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Congrats to the Wood Bros. and Trevor Bayne!:6::22:

I hope they get a full season sponsor.. he's a great driver and doesn't seem to be a ******!!""! Not to mention the return of the Woods BROTHERS.!
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They mentioned he was only planning on running Nationwide for points. Good win. Michael Waltrip fired him last year. His second cup start and he wins the biggest race.

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Was nice to see someone else win. Was disappointed with the tv coverage in that they never interviewed 3rd or 4th place, but talked to 5th and 8th??? Bobby Labonte gave Trevor the push of a lifetime!

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I love that team winning. Nascar's big spending has forgotten those teams that helped build their sport.

Plus, they have pitted an Indy 500 winning entry with Jim Clark in '65. They are alright in my book.
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I don't keep uo with NASCAR that much. But where did this kid come from? I'd say he had a good coach at Wood Bros.

And whatever happened to Jon Wood? I thought he'd be running that car.

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Originally Posted by racerjim2:
I don't keep uo with NASCAR that much. But where did this kid come from? I'd say he had a good coach at Wood Bros.

And whatever happened to Jon Wood? I thought he'd be running that car.

He comes from Knoxville. Tennessee, not Iowa. He started out in pavement late models and moved on to Pro Cup and the Camping World East Series for Dale Earnhardt Inc. Then he raced his first Nationwide race for Jimmy Means (who else just drove for Jimmy Means this weekend?) Sorta seems like Bill Davis and Jimmy Means can pick drivers.

Then Michael Waltrip hired him for Nationwide. Then they fired him after a year and a half because they didn't have a 2011 sponsor. They then let Martin Truex Jr's brother Ryan spend some of their daddy's seafood money wrecking cars as well.

I think he is now actually a Roush development driver, having replaced Colin Braun. Roush seems to let all the good drivers go (not Braun), and hang on to the ones he should let go.

As far as Jon Wood, I remember him having some medical issues, and I think it was blamed on ADD.

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Originally Posted by apexonephoto:
He comes from Knoxville. Tennessee, not Iowa. He started out in pavement late models and moved on to Pro Cup and the Camping World East Series for Dale Earnhardt Inc. Then he raced his first Nationwide race for Jimmy Means (who else just drove for Jimmy Means this weekend?) Sorta seems like Bill Davis and Jimmy Means can pick drivers.

Then Michael Waltrip hired him for Nationwide. Then they fired him after a year and a half because they didn't have a 2011 sponsor. They then let Martin Truex Jr's brother Ryan spend some of their daddy's seafood money wrecking cars as well.

I think he is now actually a Roush development driver, having replaced Colin Braun. Roush seems to let all the good drivers go, and hang on to the ones he should let go.

Sure does seem like Bill Davis and Jimmy Means can pick drivers. Bobby Santos put the back up car that Junior leant them after the #52 was destroyed in practice into the Nationwide field without turning a lap before quaifying and then ran a great race for his first time on a superspeedway. Of couse I have been a Bobby Santos fan for years watching him run midgets, supers and USAC. Trevor Bayne caught my interest last year when my daughter and son-in-law named my youngest grandson Trevor. Wouldn't it be great if sponosorship could be found for Bobby to run the full season with Means?

Some how I think todays performance will open some more doors for Trevor in the Cup Series, may not be a full time ride this year but he is definitely one of the stars of the future. How does winning the Daytona 500 and Nationwide Championship in the same year sound?

Nascar couldn't have scripted a better finish, while I was cheering for Tony to win his first 500 I couldn't be happier to see Trevor Bayne and the Wood Brothers in victory lane. Congrats Trevor and Woods Brothers!!!!!

Patti

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No doubt Mr. Bayne is one of the next NASCAR superstars. Hope the Wood Bros. keep him on. Show a lot of class and maturity for such a youngster. Car looked good at the end too. On another note, I wonder if DW gets paid by the word.:5:

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Trevor actually started in karts...

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Originally Posted by K-Dawg30:
Trevor actually started in karts...

Sorry I left that out. I was only including what I knew of his career. Not trying to leave out all of the karters out there. I would say a large majority of racers from all different disciplines have started in karts.

I also don't expect this win to be a Michael Waltrip or Cope kind of a 500 win. I would expect to see him around for a few years.

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Trevor Bayne was the only good justification for me wasting a Sunday watching NASCAR. Michael Waltrip dumps Trevor mid season last year due to a lack of “sponsor money”..IE Trevor wasn’t paying for the ride. A week later, suddenly MWR finds money and puts Ryan Truex in that car IE..Truex pays for the ride. Then Jack Roush signs Trevor for the Nationwide deal snagging what he hopes to be a future star. Finnaly a good move by Jack. (Stenhouse was a good pick too) Bad move for MWR, great move for Trevor Bayne and Roush Racing. Wonder what Michael Waltrip is saying to himself now…….Karma :5:

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He sure does seem like a great kid. Plus, seeing the Wood Brothers in Victory Lane was awesome.

I've been watching him for a few years. He always qualified well and ran well in the #99 Nationwide car. I thought that he left Waltrip for Roush, but I'm reading on here that it wasn't exactly the case.

He's signed with Roush, so it's he'll do whatever Roush wants him to, I think. Since he's decided to go for Nationwide points, I'm guessing that can't be changed. So, I don't anticipate him running the whole Sprint Cup season. Another thing that I could see happening is Ragan being out and Bayne being in the #6 next year (maybe even before the end of this year).

