Trevor Bayne Kobalt Tools 400 Race Preview

Trevor Bayne in the Sam’s Town 300 o Three previous Nationwide races in Las Vegas: 2010 – started 18th, finished 6th 2011 – started 7th, finished 5th 2012 – started 14th, finished 4th o Ranks as the “strongest passer” in Las Vegas by averaging 51.3 quality passes per race (as defined by passing a car in top 15 under green flag) o Fourth strongest “closer” by gaining an average of six positions in the final 10% of laps per race o Fifth fastest driver late in a run (last 25% of laps run since a pit stop) The Car o RK-786 is a new chassis that has not raced on any tracks yet o RK-786 is built as a sister car to the chassis that won in Chicago and Atlanta in the 2012 season Roush Fenway Racing in the Sam’s Town 300 o 2012 – The No.6 team started sixth and went on to win the race with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. behind the wheel Local Connections o Three crew members will be returning west for the race, with Kenny Deguisto and EC Nichols hailing from Texas, and Larry Lally being a California nat...