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'We're really close,' says five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. as Topeka race nears

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'We're really close,' says five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. as Topeka race nears
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TOPEKA, Kan. (May 17) -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. sees plenty
of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, and the light could be shining even
brighter on the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team very soon.
Coughlin heads to the NHRA Kansas Nationals this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka
ranked seventh in the Pro Stock points standings -- not bad, but not where he and
his Elite Motorsports team figured they'd be at this point in the season.
But Coughlin said, "We're really, really close."
"To put a program together as quickly as the Elite Motorsports group and Rick and
Rickie Jones did, it's not just one thing that's held us back a couple hundredths
of a second; it's a handful of little things," Coughlin said. "But the guys have
 been working hard, and I can promise you there have been no stones left unturned
in this camp.
"We have thought on a couple of occasions that one particular thing was the governor
holding us back, but that didn't quite turn out to be the case. Our group is focused
on getting the engine happier on the racetrack, accelerating faster out of the gate,
and putting down good elapsed times on every pass.
"We feel like we're pecking away at it, and it feels like we've eliminated what 
seems like 99 percent of the problems. Now we're just trying to fine-tune that last
1 percent to get us toward the front of the pack."
The hard work continues for the Richard Freeman-owned team as they try to battle
 through some early season adversity, but there's no quit in this group.
"It's real simple: You can take one of two paths," Coughlin said. "You can be ho-hum
about it and kick the dirt, or you can find something positive in everything we've
been through. That's the way everyone in our group has looked at it. We're looking
ahead at the horizon and looking forward to running well and challenging for round
wins and race wins and to be in a position to challenge for the Mello Yello championship.
"The modern era of drag racing gives you more than one chance. If you can do enough
to make the Countdown to the Championship, then the season kind of starts over in
some respects and you have a chance to make a real run at it. We just need to make
sure we're entirely up to speed by then."
Coughlin is a two-time winner in Topeka (2013 and 2000) and reached the final round
in 2014 and 1998 as well.
"Topeka is a fun race," Coughlin said. "It was a late arrival to our schedule this
year, but we enjoy racing at Heartland Park. It's a great fan base and a great community.
I've had a lot of wonderful runs at Topeka and made a lot of fun memories. I'd love
nothing more than to light another win light or two and see where that takes us 
and go from there."

Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is a two-time NHRA Kansas Nationals
winner (2013 and 2000) and reached the final round in Topeka in 2014 and 1998 as
 well.
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