Moments in JEGS 50-Years / Jeg wins inaugural Mopar HEMI Shootout (NHRA/JEGS)

Jeg wins inaugural Mopar HEMI Shootout
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Five-time world champion is no stranger to making history on the drag  
strip. To date, he remains the only racer in history to win national events in  
four different classes in the same season (1997) and he's set records for 
most  victories in a season and most elimination-round wins in single year, 
and is one  a select few who have led the points from wire-to-wire to win a  
championship.

Still when Coughlin won the inaugural Mopar HEMI Shootout  in 2004 when it 
was contested at the prestigious U.S. Nationals, even the  61-time national 
event winner needed some time to embrace his stunning  accomplishment.

Sure Coughlin had a great racer, driving a HEMI-powered  Plymouth Barracuda 
for West Coast Hemis legend Michael Ogburn, but until the  race began, 
Coughlin had never driven the machine and the Shootout had brought  out the best 
drivers from around the world.

The instantly recognizable  Super Stockers are some of the most popular and 
revered muscle cars in this  country's history and the men and women who 
race them are all top-level  professionals, but Coughlin still managed to 
survive and flourish in the  specialty event and take home one of his most 
cherished Wally trophies  ever.


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