARCA 200 (Pocono) | ||||||
| First win | 2015Pocono ARCA 200 (Pocono) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 15 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 4th (2008) | ||||||
| First race | 2007 Mansfield 150 (Mansfield) | ||||||
| Last race | 2009 Tri-County 150 (Tri-County) | ||||||
| First win | 2008Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy 100 (Thompson) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 49th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015Carneros 200 (Sonoma) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of November 2, 2025. | |||||||
Trevor Mitchell Bayne (born February 19, 1991)[1] is an American semi-retired professionalstock car racing driver,dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He last competed part-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No. 24Toyota GR Supra forSam Hunt Racing, and part-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1Toyota Tundra TRD Pro forTricon Garage. He is also apit reporter forNASCAR on Prime Video.[2] He is the youngest person to ever win theDaytona 500, the largest event inNASCAR,[3] doing so a day after his twentieth birthday in2011.[3] The win came in only his second race in NASCAR's top series, and was his only victory in 187 total Cup Series starts.[4]
After losing his ride with Roush in 2018, Bayne opened Mahalo Coffee Roasters inKnoxville, Tennessee as well as starting in 2021 driving a602 Crate Late Model on a part-time basis for his own team that he shares with his younger brother Trey Bayne in theAmerican Crate All-Star Series presented by PPM. At the end of 2022, he sold Mahalo Coffee Roasters as he was on the verge of signing a full-time deal withJoe Gibbs Racing in theNASCAR Xfinity Series in2023 (which did not end up happening).[5]
Bayne was born inKnoxville, Tennessee in February 1991.[1] He began racinggo-karts at the age of five. He continued to race go-karts for eight years, during which he recorded three World Championships with more than 300 feature wins and eighteen total State and Track Championships.[6]
In 2003, he moved toAllison Legacy Series, where he became the youngest top rookie. The next year, he became the series' National Champion, the youngest person ever to win the title. During the two years he raced in the series, he won fourteen races, earned nineteenpole positions, and recorded thirty top-five finishes in only 41 starts. In 2005, when Bayne was fifteen years old, he moved to theUSAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division, in which he received the highest rookie honors. In 2008, he signed a contract withDale Earnhardt, Inc. under theirdriver development program, racing in theNASCAR Camping World East Series, where he recorded one win, six top-fives, and seven top-ten finishes and finished fourth in point standings. One year later, he recorded Sunoco Rookie of the Race honors after participating in theToyota All-Star Showdown atIrwindale Speedway. Also in 2009, he began racing in the Nationwide Series forMichael Waltrip Racing. After about two years with the team, he moved to Roush Fenway Racing at the end of the season and began racing in the Sprint Cup Series for Wood Brothers Racing.[1][6]
After DEI merged intoChip Ganassi Racing's shop following 2008, Bayne was hired as a development driver by Ganassi. However, as Ganassi had shut down its Nationwide Series program after 2008, Bayne made his firstXfinity Series start in2009 atBristol Motor Speedway driving a Ganassi car carrying the No. 52 ofMeans Racing. Bayne finished in the 23rd position. He then signed a contract withMichael Waltrip Racing for a limited race schedule.[7] In his first start for the team in theFederated Auto Parts 300 atNashville Superspeedway, he qualified second and finished 28th. He got the pole position at theKroger 200 atIndianapolis Raceway Park and finished seventh at that race and theVirginia 529 College Savings 250 atRichmond.
During the2010 season, Bayne drove the No. 99 Out Pet CareToyota Camry for Diamond-Waltrip Racing in 28 races before moving to Roush Fenway Racing.[8] While with Michael Waltrip Racing in 2010, he recorded three pole positions, five top-fives, and nine top-ten finishes. After announcing his departure from MWR in 2010, he was released and replaced with the Truex brothersRyan Truex andMartin Truex Jr.
In October 2010, Bayne signed a multi-year contract with Roush Fenway Racing. For the rest of 2010, Bayne drove the No. 17 Ford in the Nationwide Series.[6] Over the complete 2010 season, Bayne ended up recording three pole positions, six top-five, and eleven top-ten finishes, and finishing seventh in the final point standings.[9]
For the2011 season, Roush moved him to the No. 16 Nationwide Series car. He then went on medical leave for much of the spring.[10] After recovering from his illness, Bayne made his return to racing at the STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway on June 4, 2011, finishing third. He won his first Xfinity Series race at theTexas Motor Speedway on November 5, 2011, by edging outDenny Hamlin on a late-race restart. Despite only competing in 29 of the 34 races, Bayne finished eleventh in points, recorded five top-five finishes, and fourteen top-ten finishes to go along with his Texas win.
