Sunday was a big day for five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. as he claimed his second career Super Comp victory to give the Coughlin family its 92nd NHRA national event victory overall.
In 286 pro starts, four-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin has amassed 52 national event victories in 85 final-round appearances and posted a stunning 476–220 elimination round record. His totals include five big wins at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the next stop on the Full Throttle Drag Racing Series schedule.
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Super Comp racer Samantha Coughlin is a bona fide national event winner who has proven to be absolutely lethal on the racetrack in her JEGS.com dragster. But when the helmet comes off, Coughlin is quick to flash a pretty smile that usually disarms even the most hardened of opponents.
CHICAGO — Following a thrilling day of competition among drag racing’s best sportsman racers, the team representing Division 4 claimed the overall team title at the prestigious JEGS All-stars event over the weekend at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. Tied with the Division 7 team heading into the final round, the clincher came when Division 4 Super Stock racer Slate Cummings defeated Division 7’s Tony Mandella to officially lock up the championship, and the $20,000 team bonus that accompanies it.
With two consecutive wins and a commanding lead in the Division 3 Top Sportsman standings, Mike Coughlin is as hot as a firecracker in his JEGS.com hot rod. Now, the two-time D3 champion is looking to make more fireworks as he heads to northwest Ohio for the resumption of last months’ rain-delayed B’Laster Cavalcade of Stars Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event.
NORWALK — This weekend’s NHRA drag race in northeast Ohio will be a special one for JEGS.com drivers Troy Coughlin, his son Troy Jr., and daughters Meghan and Paige. That’s because the site of the race is just 80 miles from JEGS headquarters in Delaware, the Coughlin’s longtime hometown.
As the 2011 Sportsman drag racing season nears its midway point, the BTE Power Rankings on ThisIsBracketRacing.com have seen a change at the top.As of the June 15 rankings, more than 600 sportsman competitors have earned points within the BTE Power Rankings and currently they are led by five-time NHRA World Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.