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Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round

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Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round
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ST. LOUIS (Sept. 25) -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the Pro Stock race here in 2002 and
 2009, but he couldn't cure his seven-year itch at the 2016 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest
Nationals on Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park.
Coughlin fell to Chris McGaha in a winnable first-round race Sunday with the Magneti
Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart. Neither driver was very good on the
Christmas Tree, but McGaha was a tick better on the racetrack: 6.632 seconds at 
208.46 mph to 6.667 at 206.70 mph. Those passes came after McGaha had a .054-second
reaction time, edging Coughlin's .065 light.
"We had some confidence coming into today, probably more than we've had the last
 couple of races quite honestly," Coughlin said. "We just went out and didn't perform
very well personally. We had tons of room on the Tree -- after the fact, you know.
If I could have been .018 or better, we could have won that round.
"I was .012 and .017 in my qualifying runs and felt great behind the wheel. I just
let the clutch out and felt like I was .030 and rolled down through there and saw
Chris pulling on us. That was a bummer without question."
Coughlin, the No. 10 qualifier, had made some gains this weekend but still trails
the top cars in the Pro Stock class.
"Obviously we know we need to get the jump to be able to turn on the win light on
Sunday, at least 9.9 out of 10 times," Coughlin said. "I just wasn't able to pull
it off. The car ran pretty decent, went .66, and we were pretty aggressive in the
setup again. We felt like it would be a little freer and accelerate a little better
and didn't get that done."
Coughlin, ninth in the Countdown to the Championship, races at the Dodge NHRA Nationals
next weekend at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa.
"We move on to a race that's near and dear in our hearts, Reading," Coughlin said.
"I look forward to getting there, it's a fun race."

Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team
lost a close first-round race at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals in St.
 Louis.
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