Mike Coughlin looks for continued success at home track (NHRA/JEG'S)

Mike Coughlin looks for continued success at home  track
 
DELAWARE, Ohio – Mike Coughlin has won two of his nine national event  titles 
at National Trail Raceway and he considers the track to be his favorite,  
especially since it is located just a few miles from his Delaware, Ohio home.  
Coughlin will be competing in the Super Comp division at the upcoming Pontiac  
Performance Nationals at National Trail Raceway but he won’t be behind the 
wheel  of his familiar Jeg’s Mail Order dragster, but rather the new Chevy Cobalt 
he  recently debuted. Coughlin built the car to run in the Top Sportsman 
division,  but has elected to race it in Super Comp for this week’s event. 
 
“Top Sportsman isn’t contested at this event so I decided to enter the car  
in Super Comp,�?? said Coughlin, who won back to back titles in Columbus in 2002 
 and 2003. “I could easily have just raced my dragster but I’m still not 
totally  familiar with this new Cobalt and the only way to get comfortable is to 
go out  and make some runs. I could use the practice. I’m not racing for a 
championship,  so this was a good way for me to just go out and have some fun. I 
could also  have raced the Cobalt in Super Gas, but its better suited for 
Super Comp.�??
 
Though Coughlin’s Jerry Bickel-built Cobalt is capable of running much  
quicker than the 8.90-second index used in Super Comp, it required only minor  
modifications in order to change classes.
 
“We installed a throttle stop and that was basically all we did,�?? said  
Coughlin. “We tested it last week and it seemed to work very well. We were able  
to get the car slowed to consistent 8.90s and still run close to 185-mph, which 
 is about what I had hoped it would run. With any luck, the extra speed will 
make  it easier to judge my opponents at the finish line. Some people think 
you have  to have a dragster to win in Super Comp, but years ago I race my old 
Dodge  Daytona [in Super Comp] so I’ve done it before and had some success.�??
 
Coughlin will be joined in Columbus by his three brothers, John, Troy, and  
Jeg, who will each be racing in at least one NHRA Sportsman eliminator at their 
 home track. 


“It has been a long time since my brothers and I have all been racing at  the 
same event and I’m really looking forward to it,�?? said Coughlin. “I’m only  
planning on racing eight or nine times this year so I certainly wasn’t going 
to  miss our home race.�??



 

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