Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for Y2K magic as Indy drag race turns to eliminations
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. made a little drag racing history in 2000 when he became the first driver to win an NHRA race from the No. 16 qualifying position. It just so happens he accomplished the feat at the sport’s biggest drag race — the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Now the 58-time national event winner is hoping to recapture some of that same magic as he enters race day for the 63rd running of the event in the [...]