Trevor Bayne released from Diamond-Waltrip Racing

[DB2403]

Sorry if this has been posted. Didn't see it.

Martin Truex Jr. and younger brother Ryan Truex will split time in place of Trevor Bayne in the No. 99 Diamond-Waltrip Racing car the rest of the Nationwide Series season, the team announced Tuesday.

The brothers also will get one race where they will compete against each other – this weekend at Kansas Speedway as Martin Truex Jr. will drive the No. 00 Michael Waltrip Racing car while Ryan will drive the No. 99 car.

The brothers have never competed against each other. That was made possible when the team parted ways with Bayne, who is seventh in the Nationwide standings.

Bayne said Saturday that he was looking for a full-time ride for 2011.

“The root of the issue regarding Trevor and his future with DWR is simply economics,” said DWR majority owner Gary Bechtel in a statement. “DWR held an option on Trevor’s contract, but without appropriate funding, we could not match the provisions of that contract extension by guaranteeing him a full-time ride in the No. 99 car next year. We could not commit to the demands of the agreement.

“We all wanted to work towards a positive solution, but time was not on our side. We had to make a business decision and Trevor had to make a business decision. We owe it to our race team, sponsors and everyone personally invested in this organization to move forward with those who will be with us in 2011 and beyond.”

The team is looking for sponsorship for Ryan Truex, who has won the K&N Pro Series East Series title the last two years. Ryan Truex will drive the No. 99 car in the Nationwide races at Kansas, Charlotte, Gateway, Phoenix and Homestead. Martin Truex Jr. will drive the No. 99 at Auto Club Speedway and Texas.

Ryan is the younger brother of Martin Truex Jr., the 2004 and 2005 Nationwide Series champion. After four seasons running Cup for Dale Earnhardt Inc., Truex Jr. is in his first season driving for MWR.

“This is pretty cool – I always hoped this day would come but I didn’t have any idea it would come this year,” Truex Jr. said about racing against his brother. “We raced a lot on the computer and he’ll claim he beat me, but we’ll see what happens Saturday. I’m real proud of him. He’s had a good season winning the East championship for a second time.”

- NASCAR - NNS: Bayne Released From Diamond-Waltrip Racing - SPEEDtv.com

Pretty surprising if you ask me. Bayne was doing good.

 

[moppenheimer]

Fail. Hopefully he gets picked up by a half decent ride...

 

[Mike24]

...and the Nationwide series and NASCAR as a whole fail again, an nurturing a bright, promising, up and coming star...

I can understand the issue here with economic woes...and the fact that Bayne can now go looking for a new ride...but this kind of thing is getting ridiculous.


Bayne and Allgaier this year, Darnell last year, Cassill, O'Quinn...the list goes on and on...great up and coming talent, potentially (an in fact) derailed due to sponsorship dollars not taking a risk on them in a development series, in favor of an established star who shouldn't be moonlighting there in the first place...sad.


I really hope Bayne can get a ride. He's young enough wherein he could have a couple more chances...and one of the most talented young drivers in the garage. He's outperformed Justin down the stretch, and has been one of the most consistent NWide drivers over the past few months...unfortunately, it looks like Austin Dillon may be the only up and comer to have a shot at the next level, a la Menard, Conway, Scott...due to his "connections" (nothing taken away from him...Dillon's got talent)....but unfortunately, it seems you need talent and a big check book or a big imposing connection to move forward in this day and age now...which is NOT how it should be.

 

[Daniel Gomez]

that's all .:.:.:.:.:
Nascar Fails so muuuch as Dale Jr tries to win a race !

 

[PepsiRacer4]

What a crock. NASCAR is eventually gonna run out of generation and babied drivers and were gonna have nothing.

 

[ValvolineMan]

that's all .:.:.:.:.:
Nascar Fails so muuuch as Dale Jr tries to win a race !

 

[Cheeze]

Him and Brian Scott will prolly end up in the MSRP cars for the weekend and then some veterans like Mike Bliss and Jason Keller will get the boot in the week to come to make room for the two.

