Trevor Bayne’s rise through the ranks of racing was a meteoric one that took the Knoxville, Tenn. native all the way to the pinnacle of the sport as he became the youngest driver to ever win the biggest event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule. The then 20-year-old driver scored a popular although improbable victory in the 2011 Daytona 500 in the famed Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 Ford.
However, no more victories came at the top level of stock car racing for the personable driver. As a result, Bayne found himself out of a ride when he parted ways with Roush-Fenway Racing in 2018 and has not driven since.
Bayne and wife Ashton have three young children and currently reside on a farm in the Knoxville area. Their love of Hawaii and coffee brought about a new business venture for the couple in 2019 as they opened their own Mahalo Coffee Roasters in their hometown.
Bayne and his family attended the Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Late Model Series event at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, TN this past Saturday evening. While there, the winner of two NASCAR Xfinity Series races told the crowd during an interview on the public address system that he is looking to re-enter racing in a Dirt Late Model as soon as this year.
“I miss it,” Bayne stated. “I mean there’s parts of it I don’t miss and parts of it I do miss. Really, what I miss is the on-track racing, you know, just racing. That’s what’s so cool about dirt racing is there’s not a lot to it except just going racing. You know, you show up at five or six o’clock, practice, qualify, and go race.”
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