Sportsman
Jeg Coughlin earns historic triple victory in Edgewater
Courtesy of Jegs
Cleves, OH – For all of his great success in drag racing, including 67 national event victories and five world championships, Jeg Coughlin never experienced a day like the one he enjoyed Sunday at the Ultimate 64 Shootout at
Edgewater Sports Park. Driving his JEGS.com dragster and his classic ’67 Chevy II station wagon, Coughlin participated in four events on Sunday and came away with three victories.
“In all the years I’ve raced, I never had a day like this,” said Coughlin. “This was something special. I was not on fire; in fact I made a couple of ugly runs, but I managed to get by. Once we got rolling, I didn’t think about too much other than the task at hand. The good thing about making so many runs is that you don’t have too many opportunities to get distracted.”
Coughlin began the day with a quarterfinal finish in the rain-delayed $50,000 to win main event, losing a close race by just two thousandths of a second. After that, he reeled off 19-straight round wins between his two entries, beginning the historic rout with a $10,000 payday in the final of the Estes Oil Company Big Bucks event. Coughlin, who is taking a hiatus from the NHRA Pro Stock class this year in order to compete in events such as the Ultimate 64 Shootout, won the final round over another recognizable NHRA pro, Shawn Langdon, driver of the Lucas Oil Top Fuel dragster.
