Cody Coughlin the big star at JEGS Crown Midget Super Nationals (USAC/NHRA/JEGS)

Cody Coughlin the big star at JEGS Crown Midget Super  Nationals

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sept. 21) -- One of the smallest  members of Team JEGS 
turned out to be the biggest star of the weekend as  13-year-old Cody Coughlin 
won the Heavy Modified title at the JEGS Crown Midget  Super Nationals USAC 
race at Columbus Motor Speedway. The win, Coughlin's first  in the class, put 
him into the points lead.

"What a great weekend!"  Coughlin said. "My car was really fast and we 
managed to stay out of  trouble during the race and win it all. To win a race 
that JEGS Mail Order  sponsors is like winning the Daytona 500 for us.

"The Heavy Modified cars  are a little faster than the Heavy Honda cars I 
used to drive. They would  probably go 50 mph if we could totally open them 
up. I know they sure are fun to  drive. This was so much fun."

Coughlin is the son of JEGS co-owner John  Coughlin and grandson of JEGS 
founder Jeg Coughlin Sr. This was his third win  under USAC sanction. 

"Qualifying was completely rained out so we went  straight into the Main 
Feature," Cody said. "We were turning 6.2-second laps,  which felt pretty 
fast, but a 40-lap race still has a lot going on. I guess this  was about the 
best start I could have had in Heavy Mod.

"A special thanks  to my crew chief Tom McCauley as well as Don Fleming. 
They gave me an awesome  car."

Cody has no time to rest as he and his cousins Jack and  Paige will compete 
in Junior Dragsters at this weekend's JEGS Northern  SPORTSNationals at 
National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio.

"I'm really  looking forward to racing with Jack," Cody said of the 
8-year-old son of Mike  Coughlin. "He's my little buddy and we're going to have 
some fun. Paige, uncle  Troy's daughter will also be racing, so there will be 
plenty of us third  generation racers behind the wheel this weekend. We all 
can't  wait!"


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