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NASCAR NEWS - Thursday, May 22, 2008
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Age no longer a factor, Bayne closer to next phase
Teen a development driver for DEI in Camping World East
By Raygan Swan, NASCAR.COM
Trevor Bayne is breathing a sigh of relief these days.
The 17-year-old just learned NASCAR's talks of increasing
the legal racing age to 21 have ended and his journey into
the big leagues will commence promptly after his 18th
birthday in February.
Officials from NASCAR talked during the offseason about
potentially increasing the age limit from 18 to 21 but
recently decided against it.
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"It was a scary subject for a long time and I've been on
edge of my seat. Teams have big investments in these young
development drivers, so I'm glad they decided to stay with
the 18 age," said Bayne, who in May of 2007 was tapped to
join Dale Earnhardt Inc. as a development driver and
compete in the Camping World Series East.
Signed to a long-term contract with DEI, along with Jeffrey
Earnhardt, grandson of the late Dale Earnhardt, and Jesus
Hernandez, a NASCAR Drive for Diversity recipient, Bayne
and his teammates all finished in the top 10 of Sunday's
US Cellular 200 at Iowa Speedway. Bayne finished fourth in
the Camping World event, followed closely by Earnhardt in
fifth and Hernandez in sixth. Sprint Cup star Kasey Kahne
competed as well and finished third.
"Racing behind Kahne was cool. This was a big day for
everyone involved with our driver development program,"
said Bayne, driver of the No. 1 DEI Chevrolet. "For us
to put all three cars in the top 10 says a lot about our
drivers, our crews and the guys in the shop."
Bayne's crew chief, Haskell Lavalette, agreed.
"Those are the types of races we expected to have when we
put this program together," Lavalette said. "We knew these
kids could drive, it was just a matter of getting them
some seat time and getting them used to this level of
competition," he said. "Once we can start doing that on a
regular basis, you'll see each of these guys competing for
the win in every race."
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In addition to the Camping World schedule, Bayne also is
running a full schedule in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup
Southern Division with a team Bayne and his father have
operated for three years.
Bayne, a Knoxville, Tenn. native, began racing go-karts
when he was 5. Throughout the next eight years, he won
more than 300 events and earned 22 titles including World
Karting Association champion three times.
In 2004, he moved up to the Allison Legacy Race Series
where Bayne posted two victories, five pole positions and
11 top-five finishes in 19 starts on his way to winning
rookie of the year. Just 13 years old, he was both the
youngest race winner and youngest top rookie since the
series began.
The following season, Bayne's 2005 Allison Legacy campaign
produced 12 wins, 14 pole positions and 19 top-five
finishes to become the series' national champion.
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Bayne then stepped up to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series
Southern Division and won rookie of the year. At 15, he
again was the youngest in series' history to earn top
rookie honors.
Now at DEI, Bayne hopes to continue his success in the
Nationwide Series.
A year ago, he left his family in Knoxville and moved to
Mooresville, N.C., in order to be close to his team. It's
not been an easy transition for the teenager but he has
found friendships amongst his teammates, namely Jeffrey
Earnhardt.
Before the Iowa event, the two raced the track on Bayne's
racing simulator Friday and again on Monday, a day after
the live action on the track.
"We are always going at it racing each other online, and
if we aren't racing each other online, we race each other
at the go-kart track here in Mooresville," Bayne said.
"For us, racing is a lifestyle, not just something we
do on weekends."
Bayne will be in Camping World action again May 31 at
South Boston (Va.) Speedway for the Strutmasters.com 150.
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