(Photo by Jay Hallas)
Inside Line Promotions – HARTFORD, Mich. (June 8, 2016) – Josh Baughman set himself up for a strong debut in Michigan last Friday.
Baughman powered from third to win a Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour heat race, which earned him a spot in the feature redraw. He then pulled the No. 1 during the random redraw to line up on the pole for the 25-lap main event at Hartford Speedway.
“That was huge because the track turned out to be one lane on the bottom,” he said. “We set ourselves up and got a little luck to be where we needed to be starting the feature, but we ran out of luck once the green flag was waved.”
Baughman hit a hole on the opening lap, which bounced the car around and spun him out. Although the car wasn’t badly damaged, the caution forced Baughman to restart at the tail of the field.
“You always want to capitalize whenever you draw a front row starting position for the main event,” he said. “Unfortunately, we had a miscue and that cost us an opportunity to race for the win.”
Baughman rallied from the back to post a seventh-place result, which was his fourth top 10 of the season with the series and ninth overall.
Last week’s Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour races at Plymouth Speedway in Plymouth, Ind., on Wednesday and at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, Ind., on Saturday rained out.
Baughman will get back in the race car this Saturday at Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, to kick off the 24th annual Sizzlin’ Summer Speedweek, which features six races in eight days.
“We have a lot of racing and traveling coming up with the ASCS National Tour the next week and a half so it’d be great to start Speedweek off with a win,” he said.
QUICK RESULTS –
June 3 – Hartford Speedway in Hartford, Mich. – Heat race: 1 (3); Feature: 7 (1).
SEASON STATS –
20 races, 1 win, 4 top fives, 9 top 10s, 13 top 15s, 14 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Saturday at Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas, for the start of the Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Speedweek
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 Aaron Reutzel’s apparel trailer during ASCS National Tour events throughout the season.
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Fischer Body Shop
Fischer Body Shop is a family owned collision repair business with locations in Eldon, Mo., and Jefferson City, Mo. For more information, visit http://www.FischerBodyShop.com.
“It’s great to have Fischer Body Shop on board as a main sponsor this year,” Baughman said. “They are great people and I’m looking forward to taking pictures with them in Victory Lane.”
Baughman would also like to thank EE Systems, Compression Generation Services, Hollywood Blasting and Coating, CCC Greg and Tammy, Beard Equipment, 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.
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- Shawn Miller on Jun 08, 2016
- Article Date: 6/8/2016 by Inside Line Promotions