William Baumgardner Jr., owner of two-time defending Busch Grand National champion Randy LaJoie’s team, was released from Charlotte Medical Center on Friday after a four-day stay. Baumgardner was admitted Monday night with a high fever caused by complications following a heart catheterization several weeks ago. Ironically, it was an allergic reaction to medication designed to prevent an infection that caused his white blood cell count to fall rather than rise. He’s now taking antibiotics to help fight off the infection.(SpeedNet)(6-6-98)
