NASCAR Charlotte 2014: Trevor Bayne moves to Sprint Cup full-time, drive No. 6 Roush car

Roush Fenway Racing cleared up a bit of its cloudy future Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, while also hinting significant changes could be ahead.

The biggest news was the promotion of Nationwide Series driver Trevor Bayne to the Sprint Cup beginning in 2015. Bayne will be behind the wheel of the No. 6 car with full backing from AdvoCare, his current Nationwide sponsor.

Bayne will be no rookie, having made a total of 50 starts in NASCAR’s top division. The 23-year-old burst onto the scene in 2011, winning the Daytona 500 in just his second race for the famed Wood Brothers Racing team, but due to a lack of sponsorship he has never run a full Cup schedule.

“This is something I’ve waited on since I was five years old,” Bayne said. “... But the person that I wanted to thank the most in this room is Jack Roush for standing behind me over the last four years now. We’ve been through a lot of ups-and-downs, but he and his organization from day one has said our goal was to get to Sprint Cup.”

While Bayne’s future is secure, what is not as certain is who he will team with at Roush in 2015. Both Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle are free agents at the end of the year, with only Ricky Stenhouse Jr. under contract.

Edwards is thought to be joining Joe Gibbs Racing, which would field a fourth car.

Biffle said in February he expected to announce an extension sometime in the spring, but nothing has been finalized yet. He recently said in a national radio interview that he has “options.”

Roush was noncommittal Saturday when asked if the organization would expand to four cars.

“Our plans for 2015 are still in a state of flux,” Roush said. “Certainly the fact we’ve taken the No. 6 indicates that we have our plans open for a fourth car, but it’s still in a state of flux. We’ll have more to announce on that later.”