For 2012, 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. Bayne came back to run one more race later in the season.
In 2013, Bayne replacedRicky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 6 Nationwide Series car, with Stenhouse moving up to theSprint Cup Series full-time.[11] On June 9, Bayne got his second career Xfinity Series victory by winning theDuPont Pioneer 250 atIowa Speedway afterAustin Dillon's handling went away.[12]
Bayne returned to the No. 6 and RFR for the 2014 season.[13]Advocare, previously a sponsor in the Cup Series and primary sponsor ofAustin Dillon the prior two years, came on to sponsor the full season.
Bayne came close to many wins in the spring of 2014. He almost won at Dover and was edged by Kyle Busch for the win. In an interview, he said "My team's improved significantly. This series is so tough this year, and we've been on our game. But you want to be greedy and ask for more." He finished second again at Chicago after leading a few laps. He 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.
On February 9, 2022,Joe Gibbs Racing announced that they had signed Bayne to drive the No. 18 in seven races. Bayne raced at Fontana, Phoenix in April, Charlotte in May, Nashville, Loudon, Vegas in October, and at Homestead. Bayne finished third in his first race of seven at Fontana. At Phoenix, he finished 4th. At Charlotte, he finished 9th. At Nashville, Bayne finished second and second again at Loudon, Bayne wouldn't race again until October, when Joe Gibbs added an extra race to his schedule, as the originally scheduled driver of the No. 18 for the weekendDrew Dollar, backed out to focus on college, Bayne finished thirteenth as he got shuffled back on the final laps. Bayne finished fifth at Las Vegas and sixth at Homestead, his final race of the season.
On August 23, 2023, Bayne announced that he would return toJoe Gibbs Racing for three races, driving the No. 19 Toyota Supra at Daytona, Bristol and Texas.[14] He would finish 29th after being collected in a big wreck at Daytona. At Bristol, he would finish seventh after a good run. At Texas, he was involved in another wreck, which caused him to finish 33rd.
In September 2025, it was announced Bayne would return to the Xfinity Series atLas Vegas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 24 forSam Hunt Racing.[15]
Bayne moved to the2010 Sprint Cup Series and raced for theWood Brothers Racing team[16] in theTexas 500, starting 28th and finishing seventeenth.[17] He returned to the Wood Brothers in2011 for a limited schedule. He won the first race of the season, theDaytona 500, to become the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history, at the age of 20 years and one day.[3] This was the Wood Brothers' first win since the2001 season whenElliott Sadler won at Bristol.[18] Despite the big win, Bayne finished 40th the next week atPhoenix. The Daytona 500 win also granted Bayne eligibility for theNASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in 2011 and 2012. However, the Wood Brothers originally didn't have the sponsorship to run the non-points event or Talladega. The team later announced that Bayne would run the All-Star as well as the spring Talladega race with sponsorship from Camping World and Good Sam Club. After theSamsung Mobile 500, Bayne was hospitalized for a spider bite but was released that Wednesday.[19] Bayne raced at Talladega, but was caught up in an early crash. However, Bayne's illness returned after racing atNashville Superspeedway and he was hospitalized for five weeks, with his Nationwide ride being taken over byChris Buescher,Kevin Swindell, andMatt Kenseth. Bayne's Cup Series ride for the Coca-Cola 600 was driven by Roush Fenway teammateRicky Stenhouse Jr. The illness was originally thought to beLyme disease,[20] but later that same year it was announced that Bayne had been diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis.[21] Bayne would return to the seat of the No. 16 and would win his first Nationwide race in Texas. For 2012, 2013, and 2014, Bayne returned to the No. 21 for a limited schedule.
On May 24, 2014, RFR announced that Bayne would be running the No. 6 full-time in the Sprint Cup Series for the 2015 season.[22] Near the end of the 2014 season, Bayne intended to run the No. 6 Advocare Cup car in a few races to get a head-start on his 2015 campaign. However, the plan was aborted after he failed to qualify in his first race atCharlotte in October.[23] Bayne was not eligible to run for Rookie of the Year consideration, having spent four years running in several races.
Bayne qualified fifteenth in a controversial qualifying session for theDaytona 500. However, a crash during the first Budweiser Duel forced Bayne to a backup car. He got collected in a late-race accident involvingJeff Gordon,Reed Sorenson,Ricky Stenhouse Jr., andA. J. Allmendinger, but nonetheless finished the race on the lead lap.
