That Daytona 500 win ... kind of a careful-what-you-wish-for thing, huh?
Trevor Bayne, whose Daytona 500 win was the first in a remarkable series of stories this year, remains sidelined by a still-unknown illness and will not participate in either the All-Star festivities� this weekend or the Nationwide race in Iowa.
Bayne had done some testing on Wednesday, but doctors determined he was not yet sufficiently recovered from the illness, which caused both fatigue and blurred vision, to sign off on him racing. Bayne is now going on his fourth week of missed race time for the illness, for which he has been treated at the Mayo Clinic.
Wood Brothers, Bayne's owner, has disclosed no further details about Bayne's illness except to say that it is neither life- nor career-threatening. It was initially thought to be the result of an early-April spider bite, but subsequent tests at the Mayo Clinic have shown that the illness apparently did not stem from the bite. Mysterious, indeed.
The Wood Brothers Sprint Cup team is next scheduled to run the Coca-Cola 600 next weekend. Bayne's Nationwide team has fallen from fifth to 11th by not racing, and by skipping the race, he loses his guaranteed starting spot, meaning he'll have to qualify on speed.
Man, it's been a tough road for Bayne since Daytona. Here's hoping he straightens out his health problems very soon.
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