 

[MillsLayne]

It really is too bad that drivers like Bayne (7th in standings) and Scott (ROTY leader) get shafted due to corporate decisions and sponsorship while the Cup drivers get easy sponsorship so they can play around every Saturday (Kyle included).

 

[Ten0r]

I hate the fact that it's happening, but you can't blame the cup drivers for taking opportunities to race. If they weren't in the Nationwide or Truck races they'd be in the west and east races and then the modifieds. That's just the way they are....they're racers. We'll see how NASCAR reacts but I expect lots of changes to the structure of the Nationwide series in relation to Cup drivers in other series.

 

[Mike24]

^Honestly, from all of the little things NASCAR has screwed up on over the past year, I have no expectations that they will fix this correctly...i.e. limiting Cup regulars who are in the top 35 in points from running over 80% of the full NWide schedule.

Instead, since they need to have the Cup boys in the lower series to sell tickets...they will probably just do something in regard to how they are scored, points wise/made ineligible to win the season crown. Instead, I figure that they will let them race, let their wins count, and just score NWide regulars...leading to more of the same, except we'll have 5 NWide regulars battling it out, winless, for the title.

 

[taz1458]

Yet another reason why NASCAR is going in the wrong direction. Wont do a damn thing about 29 out of the 43 drivers being cup guys all the meantime we got Trevor Bayne, Justin Allgaier, Landon Cassill, Erik Darnell, Ricky Stenhouse, Colin Braun, Danny O' Quinn, Stephen Leicht, Chase Austin, Brad Coleman, Matt DiBenedetto, John Wes Townley, Parker Kligerman, Todd Kluever, Jon Wood, Bryan Clauson just to name some not getting an ample opportunity or having to fight and claw just to KEEP their ride. Instead we get the Nascar Nationwide Cup series every saturday. Sure they crash, what young drivers trying to GAIN EXPERIENCE do not mess up? Nobody, especially a young gun, is going to be perfect from day one. Hell, Johnson wasnt perfect when he ran the Busch Series(ALA Watkins Glen??). Its a joke seeing 2 top tier guys in Bayne & Allgaier have to more or less PAY to have a ride. Thank You Paul Menard, Kevin Conway & Brian Scott for that. Its a freaking joke and Nascar had better get it fixed fast or their ratings are going to continue to downslide, and the bad mouthing of the Nationwide Cup series will continue!

 

[AdamS]

........seriously? wtf.

o_o

 

[PepsiRacer4]

I think I've lost any interest I had in NNS.

 

[Mike24]

...same here. But as hard as I try, if I happen to flip to it on TV, and I have nothing else to do, I will watch...I'm a race fan, I can't help it.

But I REALLY wish we could get back to late 90s/early 2000s NWide...man I miss Buckshot.

 

[AdamS]

i miss Kyle Busch not winning every god damn race. :arghh:

 

[JeffJordan]

Diamond-Waltrip Waltrip,

You clearly have no idea what talent is. That guy won several poles in a row and outperformed many others week in, week out. I don't want another Casey Atwood...

So, screw your head on the right way, and don't make the same mistake again.

Also, Bayne better get a good ride...

 

[AdamS]

well, Roush said he was interested in him. if i was him i'd throw him in the 6 in Cup.

 

[taz1458]

well, Roush said he was interested in him. if i was him i'd throw him in the 6 in Cup.

So we can have another Aric Almirola? Throw him to the wolves before he is ready? Roush has the resources to put him in a NNS car. Whether or not they will do it who knows. But if they can Stenhouse or Braun for him its BS!

 

[ValvolineMan]

So we can have another Aric Almirola? Throw him to the wolves before he is ready? Roush has the resources to put him in a NNS car. Whether or not they will do it who knows. But if they can Stenhouse or Braun for him its BS!

Roush already did that with the driver that is in the 6 car now.

 

[taz1458]

Roush already did that with the driver that is in the 6 car now.

Ya, you do have a point there. But no need to do it to another one.