After bad performances throughout the spring, Bayne had a good run going at theGEICO 500. While running 3rd, he lost control of his car and triggered a massive crash. In an interview following, he would blame dirty air for causing him to lose control and causing the crash. At Dover on May 31, 2015, Bayne got into an accident involvingJustin Allgaier andMichael Annett. After the race, Bayne was called to the Oval Office and fined $20,000 for violating a race procedure made in the wake of theKevin Ward Jr. accident in August 2014, in which a driver must remain in their car until being permitted by officials to exit (unless fire or smoke engulf the car).
Trevor Bayne got his first top ten of the year at Michigan, during the rain-delayedQuicken Loans 400. After an early speeding penalty, it looked like Bayne was set to finish a lap down. However, because several cars stayed out for the final yellow while the race leaders pitted, Bayne got his lap back, and when the race was later called because of rain showers, Bayne had finished ninth and got his first top ten since the2012 Aaron’s 499. He picked up his first ARCA win at Pocono after starting first and dominating the race, and recorded another Cup Series top ten in the2015 Coke Zero 400. Bayne's struggles would continue, as he would finish fortieth in back-to-back races at Indianapolis and Pocono, being plagued by a major lack of speed at both tracks.[24]
To start off 2016, Bayne would finish 28th in the Daytona 500. The next week at Atlanta, Bayne surprised many fans by qualifying 4th but finished 22nd. In the following weeks, he finished seventeenth at Las Vegas, 23rd at Phoenix, twentieth at Auto Club Speedway, 27th at Martinsville, fifteenth at Texas (after a fuel mileage gamble), and then a fifth-place finish at Bristol (getting his first top-five of the year). The next week at Richmond, he would finish seventeenth. The next week at Talladega, Bayne would have yet another strong race, as he would lead several laps and finish tenth. The next week at Kansas, he qualified 10th but ended up blowing a tire and finished 25th. The next week at Dover, his strong races would continue, when he finished tenth. The following week at Pocono, Bayne finished in 25th place. The next week at Michigan, he finished in 13th place. The next week at Sonoma, Bayne finished in fifteenth place. The next week at Daytona, Bayne scored his third career top-five finish with a third-place outing. The next week at Kentucky, it would come down to a fuel mileage race, and Bayne would conserve enough fuel to finish eleventh. The next week at New Hampshire, Bayne would finish 23rd. The next week at Indianapolis, Bayne would be involved in a wreck withClint Bowyer on a green-white-checkered attempt and finish 30th.
It was announced on November 30, 2016, that Liberty National Insurance would become a sponsor for Bayne and the No. 6 car.[25]
In February 2017, Bayne picked up his first top-ten finish of the season at the2017 Daytona 500. He ran as high as third and finished tenth. At the2017 Brickyard 400, Bayne had a fantastic race that ultimately was his nearest miss of his entire career. Thanks to a strategy call by Matt Puccia, Bayne moved up in the standings to fourth and was in a position to take the lead fromBrad Keselowski when Keselowski,Kasey Kahne, andJimmie Johnson pitted. His 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, he found himself running fourth again. 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. In a post-race interview, Bayne said, "I've never been more upset after a loss in my entire racing career. I say every week we give it all we have and we do it for God's glory and trust him with the results, whether they're good or bad. It's hard to understand, but it hurts." Fellow driverDenny Hamlin blamed Bayne for the restart, though it showed that it was not Bayne's fault, and later said to his crew, "He can't wait till his sponsorship money runs out".
Later in the year, he got two top-fives at Michigan and Bristol and was running as high as second with two laps to go at Michigan until he got loose in the corner and fell to 5th. At Talladega in the fall, he miraculously finished third after his car was damaged from a couple of late race accidents and pushed by six drivers on the last lap, and nearly beatRyan Newman for second. He 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.
Bayne finished 22nd in points for the second year in a row while breaking a new record for most top-fives and top-tens in a year, with two and six, respectively. Liberty National would leave the team forRichard Childress Racing at the end of the year.
