Bayne began his racing career racing go-karts at the age of five. After eight years, he moved to Allison Legacy Series, where he became the youngest top rookie. Two years later, he moved to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series Southern Division. In 2008, he signed a contract with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. to race in the NASCAR Camping World East Series, where he recorded one win, six top-fives, and seven top-10 finishes. One year later, he recorded Sunoco Rookie of the Race honors after participating in the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway. Also in 2009, he began racing in the Nationwide Series for Michael Waltrip Racing. After about two years with the team, he moved to Roush Fenway Racing, at the late end of the season, and began racing in the Sprint Cup Series for Wood Brothers Racing. For that team, he won the 2011 Daytona 500, becoming the youngest driver to ever win the race at the age of 20 years and 1 day.
The Daytona 500 win also granted Bayne eligibility for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in 2011 and 2012. However, the Wood Brothers originally didn't have the sponsorship to run the non-points event or Talladega. The team later announced that Bayne would run the All-Star as well as the spring Talladega race with sponsorship from Camping World and Good Sam Club. After the Samsung Mobile 500, Bayne was hospitalized for a spider bite but was released that Wednesday. Bayne raced at Talladega, but was caught up in an early crash. However, Bayne's illness returned after racing at Nashville Superspeedway, and was hospitalized for five weeks. The illness was originally thought to be Lyme disease, but later that same year it was announced that Bayne had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
On November 12, 2013, Bayne announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Bayne is an outspoken Christian. He has credited his faith for helping him handle both the overnight success he experienced by winning the Daytona 500 as well as the health scare that took him away from racing briefly during the 2011 season. He has been on several mission trips to Mexico with Back2Back Ministries including one in December 2011. Bayne also attended Passion 2012 at the Georgia Dome and was recognized for his faith in front of approximately 45,000 college students during the final session of the conference.
In December 2012, Bayne announced his engagement to Ashton Clapp. The couple were married on June 4, 2013, and had their first child in December 2015. It was announced on December 15, 2016, that Trevor and Ashton were expecting their second child, a boy, in June 2017. Their son, Levi Jensen Bayne, was born on June 20th, 2017. 2 years later, in 2019, Trevor and Ashton announced their expected arrival of their third baby, due in September of 2019.
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