Photo Credit: Roush Fenway Racing
With Darlington Raceway’s second season of The Tradition Continues throw back celebration for when NASCAR runs the Bojangles Southern 500 at the track Labor day weekend, Roush Fenway Racing unveiled Trevor Bayne’s throwback paint scheme.
The Tennessee native’s No. 6 AdvoCare Ford will be a tribute to long time Roush Fenway Racing driver Mark Martin. The car will carry the same red, white and blue design that Martin ran on his No.6 Ford during the 1996 and 1997 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons. This is not the first time Bayne has run a paint scheme in honor of Martin. Last season he paid homage with a paint scheme with the colors of the 1998 donned on his way to seven wins.
“It’s an honor any time you are mentioned alongside Mark Martin,” Bayne said. “He obviously contributed a lot to Roush Fenway and this organization, so to carry a paint scheme that he ran for the second year in a row is really cool. Our team has been working really hard and running well this season, so I’m hopeful we can make Mark proud.”
With the paint scheme Bayne will run, Martin scored four victories with it all of which came in the 1997 season.
“It’s going to be really cool to see that car on the track again at Darlington,” Martin said. “It’s always been on of my favorite paint schemes and we had a lot of good times taking that car to victory lane and leading a lot of laps during that time. I look at it as a tribute to all the guys that put the hard work in on those cars and gave us the opportunity to go out and compete each week.”
