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Championship on the line for Mike Coughlin at Ohio Valley
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WEST POINT, KY – Mike Coughlin’s mission for this weekend’s Doorslammer Nationals at Ohio Valley Raceway is simple; win two elimination rounds and he’s once again the Top Sportsman champion in Division 3.
Coughlin, the driver of the JEGS.com Chevy Cobalt, has been in contention for his third North Central Division Top Sportsman championship since winning back-to-back races in Indianapolis and Joliet earlier this year and he now finds himself in position to claim a third title this weekend.
Trailing reigning series champion John Scali by 22 points, Coughlin must reach the quarterfinal round in order to force a tie. Under the current NHRA tie-breaker rules, Coughlin would win the title base on his round-win record within the North Central Division. Should he should advance past the quarterfinal round, he would claim the title outright.
T.J. Coughlin racks up two runner-up finishes in one weekend
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COLUMBUS, OH – With a broad smile on his face, third-generation racer Troy Coughlin Jr. drove to a pair of runner-up finishes during this weekend’s seventh annual JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway.
Coughlin’s whirlwind weekend began on Thursday when he drove his JEGS.com Super Comp dragster to a runner-up finish in the postponed North Central Division Lucas Oil Series event from July.
With his confidence soaring, Coughlin repeated the feat Sunday when he claimed a second runner-up finish in the Super Comp class in the JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals race.
The former U.S. Nationals champion also made his debut in the Top Dragster class behind the wheel of his uncle John Coughlin’s 200-mph JEGS.com dragster and drove to a very respectable round 3 finish. All told, Coughlin won 14 elimination rounds during the four-day event.
JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals Crowns Champions
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COLUMBUS, OH – A total of nine champions were crowned Sunday at the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway with Jason Coan of Kokomo, Ind., and Jeremy Duncan of Charlestown, Ind., leading the way
with victories in Comp and Super Stock, respectively.
The event featured a massive field of 525 competitors from all over the U.S. and Canada, making it the second largest turnout since the inaugural Columbus SPORTSnationals event in 2005.
Coan, whose lengthy résumé includes a win at the 2009 JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals, collected his second win after driving his four-cylinder powered dragster to a final round win over Dave Yediny of Nazareth, Pa. Coan left the starting line with a very competitive .016 reaction time and extended the lead with an 8.16 to defeat Yediny’s L/A Opel.
Duncan, the runner-up at the 2010 JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals, took his Camaro one step further when he defeated former world champion Anthony Bertozzi in the Super Stock final. Both drivers made exceptional runs with Duncan taking the victory by a margin of just five-thousandths of a second at the finish line.
JEGS.com racecars to be featured at The New Albany Classic
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DELAWARE, OH – The 2011 New Albany Classic Invitational Grand Prix & Family Day will have an added boost of horsepower this year thanks to world champion drag racers Troy Coughlin and Jeg Coughlin Jr. The New Albany
Classic will be held this Sunday.
Both men will display their racecars at the 14th annual fundraising affair. The event is 100 percent underwritten to ensure all proceeds will benefit the Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence. The Coalition works to break the cycle of family violence in homes, schools, workplaces and neighborhoods throughout the community.
“The work The Coalition does with the Grand Prix should be commended,” Troy Coughlin said. “It’s an honor to have our racecars as a part of this event. My daughters, Paige and Kelly, are both aspiring equestrians who have been riding competitively for three seasons. They’re thrilled we’re involved because they’re anxious to see the international stars ride in the Grand Prix.”
Something for everyone at JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals
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HEBRON, OH – Historic National Trail Raceway will come alive this weekend as several hundred of NHRA’s best racers
arrive at the track for the seventh annual JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals.
One of thee events designed specifically to showcase racers in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, the Northern SPORTSnationals will crown champions in the following NHRA eliminators — Comp, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Super Street, Top Dragster and Top Sportsman.
JEGS Gears up for NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals
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Hebron, OH – There will be a total of six JEGS Mail Order entries in competition this weekend at the JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals. Mike Coughlin will race in Top Sportsman while his brother Jeg plans to compete in Super Comp and
Stock and Jeg’s wife, Samantha will also be in Super Comp with her JEGS.com dragster. In addition, third-generation racer Troy Jr. will be pulling double-duty as he is scheduled to take the wheel of his uncle John’s Top Dragster as well as his own JEGS.com Super comp entry.
