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Baughman Shows Speed Before Feature Crashes at Winter Nationals

(Photo by DB3 Imaging)

Inside Line Promotions – MESQUITE, Texas (Oct. 18, 2016) – Josh Baughman was in contention for a win during the Winter Nationals last weekend.

Unfortunately, luck didn’t fall in Baughman’s favor during the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour event at Devil’s Bowl Speedway.

The action began on Friday when Baughman won a heat race before he advanced from fourth to second place in a qualifier. That ranked him second out of nearly 50 competitors in overall points and started him on the outside of the front row for the main event.

Baughman led the first 13 laps of the 25-lap main event before falling to third place. However, he remained in striking distance of the top spot until a collision with a lapped car with only four laps remaining resulted in Baughman getting upside down.

“It was a frustrating way to end the night because we were not only in contention for the win, but we were in one of the four lock-in spots for Saturday’s feature redraw,” he said after ending 18th.

The team returned to the half-mile oval on Saturday. Baughman won a heat race before he placed third in a qualifier to lock into the 13th starting position for the main event.

“On the start a couple of guys got together in front of me and I had nowhere to go,” he said. “I got into the frontstretch wall and it broke the Jacob’s Ladder.”

The race restarted before Baughman was able to return and he was credited with a 23rd-place finish.

“It was a rough weekend for sure,” he said. “We tore some stuff up. We just got caught up in mishaps in the features.”

QUICK RESULTS –

Oct. 14 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: 1 (1); Qualifier: 2 (4); Feature: 18 (2).

Oct. 15 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: 1 (1); Qualifier: 3 (3); Feature: 23 (13).

SEASON STATS –

62 races, 2 wins, 15 top fives, 23 top 10s, 31 top 15s, 35 top 20s

UP NEXT –

TBD

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.JoshBaughman.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Josh_Baughman17

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshBaughmanRacing

APPAREL –

Baughman will have t-shirts and hoodies available for sale at his apparel trailer throughout the season.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Beard Equipment

Beard Equipment was founded in 2006 in Midland, Texas, on the belief that a need existed for a supplier of quality equipment with knowledgeable sales people and customer service. Beard Equipment originally serviced Texas exclusively, but expanded its reach in 2007 to surrounding states and nationwide in early 2011. For more information, visit http://www.BeardEquipCo.com.

“Beard Equipment has helped us to get where we’re at,” Baughman said. “We look forward to getting them in the Winner’s Circle several times this season.”

Baughman would also like to thank EE Systems, Fischer Body Shop, Hollywood Blasting & Coating, CCC Greg and Tammy, Compression Generation Services, B&H Industrial Supplies, Octane Ink, FK Midwest, FK Rod Ends, Walker Performance Filtration, Smith Titanium, Hinchman Racewear, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, KSE, Dirt Collective, System 1, Weld Wheels, Ti22 Performance, Car & Fleet and Moss Racing Engines for their support.

INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

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