On April 14, 2018,SB Nation reported that former RFR driverMatt Kenseth would return to the team for select races in the No. 6, starting atKansas in May, effectively demoting Bayne to part-time status for the remainder of the season. It marked Bayne's first part-time season since 2014.[26]
After a long summer of poor finishes, it was announced on September 12, 2018, that Bayne would not return to the No. 6 Ford Mustang in 2019, making him a free agent.[27]
After departing Roush Fenway Racing at the end of 2018, Bayne and his family returned home to Tennessee. During the 2019 offseason, Bayne constructed a farm in the state's countryside. In late June, the Bayne family opened the Mahalo Coffee Roasters store in Knoxville.[28] Bayne later revealed that he had offers to drive, but did not have the sponsorship money necessary for any of them.[29]
On August 31, 2020,Niece Motorsports announced Bayne would make hisTruck Series debut in the team's No. 40Silverado at Darlington.[30] He would make his second consecutive start in the series for Niece at Richmond, replacing full-time driverTy Majeski in the No. 45, as Majeski was out for undisclosed reasons.[31] Bayne finished fifth atBristol, but was disqualified when his truck failed the minimum height requirement during post-race inspection.[32] At Talladega, he finished second after being beaten for the win byRaphaël Lessard as the caution came out on the final lap. After the race, he affirmed he would run the No. 45 for the rest of the 2020 season.[33]
On October 17, 2023, it was announced Bayne would driveRackley W.A.R.'s No. 25 atHomestead–Miami Speedway.[34] He would finish the race in fourteenth.
In August 2025, it was announced Bayne would drive the No. 1 forTricon Garage atDarlington Raceway.[35] In his first NASCAR national series race in nearly two years, Bayne scored a top-five result in fifth.[36]
Bayne is an outspokenChristian. He 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.[37] He has been on several mission trips to Mexico with Back2Back Ministries, including one in December 2011. Bayne also attendedPassion 2012 at theGeorgia Dome and was recognized for his faith in front of approximately 45,000 college students during the final session of the conference.
On November 12, 2013, Bayne announced that he had been diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis.[21]
In December 2012, Bayne announced his engagement to Ashton Clapp.[38] The couple was married on June 4, 2013,[39] and had their first child, Elizabeth Kate in December 2015.[40] Their son, Levi Jensen Bayne, was born on June 20, 2017. They welcomed their third child, a son named Luka, on September 19, 2019. Also in 2019, the couple opened Mahalo Coffee Roasters, acoffeehouse chain inKnoxville, Tennessee. On December 11, 2021, their fourth child, a son named Jude, was born. At the end of 2022, he sold Mahalo Coffee Roasters as he was on the verge of signing a full-time deal withJoe Gibbs Racing in theNASCAR Xfinity Series in2023 (which did not end up happening).[5] On September 14, 2023, their fifth child, which was a son named Jett, was welcomed.
Bayne is the older brother and team owner ofAmerican Crate All-Star Series presented by PPM driverTrey Bayne, who shares the car with Trevor himself.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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| 2011 | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 32 | 1 |
| 2012 | 40 | 35 | ||
| 2013 | 33 | 27 | ||
| 2014 | 14 | 33 | ||
| 2015 | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 37 | 30 |
| 2016 | 23 | 28 | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 2018 | 18 | 13 |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Niece Motorsports | 40 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | CLT | ATL | HOM | POC | KEN | TEX | KAN | KAN | MCH | DRC | DOV | GTW | DAR 27 | 35th | 138 | [58] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 45 | RCH 29 | BRI 36 | LVS | TAL 2 | KAN 10 | TEX 29 | MAR 11 | PHO 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Rackley W.A.R. | 25 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRD | MAR | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH | MOH | POC | RCH | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM 14 | PHO | 104th | 01 | [59] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Tricon Garage | 1 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | HOM | MAR | BRI | CAR | TEX | KAN | NWS | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | LRP | IRP | GLN | RCH | DAR 5 | BRI | NHA | ROV | TAL | MAR | PHO | 45th | 34 | [60] | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Cunningham Motorsports | 22 | Ford | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | NJE | POC 1* | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 85th | 245 | [61] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NCWESC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Rocky Bayne | 00 | Chevy | GRE | ELK | IOW DNQ | SBO | STA | NHA | TMP | NSH | ADI | LRP | MFD 26 | NHA | DOV | 65th | 104 | [62] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | 1 | Chevy | GRE 9 | IOW 3 | SBO 25 | GLN 3 | NHA 2 | TMP 1 | NSH 12 | ADI 2 | LRP 17 | MFD 20 | NHA 8 | DOV 21 | STA 2 | 4th | 1855 | [63] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Dave Davis | 9 | Chevy | GRE | TRI 6 | IOW | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP | ADI | LRP | NHA | DOV | 50th | 150 | [64] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | |||
| 2015 | Bill McAnally Racing | 60 | Ford | KCR | IRW | TUS | IOW | SHA | SON 10 | SLS | IOW | EVG | CNS | MER | AAS | PHO | 49th | 34 | [65] | |||
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| Preceded by | Daytona 500 winner 2011 | Succeeded by |
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