Team JEGS Pre-race Notes: Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE Like us on Facebook [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-UKAZdBNBmi676SUsZWyBLBgYsYy2WMHTT0iW_yoctdsHpnw19KxPF2sIdddMpjJgNR64RpFofGdys3OUCeZ9XfbrQJB5bB6NBhHCVNpfajkHCkU3_q3_rIztG-JNOiv75TtCu86Q5FNJuMoglKGrLmLgRk8_FH3J6qu97caUvZSyQ7quTdKjtk-3va4d4Tt&c=7fU5fXVMMgdEck_lNxcfeP10pxg8kuUF_TQ16w1iqyi-AEDqN-dM2g==&ch=VjxYJHRIVnXxny3VFHEQeNBogRwMLR9b_14oV35jv7v8_5l45ZD6Ew==] Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/TeamJEGS] View our videos on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/user/jegsvideos] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott "Woody" Woodruff scott.woodruff@jegs.com 614-595-1820 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Team JEGS Pre-race Notes: Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Team JEGS Pre-race Notes Division 3 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Norwalk, Ohio (May 20-22) * Three JEGS Mail Order cars will be entered into this weekend's Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser in Norwalk, Ohio, including Mike Coughlin in Top Dragster and nephew Troy Coughlin Jr. in Super Comp and Super Gas. The event is the second of six races in the North Central Division NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series. Mike Coughlin * Mike returns to the Top Dragster class this season after a successful run in Top Sportsman that included a pair of Division 3 championships. At the season opener in Indianapolis, he debuted his new dragster with a career-best elapsed time of 6.17 seconds and won his first-round race before the event was postponed by rain. It will be completed during this weekend's race in Norwalk. His crew consists of Greg Cody and Tony Collier. * In 2014, Mike won the Top Sportsman title at the Norwalk national event. The same weekend, older brother Troy Sr. won in the Pro Mod class. * During his career, Mike has 11 wins at NHRA Lucas Oil Series divisional events, including three in his home state of Ohio. Troy Coughlin Jr. * Troy Jr. is a five-time NHRA national event winner and the first third-generation Coughlin to win a major event. He won Super Comp titles at the 2009 Las Vegas race and the 2010 U.S. Nationals. He also has three Super Gas victories, in Gainesville (2013), Indianapolis (2014), and the JEGS SPORTSnationals in Columbus (2014). * Troy Jr. is still in the running in both Super Comp and Super Gas in the rain-delayed Indianapolis event. He has won two rounds of competition in each class. * Last year, Troy Jr. raced in the J&A Service Pro Mod series and was named Rookie of the Year. More recently, he earned his NHRA license in the Top Fuel category in a Don Schumacher Racing dragster, running more than 320 mph in the process. * Troy Jr. also is the 2013 NHRA North Central Division Super Gas champion. * During his career, Troy Jr. has appeared in nine NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series final rounds and has claimed three victories. Mike Coughlin * In addition to his NHRA success, Troy Jr. is regarded as one of the sport's best bracket racers. He has accumulated several major victories, including a $25,000 payday at the Atco Dragway Superbucks event and a $10,000 win at the Spring Buck Blast at South Georgia Motorsports Park. * The Coughlins have won Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events in nine different classes: Top Fuel, Pro Comp, Super Eliminator, Comp, Super Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas, Top Dragster, and Top Sportsman. * All told, the Coughlin family has won 54 Lucas Oil Series races in 82 final-round appearances. Collectively, the Coughlins have appeared in 11 final rounds at the Indianapolis Lucas Oil Series event and have garnered nine wins. Troy Coughlin Jr. * Jeg Coughlin Sr., Jeg Coughlin Jr., and John Coughlin have each won four North Central Division season championships while Mike has two and Troy Jr. has one for a family total of 15. * The Coughlins have won Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series events at 20 different tracks across North America, including races in six of NHRA's seven geographic divisions. They have not won in Division 6, the Pacific Northwest. * Family patriarch Jeg Sr. won his first Lucas Oil Series event when he claimed the Super Eliminator title at Windsor Dragway in Windsor, Ontario in 1969. Team JEGS - By the Numbers (NHRA Division 3, Norwalk Edition) 3 JEGS Mail Order entries in action in Norwalk with six chances to win, including the rain-delayed Indy opener 9 Divisional wins in Indianapolis for the Coughlin family in 11 final rounds 15 North Central Division championships for the Coughlin family 54 NHRA divisional wins for the Coughlin family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --30-- Additional information, artwork, videos and images are available at TeamJEGS.com [http://TeamJEGS.com]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward this email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=uiezvfkab&m=1110439661844&ea=$submit@theautochannel.com$&a=1124755421046 This email was sent to submit@theautochannel.com by rob@geigermediaglobal.com. 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