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on five occasions.  He had three starts with Dale Earnhardt Jr and one each with Elliott Sadler and Tyler Reddick.  The drivers posted a worst finish of seventh, with four top fives.  In 2021, he was called upon to lead the efforts of JRM's #1 car with driver Michael Annett.  They made 26 starts, but had a disappointing year, as Annett was only able to post one top ten finish.  Josh Berry also made five starts and showed that Baumgarner had the knowledge need to call the right shots to get the car into victory lane.  In those five starts, the duo captured a win at Las Vegas and added two top five and four top ten finishes.  Sam Mayer was brought on board to pilot the #1 in 2022, as Annett decided to retire.  Baumgarner was paired with Josh Berry in 2022 since they had had such good success in that brief span in 2021.  Their success continued as the had three finishes inside the top four in the first four races. They broke through and won at Dover; locking them into the Chase.  They won again at Charlotte, and when the play-offs started he posted good results and advanced through the first two rounds.  He posted his third win in the round of eight; locking him into the Championship Four.  At that race, they were one of three JRM teams in the final four.  But in the end, none of the cars could keep up with a speedy Ty Gibbs, as he led 125 of 200 laps to win the Xfinity Championship.  They finished fourth in the points standings.  In September of 2022, it was announced that Baumgarner would become the Director of Competition at JRM beginning in 2023.  A 27-year veteran of the sport, it’s a new, but familiar spot for the 47-year-old Bumgarner, who served as race operations director for JRM from 2014-20 and oversaw the production and maintenance of the team’s race car inventory.  For his career as a crew chief; he had the three Cup races; and he led his drivers in all or part of seven seasons.  In the Xfinity Series, he made 130 starts; got eight wins, 38 top five and 72 top tens finishes.