Point leader Coughlin has work to do in Indy (NHRA/JEGS)

Point leader Coughlin has work to do in  Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 5) -- Back-to-back Pro Stock champion  Jeg Coughlin Jr. 
is still searching for the right combination for his JEGS.com  Chevrolet 
Cobalt as professional qualifying at the 55th annual Mac Tools U.S.  Nationals 
presented by Lucas Oil continues in Indianapolis. Through three of  five 
time trials, Coughlin is just inside the No. 12 cutoff spot with an  11th-best 
6.650 at 208.04 mph.

"The car is pretty consistent," Coughlin  said. "It's just not where we 
want it to be in relation to the other cars in the  field. I feel like we're 
just missing it by a hair. 

"The braintrust  (crew chief Roy Simmonds and advisor Jeg Coughlin Sr.) is 
in the hauler right  now pouring over the data looking for ways to pick it 
up. I'm confident we'll  figure it out before qualifying is done.

"Fortunately for us Indy has  five qualifying sessions so we still have 
lots of time to work on the car and  make it better. Tomorrow morning could 
very well produce the best numbers of the  weekend so we need to be ready to 
roll. No matter what, it appears we're in the  field and that we'll be racing 
for the trophy on Monday, which is always the  first goal of every event."

Coughlin entered this event with a 65-point  lead in the Full Throttle 
championship points. Should he manage to hold onto the  No. 1 ranking through 
Monday's eliminations he will enter the Countdown to 1  playoffs with a 
20-point bonus for finishing the regular season on top.  

After this event, the regular season points gathered by the top 10  racers 
in the category will be reset and the drivers will be separated by 10  
points each.

"It's pretty easy to see why finishing the regular season  No. 1 is 
important because that 20-point bonus is worth a full round in  eliminations," 
Coughlin said. "That could be large.

"First things first,  we need to get this car running  quicker."

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