Trevor Mitchell Bayne (born February 19, 1991) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, dirt racing driver, team owner, and businessman. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing in the No. 24 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro for Tricon Garage. He is also a pit reporter for NASCAR on Prime Video. He is the youngest person to ever win the Daytona 500, the largest event in NASCAR, doing so a day after his twentieth birthday in 2011. The win came in only his second race in NASCAR's top series, and was his only victory in 187 total Cup Series starts.
After losing his ride with Roush in 2018, Bayne opened Mahalo Coffee Roasters in Knoxville, Tennessee, as well as starting in 2021 driving a 602 Crate Late Model on a part-time basis for his own team that he shares with his younger brother Trey Bayne in the American 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 with Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2023 (which did not end up happening).
Racing career
Beginnings Bayne was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in February 1991. He began racing go-karts at the age of five. He continued to race go-karts for eight years, during which he recorded more than 300 feature wins and eighteen total State and Track Championships.
In 2003, Bayne moved to Allison 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 nineteen pole positions, and recorded thirty top-five finishes in only 41 starts. In 2005, when Bayne was fifteen years old, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division, in which he received the highest rookie honors. In 2008, he signed a contract with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. under their driver development program, racing in the NASCAR 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 the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway. Also in 2009, he began racing in the Nationwide Series for Michael 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.
Xfinity Series
2009–2010: Entry into the Xfinity Series After DEI merged into Chip 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 first Xfinity Series start in 2009 at Bristol Motor Speedway driving a Ganassi car carrying the No. 52 of Means Racing. Bayne finished in the 23rd position. He then signed a contract with Michael Waltrip Racing for a limited race schedule. In his first start for the team in the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, he qualified second and finished 28th. He got the pole position at the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and finished seventh at that race and the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond.
During the 2010 season, Bayne drove the No. 99 Out Pet Care Toyota Camry for Diamond-Waltrip Racing in 28 races before moving to Roush Fenway Racing. 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 brothers Ryan Truex and Martin Truex Jr.
2010–2014: Roush Fenway Racing
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. 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.
For the 2011 season, Roush moved him to the No. 16 Nationwide Series car. He then went on medical leave for much of the spring. 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 the Texas Motor Speedway on November 5, 2011, by edging out Denny 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 replaced Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 6 Nationwide Series car, with Stenhouse moving up to the Sprint Cup Series full-time. On June 9, Bayne got his second career Xfinity Series victory by winning the DuPont Pioneer 250 at Iowa Speedway after Austin Dillon's handling went away.
Bayne returned to the No. 6 and RFR for the 2014 season. Advocare, previously a sponsor in the Cup Series and primary sponsor of Austin 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.
2022–2023: Return To The Xfinity Series 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 weekend Drew 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 to Joe Gibbs Racing for three races, driving the No. 19 Toyota Supra at Daytona, Bristol and Texas. 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.
2025: Sam Hunt Racing In September 2025, it was announced Bayne would return to the Xfinity Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, driving the No. 24 for Sam Hunt Racing.
NASCAR Cup Series
2010–2014: Wood Brothers Racing
Bayne moved to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series and raced for the Wood Brothers Racing team in the Texas 500, starting 28th and finishing seventeenth. He returned to the Wood Brothers in 2011 for a limited schedule. He won the first race of the season, the Daytona 500, to become the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history, at the age of 20 years and one day. This was the Wood Brothers' first win since the 2001 season when Elliott Sadler won at Bristol. Despite the big win, Bayne finished 40th the next week at Phoenix. The Daytona 500 win also granted Bayne eligibility for the NASCAR 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 the Samsung Mobile 500, Bayne was hospitalized for a spider bite but was released that Wednesday. Bayne raced at Talladega, but was caught up in an early crash. However, Bayne's illness returned after racing at Nashville Superspeedway and he was hospitalized for five weeks, with his Nationwide ride being taken over by Chris Buescher, Kevin Swindell, and Matt Kenseth. Bayne's Cup Series ride for the Coca-Cola 600 was driven by Roush Fenway teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. The illness was originally thought to be Lyme disease, but later that same year it was announced that Bayne had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Nate Ryan, "Trevor Bayne Diagnosed With MS, But Will Continue to Race," USA Today, November 12, 2013. 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.
2015–2018: Roush Fenway Racing 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. 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 at Charlotte in October. 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 the Daytona 500. However, a crash during the first Budweiser Duel forced Bayne to a backup car. He got collected in a late-race accident involving Jeff Gordon, Reed Sorenson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and A. J. Allmendinger, but nonetheless finished the race on the lead lap.
After bad performances throughout the spring, Bayne had a good run going at the GEICO 500. While running third, 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 involving Justin Allgaier and Michael 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 the Kevin 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).
Bayne got his first top-ten of the year at Michigan, during the rain-delayed Quicken 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 the 2012 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 the 2015 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.