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Inside Line Promotions – TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 24, 2014) – The results weren’t indicative of Josh Baughman’s success during the 38th annual Winter Nationals last weekend at East Bay Raceway Park.

“We made a lot of good, fast laps,” he said. “We were working on being consistent on our lap times. Obviously we’re there to race, but as a team we’re racing ourselves.”

Baughman’s objective for his first event driving for Jason Johnson Racing was to improve throughout the weekend and find consistency.

“I think all in all for the entire weekend we had a pretty good weekend,” he said. “Our lap times were good. We’ve just got to get more consistent. We went down there with no expectations and just to learn a lot. I think we got that accomplished.”

While Baughman made gains throughout the Winter Nationals, he struggled to find luck. Baughman started on the inside of the second row during his heat race on both Thursday and Friday. Each day favored the outside lane and Baughman finished fourth to send him to a B Main.

He finished seventh in the consolation on Thursday and was caught up in a crash on the opening lap of a B Main on Friday.

“I thought I was going to hit the wall head on and flip over the fence,” he said. “It tore a lot of stuff up. We basically rebuilt the whole rear of the car and it did bend the chassis a little bit.”

Baughman endured a mechanical issue to start his heat race during Saturday’s finale, which buried him in a B Main on the heavy track.

The team experimented with an extremely tight race car and Baughman picked up a pair of positions on the challenging track to place ninth in the consolation race.

“All in all, we learned a lot,” he said. “We learned what we can do and what we can’t do with the car and my driving styles. I think going into the next race me and (crew chief) Wayne Priddy have a better understanding of each other.”

Baughman will return to action March 14 at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, and March 15 at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, with the ASCS Gulf South Region.

QUICK RESULTS –

Feb. 20 – East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla. – Heat race: 4 (3); B Main: 7 (4).

Feb. 21 – East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla. – Heat race: 4 (3); B Main: DNF (5).

Feb. 22 – East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla. – Heat race: DNF (5); B Main: 9 (11).

SEASON STATS –

3 races, 0 wins, 0 top fives, 0 top 10s, 0 top 15s, 0 top 20s

UP NEXT –

March 14 at Golden Triangle Raceway Park in Beaumont, Texas, and March 15 at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas, with the ASCS Gulf South Region

SOCIAL 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 – B&H Industrial Supplies

B&H Industrial Supplies is a chemical and cleaning supply company located in Odessa, Texas.

“B&H Industrial Supplies takes care of my chemicals, like WD40 and cleaning supplies,” Baughman said. “Those things are very helpful throughout a season.”

Baughman would also like to thank Hollywood Blasting and Coating, Energy Equipment Co., Gleco Platings, Factory Kahne, Beard Equipment, FK Rod Ends, Fischer Body Shop, 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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