Trevor Bayne Tested Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis

It's been announced that the 2011 Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne, has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

No symptoms have been reported yet, and like a true champ, has announced that he plans on racing and has been medically cleared to continue to compete in NASCAR.

"Multiple sclerosis is a more serious, less predictable disease of the central nervous system which interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the rest of the body, and symptoms can range from numbness and tingling to paralysis in extreme cases."

This caps what some would call his mystery ailment that he experienced back in 2011 when Trevor took a break from racing after experiencing numbness in his arm.

For now, he's focused on closing out the season and competing in the Nationwide series in 2014.

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NASCAR Nationwide Series Official Driver Race Results From Iowa

Here's the official race result recap from the weather-impacted Nationwide race that was delayed a full day.. -Bruce

NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 12
3RD ANNUAL DUPONT PIONEER "250"
IOWA SPEEDWAY

Newton, IA - June 9, 2013
.875-Mile Oval
250 Laps - 218.75 Miles Purse: $1,190,042  

Trevor Bayne won the DuPont Pioneer 250, his second NASCAR Nationwide Series victory.

Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 31 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 4-8 (Car #5, 44, 98 Accident Turn 2 [52]); 52-56 (Competition / #20 Spins Turn 2 [01]); 151-154 (Debris Frontstretch [31]); 157-168 (Car #20, 99, 60, 33, 30 Accident Turn 2 [Red Flag: 1 Hour 9 Mins 57 Secs] [None]); 174-178 (Car #43, 54 Accident Backstretch [44]).

Lap Leaders: 12 lead changes among 4 drivers. Dillon-pole, Hornish Jr 1, Dillon 2-8, Hornish Jr 9-24, Dillon 25-53, Hornish Jr 54-58, Dillon 59-135, Bayne 136-138, Annett 139-140, Dillon 141-151, Bayne 152-155, Dillon 156-238, Bayne 239-250.

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Fin	Car			Series	Bonus		Leader
Pos	No	Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Times	Laps
1	6	Trevor Bayne	250	47	4	Running	3	19
2	3	Austin Dillon	250	44	2	Running	5	208
3	11	Elliott Sadler	250	41	0	Running
4	12	Sam Hornish Jr	250	41	1	Running	3	22
5	32	Kyle Larson #	250	39	0	Running
6	2	Brian Scott	250	38	0	Running
7	7	Regan Smith	250	37	0	Running
8	31	Justin Allgaier	250	36	0	Running
9	22	Ryan Blaney	250	0	0	Running
10	19	Mike Bliss	250	34	0	Running
11	54	Drew Herring	250	33	0	Running
12	70	Johanna Long	250	32	0	Running
13	29	Kenny Wallace	250	31	0	Running
14	77	Parker Kligerman	250	30	0	Running
15	40	Reed Sorenson	249	29	0	Running
16	44	Cole Whitt	249	28	0	Running
17	51	Jeremy Clements	248	27	0	Running
18	14	Eric McClure	248	26	0	Running
19	87	Kevin Lepage	248	25	0	Running
20	1	Mike Wallace	247	24	0	Running
21	92	Dexter Stacey #	246	23	0	Running
22	99	Alex Bowman #	244	22	0	Running
23	23	Harrison Rhodes	243	21	0	Running
24	4	Daryl Harr	243	20	0	Running
25	30	Nelson Piquet Jr #	243	19	0	Running
26	24	Ken Butler	242	18	0	Running
27	79	Joey Gase	240	17	0	Running
28	98	Kevin Swindell #	198	16	0	Running
29	20	Brian Vickers	196	15	0	Running
30	43	Michael Annett	177	15	1	Accident	1	2
31	33	Max Papis	155	13	0	Accident
32	60	Travis Pastrana	154	12	0	Accident
33	52	Tim Schendel	64	11	0	Transmission
34	5	Brad Sweet	35	10	0	Engine
35	74	Juan Carlos Blum #	15	9	0	Engine
36	0	Blake Koch	10	8	0	Brakes
37	42	T.J. Bell	7	7	0	Electrical
38	15	Carl Long	5	6	0	Axle
39	46	Jason Bowles	5	0	0	Vibration
40	10	Jeff Green	2	4	0	Vibration

Sad State of Affairs When the 4th Place Driver Has No Sponsors

I was just listening to The Morning Drive on SiriusXM radio and they were chatting up Trevor Bayne.  Trevor Bayne is 19 points out of first place in the driver standings of the NASCAR Nationwide Series and he won't be able to race in this weekend's NNS event at Bristol, the Ford EcoBoost 300, because his team ran out of sponsor money.

The fourth place team has no funding to continue.

It's a shame that that a top contender in the series has to park it because of lack of funds, but the gritty reality of it is that this sport, at any level, is expensive to run in and this part of NASCAR, the Nationwide Series, apparently isn't big enough to draw in the money at this stage of the game.

Trevor said in the radio interview that he's preparing himself and getting ready as if he's going to run the Bristol race this weekend, but him and his team are still fishing for running funds.

He pointed out how important his entire run is each day, because when a sponsor interviews a driver, they want to know about all aspects of a race, not just the end result of the day.  He's very aware of needing to look good to attract the money.  But it has me wondering how sponsors really view the NNS aspect of NASCAR when the 4th place team can't find money.

And along with Trevor, Kenny Wallace will be out of money in a race or two also.  The economy is still trying to recover and no one has excess advertising funds.

Trevor Bayne came to the limelight last year when he ended up winning the Daytona 500.  With only 20 cars on the lead lap and having survived incidents that took out Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Matt Kesneth, Dale Earnhardt Jr and the like, he mustered an excellent drafting posture and found himself pushed to the win by Carl Edwards, in the No. 21 Motorcraft Ford from the Woods Brothers.

It was a popular win, but his team couldn't rest on their laurels and has had to make ends meet since then.  Now, in all likelihood, Trevor Bayne will have to watch the race rather than be in it.

Of course he said, with 3 easy payments of...  

He has a great attitude on the radio and I wish him luck, but admittedly, each NNS race cost around $100k per team.  I just don't have that in my back pocket.  And if I did and I sent Trevor a check, my wife would probably kill me!

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