An online history lesson (IHRA/JEGS)

Courtesy of Jegs

Delaware, OH – Third-generation drag racer Troy Coughlin Jr. will soon strap on his helmet and begin his 2011 campaign at the IHRA’s season-opening Palm Beach Nitro Jam, which runs from Jan. 28-29 at Palm Beach International Raceway in southeast Florida.

The son of Troy Coughlin, grandson of Hall of Famer Jeg Coughlin Sr., and nephew of John, Mike, and Jeg Coughlin Jr. — all drag racing champions in their own right — Troy Jr. knows it’s a big deal to carry his family name into any event.  

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And thanks to the Internet, he can always look back with fondness on the legacy he’s inherited, like this interesting time-capsule piece from the 1985 IHRA Summer Nationals at Edgewater Park in Ohio where Marty Reid caught up with Jeg Sr.