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Shawn, I hope you aren't right and Ragan Smith doesn't lose his ride in the 6. I am sure he learned a valueable and costly lesson yesterday. And in the land of Nascar racing where they have so much radio contact why didn't his crew chief or spotter warn him not to cut down before the start finish line? If Ragan is gone will they also lose their jobs? Seems to me they should. Ragan and Trevor are both very talented young racers and the future of Nascar, hopefully they will both fit in the cup series some where. At this point I don't even think the Woods brothers know if they could run a full season with Trevor this year if sponsoorship is found for the rest of the 2011 season. They indicated they would be looking into it today and the sports casters indicated Trevor had five race to decide which title to go for. I don't know all of the new rules that apply to picking the series a driver wants to run for the title in. What I do feel is we will see allot of Trevor Bayne in the cup series in 2011, someone will step up with sponsorship money. An I hope a win for Ragan Smith is just around the corner, I have to cheer for that young man also; years ago I kept a sailboat at Cross Lake a small lake in Ragan's hometown of Cato, N. Y.. Have to cheer for the former local racer!!!!

Patti

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Originally Posted by Shawn:
He sure does seem like a great kid. Plus, seeing the Wood Brothers in Victory Lane was awesome.

I've been watching him for a few years. He always qualified well and ran well in the #99 Nationwide car. I thought that he left Waltrip for Roush, but I'm reading on here that it wasn't exactly the case.

He's signed with Roush, so it's he'll do whatever Roush wants him to, I think. Since he's decided to go for Nationwide points, I'm guessing that can't be changed. So, I don't anticipate him running the whole Sprint Cup season. Another thing that I could see happening is Ragan being out and Bayne being in the #6 next year (maybe even before the end of this year).

Not that contracts mean anything, David Ragan is signed through 2014 with Roush.

Originally Posted by IndyBound:
Shawn, I hope you aren't right and Ragan Smith doesn't lose his ride in the 6. I am sure he learned a valueable and costly lesson yesterday. And in the land of Nascar racing where they have so much radio contact why didn't his crew chief or spotter warn him not to cut down before the start finish line? If Ragan is gone will they also lose their jobs? Seems to me they should. Ragan and Trevor are both very talented young racers and the future of Nascar, hopefully they will both fit in the cup series some where. At this point I don't even think the Woods brothers know if they could run a full season with Trevor this year if sponsoorship is found for the rest of the 2011 season. They indicated they would be looking into it today and the sports casters indicated Trevor had five race to decide which title to go for. I don't know all of the new rules that apply to picking the series a driver wants to run for the title in. What I do feel is we will see allot of Trevor Bayne in the cup series in 2011, someone will step up with sponsorship money. An I hope a win for Ragan Smith is just around the corner, I have to cheer for that young man also; years ago I kept a sailboat at Cross Lake a small lake in Ragan's hometown of Cato, N. Y.. Have to cheer for the former local racer!!!!

Patti

Patti,

I think you are confusing NY's Regan Smith with Georgia's David Ragan. I think Regan Smith will win, and he already had a debatable Talladega win taken from him. David Ragan whose father Ken raced in cup, wins pro late model races every few years, other then that he seems like a real nice guy. Nice ala Michael Waltrip, Reutimann...

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NASCAR is going to seize the moment trust me, they are not going to loose Trevor to Nationwide. The Wood Borthers are a satallite team for Roush anyway, they run Roush engines and chassis. I see Ford / Roush and NASCAR, by way of sponsor marketing help, getting the money together for a full season with the Wood Brothers and Trevor in Cup.

The only problem I see is where do points go, Nationwide or Cup?? Either way the kid wins and I hope he does well.

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Trevor's win was proof that anything is possible and dreams do come true.

I congratulate Trevor and the Wood Bros. on their win!! :8:

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Originally Posted by apexonephoto:
Not that contracts mean anything, David Ragan is signed through 2014 with Roush.



Patti,

I think you are confusing NY's Regan Smith with Georgia's David Ragan. I think Regan Smith will win, and he already had a debatable Talladega win taken from him. David Ragan whose father Ken raced in cup, wins pro late model races every few years, other then that he seems like a real nice guy. Nice ala Michael Waltrip, Reutimann...

Your right I get the two confused all the time! Still cheering for Regan Smith and think David Ragan learned a lesson he'll never forget yesterday.

Patti

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Originally Posted by JstAbvVMC:
Bad move for MWR, great move for Trevor Bayne and Roush Racing. Wonder what Michael Waltrip is saying to himself now…….Karma :5:

Hey it's Michael Waltrip. He was involved in two of the early cautions before the big one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8CippcqBpI

Awesome job by Bayne. He drove the race like a veteran and several veterans drove like rookies. Trevor made several runs to the front and put himself in a position to win. Reagan Smith put on a great run as well. Good to see some new faces up front that had never won before and a guy like Bobby Labonte who some have forgotten, finish up there as well. And Juan Montoya, that guy can drive. He saved his car twice in a spin and dodged several of those wrecks. I for one really enjoyed the race aside from all of the wrecks. The lead battles were great.

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As a Hooters Pro Cup driver he race he ran for the South points but raced as far north as Mansfield.

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Someone posted a few photos of him in a sprint car at Fremont in 2009 on the Pitgate.com message board.