Maple Grove Raceway, Oct 5, 2010: Jeg Coughlin Jr. enters thisweekends NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals as a sixth-seeded motorist in thePro Stock class. Coughlin trails personality Mike Edwards by 151 points withthree events superfluous in a NHRA Countdown to a Championshipplayoffs.
Jeg Jr. has won a Pro Stock pretension during a last two Reading events. In2008, he defeated Dave Connolly in a last as well as ran his unbeaten string toeight-consecutive rounds by violence Johnny Gray in a 2009 final. Jeg Jr.also won a Reading race in 1999, violence Mark Pawuk in a final.
After a first 20 races of a 2010 season, Jeg Jr. has claimed fourwins as well as appeared in 6 last rounds in NHRA inhabitant eventuality competition.He warranted victories in Houston, Atlanta, Sonoma, as well as Brainerd as well as alsoreached a last turn in St. Louis as well as Denver.
Jeg Coughlin Jr. is a four-time NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing SeriesPro Stock champion. He warranted deterior ate titles in 2000, 2002, 2007 as well as 2008.As a diver driver, Jeg Jr. additionally claimed a NHRA Super Gas championshipin 1992.
In eleven appearances during Maple Grove Raceway, Jeg Jr. has a turn win recordof 18-8 in Pro Stock competition.
In his eleven starts in Reading, Jeg Jr. has qualified in a tip half ofthe Pro Stock field 8 times together with a best of No. 2 in 2001. His averagestarting in front of during this lane is No. 6.
With 52 career Pro Stock wins, Jeg Jr. ranks fourth all-time among ProStock drivers. Only Warren Johnson (97), Bob Glidden (85) as well as Greg Anderson(63) have more titles.
Racing in a Top Dragster class, Jeg Jr. additionally won a NHRAOReilly Midwest Nationals earlier this deteriorate behind a circle ofhis brother, Johns 200-mph JEGS.com dragster
Jeg Jr. will be pulling stand in duty in Reading as he will additionally be behindthe circle a JEGS.com Super Comp automobile that is normally driven by hisnephew, Troy Jr. This is a same automobile that Troy Jr., gathering to a win lastmonth during a Mac Tools U.S. Nationals.
If Jeg were to win a Super Comp pretension in Reading, he would become thefirst motorist in NHRA history to win in 6 different categories. Jeg Jr.has already won in Pro Stock, Comp, Super Stock, Super Gas, as well as TopDragster during his career.
As a diver racer, Jeg Jr. won a Super Gas pretension during a 1996Reading event. Overall, he is 4-0 in last rounds during Maple GroveRaceway.
The JEGS group will additionally be represented by Jeg Coughlin Jrsfiance, Samantha Kenny, who will be racing her JEGS.com dragster in theSuper Comp class. Samantha is a former inhabitant eventuality hold up who won the2008 Norwalk event.
In 280 career Pro Stock races, Jeg Jr. has reached a last turn 83times, recording 52 wins. Including his fourteen diver victories, Jeg Jr. haswon a total of 66 times, good for ninth place upon NHRAs all time winslist. Duri ng his career, Jeg Jr. has appeared in 102 last rounds, 83 as aprofessional as well as nineteen as a diver racer.
During his Pro Stock career, Jeg Jr. has available 469 turn wins whileincurring just 215 losses. He has unsuccessful to advance past a opening roundjust 67 times.
Jeg Jr. has won during least upon NHRA inhabitant eventuality pretension during 21 differentfacilities, together with Maple Grove Raceway. The usually current stops upon theFull Throttle tour where he has right away won during in Concord, N.C., as well as Norwalk,Ohio, that have combined to host just
In Reading, a JEGS Mail Order group will host professional bowler DannyWiseman. Wiseman is a leader of 12 vital titles, as well as has bowled 40perfect 300 games in his career. He is an avid automotive enthusiast anddrag racing air blower as well as will stick on a JEGS group in Reading as well as Las Vegas.