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Inside Line Promotions – MESQUITE, Texas (May 21, 2014) – Josh Baughman will take the holiday weekend off following a tough outing.

Baughman’s Jason Johnson Racing entry was torn up during a violent crash on the final lap of the main event last Friday at Boyd Raceway in Boyd, Texas, where he was credited with a 15th-place finish at the ASCS Lone Star Region race.

“As far as our weekend went, it was a long weekend,” he said. “We had to overcome a lot of adversity. I got out of the rubber on the last lap and slipped out of the groove. I got into it with another guy and we flipped down the frontstretch.”

After advancing from sixth to fifth place in his heat race earlier in the night, Baughman rallied from 16th at the start of the main event into the top 10 prior to the crash.

“We had to rebuild the car completely,” he said. “That car is junk. We band-aided it up for Saturday.”

After a long day of traveling and rebuilding the race car, Baughman’s team tackled Devil’s Bowl Speedway last Saturday for the ASCS Lone Star Region and ASCS Sooner Region event.

Unfortunately, the team sustained mechanical woes two laps into the heat race after Baughman had advanced from sixth to third place. He was unable to finish the heat race and was relegated to start 10th in the B Main.

“We were really fast in the B Main,” he said. “The track was still wide and racy.”

Baughman powered from the outside of the fifth row to a runner-up result, which earned him a transfer to the back of the 25-lap main event. However, the track began to take rubber early and Baughman ended with a 14th-place result.

His team will build a new car for the next weekend of action, which is slated to begin on May 30 with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour at Salina Speedway in Salina, Kan. Baughman will compete the following night at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, before ending that weekend on June 1 at Double X Speedway in California, Mo.

QUICK RESULTS –

May 16 – Boyd Raceway in Boyd, Texas – Heat race: 5 (6); Feature: 15 (16).

May 17 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite, Texas – Heat race: DNF (6); B Main: 2 (10); Feature: 14 (18).

SEASON STATS –

15 races, 0 wins, 1 top five, 5 top 10s, 7 top 15s, 12 top 20s

UP NEXT –

May 30 at Salina Speedway in Salina, Kan., with the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour; May 31 at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa; and June 1 at Double X Speedway in California, Mo.

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 race trailer throughout the season. For a list of his scheduled events, visit http://www.JoshBaughman.com.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Compression Generation Services

Compression Generation Services is a natural gas business based in Humble, Texas.

“They are great people to deal with and I’m glad to have them on board for 2014,” Baughman said. “I look forward to seeing their name in the winner’s circle with me.”

Baughman would also like to thank Hollywood Blasting and Coating, Beard Equipment, Energy Equipment Co., Gleco Platings, Fischer Body Shop, B&H Industrial Supplies, FK Rod Ends, Factory Kahne, K&N Filters, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, MSD Ignition, Weld Wheels, Vortex Wings, Maxim Chassis, Moss Racing Engines and Oakley for their support.

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