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Troy Coughlin Sr. wins St. Louis race from No. 15 qualifying spot

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Troy Coughlin Sr. wins St. Louis race from No. 15 qualifying spot
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ST. LOUIS (Sept. 25) -- The final round of the NHRA J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Series
race presented by Precision Turbo & Engine at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals
on Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park was a race for the ages.
In the left lane was two-time Pro Mod champion Troy Coughlin Sr. in his JEGS.com
 Corvette while two-time champ Rickie Smith raced in the right lane.
This time, the win light came on in Coughlin's lane, giving him his second Pro Mod
victory of the season and eighth of his career.
"You're racing a legend, you're racing a champion, you're racing a tough, hardcore
racer that drives the truck, tunes his race car -- he does it all," Coughlin said.
"Some people say that we are rivals. It's pretty cool to be on that same level. 
Rickie's tough.
"This round, I knew that we had a pretty fast car, and I knew if we could just leave
with them, I think we should be in pretty good shape, and we left a little ahead
 of them. (Crew chief) Steve (Petty), Mike (Rees), and Kyle (Pettis) had this thing
tuned up and ran a 5.80, which is faster than we ran in the semi's when we ran an
.83, so that's pretty neat. It's fun going into the last race on a wave and nipping
at his heels as we say."
Coughlin was talking about the Pro Mod championship battle, which will go down to
the final race of the season, in Las Vegas, between -- who else -- Smith and Coughlin.
Smith holds a sizable lead and simply needs to qualify for the Vegas race to win
 the title, but Coughlin is ready to pounce.
Coughlin won the St. Louis race from the No. 15 qualifying spot, getting into the
field in the final qualifying session. He then beat Bob Rahaim in the first round
Saturday night before taking out Steve Matusek and Khalid alBalooshi to reach the
final against Smith.
There, Coughlin left first with a .022-second reaction time (to Smith's .036) and
then made a pass of 5.802 seconds at 253.85 mph that was quicker than Smith's 5.830-second
run at 250.09 mph to complete the 15th-to-first odyssey.
"It just shows how competitive the Pro Mod class is here in the NHRA," Coughlin 
said. "We qualified 15th and made some decent runs, but it's real exciting, especially
coming from the 15th spot. We came back, ran fast, and won.
"The cars are running consistent. The guys down at Pro Line building us the engines
are doing an excellent job. Steve tuning this thing, Mike and Kyle, what can I say
about those guys? All the people at JEGS.com, Traxxas, and Mac Tools, it's badass.
We are nipping at Rickie's heels."

Troy Coughlin Sr. won a Pro Mod final round for the ages at the AAA Insurance NHRA
Midwest Nationals in St. Louis, scoring from the No. 15 qualifying spot.
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