Ricky Stenhouse Jr. To Fill In For Trevor Bayne In Charlotte

Trevor Bayne will miss yet another weekend of NASCAR racing action due to medical issues. His next Sprint Cup Series race will be at Michigan, according to the team.

Meanwhile, someone has to fill the seat of Trevor Bayne's absence. This weekend for the Coca Cola 600, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the most recent Nationwide Series winner, will get a chance to prove himself in NASCAR's top level.

Although the way Stenhouse has been put in the seat is not under the best circumstances, he still says he is looking forward to the moment he has been dreaming of his entire life.

"Obviously its not the circumstances that you want to make your first Sprint Cup start. But you grow up dreaming about this moment and I am excited and grateful for the opportunity; to not only make my first start, but to be able to drive the number 21 Ford of the Wood Brothers in one of the biggest races of the season. Trevor is a very good friend of mine and he's going to be around this weekend and I know that his help with the transition will be instrumental. Hopefully we can give him an effort that will make him proud before we turn the car back over to him for the rest of the season."

Bayne will make his next Nationwide Series appearance at Chicagoland.





Thanks to Wood Brothers Racing for the quotes

Roush Expects 3 Nationwide teams

According to Scenedaily.com, Jack Roush hopes to secure sponsorship for 3 full time teams next season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The 3 drivers he hopes to have run the full schedule are Carl Edwards, who will not be able to run for the championship because of rule changes, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., a driver who has come on strong in the series as of late, and Trevor Bayne, who was let go from Diamond Waltrip Racing late in the season to drive for Roush the remaining few races.

Here's what Jack Roush had to say:

"Right now, we're still lacking sponsorship for two of our, hopefully, three programs next year. I am committed to start the year with Ricky and Trevor, assuming that we are going to be able to find the support, generate the interest in their future to make it a financially solvent program for both of them going forward."

He also says he will be willing to back them financially if sponsors do not come aboard.

"I'm prepared to make an investment myself. So we'll see how far we get."