Trevor Bayne is hoping to give Eddie and Len Wood one more trip to victory lane this Sunday at the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his last in the iconic No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion.
Bayne gave NASCAR’s oldest team it most recent visit to victory circle at the 2011 Daytona 500 as a 20-year-old rookie. Next year, Bayne takes the reins of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion for a full-time Sprint Cup ride out of the Roush Fenway Racing stable.
“To drive that 21 car has been incredible,” Bayne said. “They have given me so much support over the last four years. They’ve made it possible for me to get to a place where I could have this new opportunity.
“It’s been such a ride with the 21 guys, and they’ve become part of the family, and I’ve become part of their family,” he continued. “You think about the history that we’ve had together over the last four years.
“When I told them in May about the announcement I was about to make in Charlotte, they told me how much they’re behind me and how much they’ve appreciated what we’ve done together,” Bayne recalled. “I was actually standing beside the trailer talking to them and they pointed up to the Daytona 500 sticker and said ‘that’s one thing that will never change right there. You got your first one here. I don’t care if you get 25 more, this was your first one and we’re so glad we were able to be a part of it.’
“Ultimately the goal at the end of the day was for me to be a full-time Sprint Cup driver for Jack Roush,” he said. “The Wood Brothers played such a big part of my career and I couldn’t be more thankful for that.”
Eddie Wood, co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing, also looks back on the team’s Trevor Bayne era fondly.
“It’s been a really good relationship,” Wood said. “We knew going in it might be a short-term deal, but we were lucky – lucky for us, maybe not so lucky for them – we got to keep Trevor for four years.
“Trevor Bayne will always be a part of our family,” Wood said. “And we will always share that great Daytona 500 moment together. It’s something that will always be so special for all of us. We will always be Trevor Bayne fans, so we are happy he is getting his shot to race for the Sprint Cup Championship. We are going to do everything in our power to get him to victory lane one more time in the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion.”
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