Jeg Coughlin keeps rolling; wins $20,000 at Atco Superbucks event (JEG'S)

Jeg Coughlin keeps rolling; wins $20,000 at Atco  Superbucks event
 
ATCO, N.J. – Jeg Coughlin’s amazing success in major E.T. bracket racing  
events continued this weekend as the former three-time NHRA World Champion  
claimed the $20,000 top prize in the AA Auto Salvage Superbucks race at Atco  
Raceway.
 
Racing against a huge field of drag racing’s best sportsman drivers,  
Coughlin picked up the first place check after defeating Shane Carr of  
Hendersonville, Tenn., in the final round. Coughlin put an exclamation point on  the win 
with a nearly perfect run in the final when he left the starting line  with a 
.007 reaction time and then sealed the victory by running right on his  dial-in 
in his JEG'S Mail Order dragster.
 
“I struggled a bit earlier this weekend but today I managed to settle into  a 
nice rhythm and was fortunate to have the close race go my way,�?? said  
Coughlin. “Any win is special, but this one really feels good because Atco  Raceway 
has some of the toughest racers in the country and anytime you can win a  race 
here and leave with the trophy, there’s a tremendous feeling of  
accomplishment that goes with it.�??
 
Coughlin advanced to round five of Friday’s opening Superbucks event before  
an electrical problem forced him to the sidelines. On Saturday, Coughlin lost 
in  the opening round of the $20,000 to win main event, and was also defeated 
early  in the special “Race for the Dragster�?? event that awarded a brand new 
race car  to its champion. 
 
“Saturday was a really tough day but that’s the way it goes sometimes,�??  
said Coughlin. As tough as these races are, you can be on top of your game and  
still not get the job done. When you have a day like that, the best thing to do 
 is put it all behind you and focus on the next race, which luckily for me,  
happened to be the next day.�??  
 
Coughlin, who has spent much of the season competing in big bracket races  
and other significant sportsman events across the country, has now won four  
major titles in 2006. He also won the Top Dragster title at the Jegs.com NHRA  
Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose, La., and the Mopar Hemi Challenge race in  
Las Vegas, Nev.
 
Other $20,000 winners from this weekend’s Atco Superbucks event included  
local racers Dave Shapiro of Hillsboro, N.J. and Scott Albrecht of Jackson,  N.J.