With three wins and a runner-up, Mike Coughlin is the most successful racer in the history of the JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals. He won the Top Sportsman titles in 2009, 2007 and 2006, and was a runner-up in Super Comp at the inaugural event in 2005.
All told, the Coughlin brothers, John, Troy, Mike and Jeg Jr., have combined to win 11 national events at National Trail Raceway, the team’s longtime home track. They have also tallied five runner-up finishes here.
Elite group in the running for prestigious JEGS Crown trophy
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COLUMBUS, OH – An elite field of 15 highly-skilled sportsman drag racers are in the running for the coveted JEGS Crown trophy, a special award that could be earned by each driver at next weekend’s JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at
National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio.
The JEGS Crown is a specially designed trophy that was painstakingly handcrafted by renowned artist Dan Dreisbach of Naked Sculpture (www.naked-sculpture.com). It is considered by many to be the drag racing equivalent of an Olympic gold medal simply because it is so difficult to obtain.
The only way to win the JEGS Crown is to win an eliminator title at two of the three JEGS NHRA SPORTSnationals events held each year; the JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose, La., the JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals in Fontana, Calif., and the JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals. Since it’s creation in 2005, the JEGS Crown has been claimed just one time.
Coughlin misses Pro Mod cut in Charlotte
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CHARLOTTE, NC – The new-car blues struck Troy Coughlin and the JEGS.com Pro Mod team Saturday at zMax Dragway.
Coughlin’s new turbocharged ’68 Camaro, running its second race, failed to qualify for the Get Screened America Pro Mod Drag Racing Series event taking place at the fourth annual O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals.
“We had a couple things that were off at Indy, but those were things we did,” Coughlin said. “We adjusted and came here, but there’s something else wrong. We don’t know what it is, but we’ll keep pecking away until we find it.”
Coughlin and the team aren’t sure exactly where the gremlins are in the new car. He qualified 10th for the U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis, but inexplicably slowed in Charlotte. His best pass of 6.315 seconds at 240.12 mph wasn’t enough to get him in the field.
Coughlin and JEGS team gaining ground on new Pro Mod
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Troy Coughlin and the JEGS.com Pro Mod team are anxious to continue their learning curve with their new racecar at this weekend’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Nationals at zMax Dragway.
Coughlin unveiled the Jerry Bickel-built ’68 Camaro at Indianapolis in the most recent race, and he qualified No. 10 before falling in the first round. The JEGS.com Chevrolet has a 504-cubic inch engine with a Precision Turbo turbocharger, a combination that is relatively new to the Pro Mod class.
“It should be a little better,” Coughlin said of this weekend’s race. “When we go to Charlotte, we will have improved, unless we found other things that need to be tuned. It’s kind of a work in progress. This is not brand new, but it’s still a pretty new combination.”
Crew chief Jake Hairston and the rest of the JEGS.com team – Bryan Metzenheim, Nick Gaylord and Mike Rees – continue to learn the car. Finding the right combination to go fast is difficult in any NHRA class, but the Pro Mod cars seem to be the most recalcitrant.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. the big winner for Team JEGS at No Problem Raceway
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BELLE ROSE, LA – Five-time champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. led his team’s efforts at the third annual Moser Engineering Great American $50,000 Bracket Race by winning Saturday’s American Race Cars Shootout.
Coughlin’s nephew Troy Coughlin Jr. (T.J.) also ran well over the weekend, as did Jeg’s new bride Samantha Coughlin.
Still it was the veteran Jeg who made the biggest splash with his victory in the Shootout, which awarded the winner a 2011 American Race Cars dragster, a car that was sold on the spot to an interested buyer.
“I actually wasn’t planning on running the Shootout but my buddy Mitch Cleary from Over Kill Motorsports talked me into it and put up the $1,000 entry fee so I gave it a whirl,” Jeg said. “Five rounds later we had it done.
