Troy Coughlin edged out despite posting his best pass of the race (NHRA)

Troy Coughlin edged out despite posting his best pass of the  race

ATLANTA (May 16) -- A terrific weekend of racing for  JEGS.com Pro Mod 
driver Troy Coughlin ended in the quarterfinals Sunday at  Atlanta Dragway when 
top qualifier Mike Janis beat him by .02 seconds.  Nevertheless, the veteran 
world champion from Delaware, Ohio -- one of just two  drivers in the class 
to have qualified for every race this year -- will improve  his standing in 
the Get Screened America Drag Racing Series.

"We made  some pretty big strides this weekend as a team and we continue to 
gel together  as a group," Coughlin said. "Dang, this (loss) was tough 
because we'd run so  well yesterday and the guys had worked so hard to get us 
ready for this round.  Mike just had a great pass and he beat us."

The No. 8 qualifier with a  best of 5.999 during time trials, Coughlin beat 
first-round opponent Dennis  Radford in Saturday evening's opening round of 
eliminations with a 6.014 at  236.63 mph. His crew managed to find some 
extra horsepower overnight and  Coughlin was able to improve to a weekend-best 
5.988 at 235.68 mph against  Janis. But Janis answered with a 5.958 at 
241.45 mph to get the win.

"It  wasn't for a lack of effort from the JEGS.com team," said Coughlin, 
the reigning  world champion in NMCA Pro Street competition. "These guys are 
the best in the  business and they always manage to give me an awesome 
racecar. 

"NHRA is  supposed to evaluate the Pro Mod class after this race in regards 
to the power  advantage the blown cars have over the nitrous cars. I think 
we're about as  maxed out as we can get with our nitrous set-up and the 
supercharged guys still  have five hundredths on us at the very least. I'm not 
sure what they'll do to  level it out but we're confident the right choices 
will be made."

The  next Pro Mod race takes place June 10-13 during the 41st annual United 
 Association NHRA SuperNationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in  
Englishtown, N.J. 

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