Jeg Coughlin Jr. a top performer at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 24th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Only two drag racers have found more success at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway than Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., and as the NHRA tour returns to Sin City for this weekend's 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals, the pride of Delaware, Ohio, is hoping for some luck so he can add to his Vegas legacy. "We'd love to be in the title race and have a car right now that we know can win this race but [...]

Second cowboy hat will have to wait for five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

2016-10-17T09:19:41-05:00October 16th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

DALLAS, TX -- A second cowboy hat for five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will have to wait as the former Dallas winner fell in Sunday's first round of the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals. Each year, the professional class winners of this event are fitted with a custom cowboy hat, a gift that's become quite coveted by the racers. Coughlin already has one hat in his collection, which he collected after his 2002 victory at Texas Motorplex. "We gave it all we [...]

Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking to make some noise in Dallas

2016-10-16T12:07:03-05:00October 15th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , , |

DALLAS (Oct. 15) -- In two and a half decades of racing, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has accomplished a lot of remarkable things. He's won six world championships (five in Pro Stock and one more in Super Gas), claimed 76 national event trophies, raced to the winner's circle in a record seven different eliminator categories, and is the only driver ever to win from all 16 qualifying positions. That final stat seems the most telling at the conclusion of qualifying for the 31st annual AAA Texas [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. hoping to ride tall in the saddle once again in Dallas

2016-10-13T08:19:06-05:00October 11th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

DALLAS, TX -- There are a couple of unique benefits to winning the annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals at Texas Motorplex, the all-concrete drag strip just south of Dallas in Ennis, Texas. First, track owner Billy Myer, a former drag racer himself, adds a special engraved brick with the champion's name in the winner's circle. Secondly, each victor gets a commemorative cowboy hat to remind them they scored a big victory deep in the heart of Texas. Jeg Coughlin Jr. was winner in Dallas in [...]

Champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. edged by a fender in first round of Reading race

2016-10-02T14:57:21-05:00October 2nd, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

READING, PA -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. managed to keep his sense of humor despite a first-round loss to longtime rival and fellow multi-time world champion Greg Anderson at Sunday's 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals. "Traditionally, at least this year, Greg is usually a car length ahead of me by the time I get into high gear," Coughlin said with a wry smile. "Today we had a nice launch and went through the gears really efficiently and I peeked over and didn't see him at all. [...]

Wild ride ends with five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. safely in Reading field

2016-10-02T14:53:15-05:00October 1st, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , , |

READING, PA -- With rain erasing three of the four scheduled qualifying sessions at this weekend's 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals, the one pass drivers got down Maple Grove Raceway was literally a make-or-break run. Fortunately for five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., he made it into the elimination field, but it took every bit of his 377 national events worth of experience to get the job done. "I almost went over," Coughlin said of his pass down a very green racing surface. "Obviously [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. ready for a ‘good time’ at Dodge NHRA Nationals

2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 28th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

READING, PA -- The Dodge NHRA Nationals this weekend would be a good time for Mopar Pro Stock drivers to shine, and five-time class champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes he and his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart can step up. Maple Grove Raceway would be an apt place for Coughlin to perform well, as he has won there four times in his brilliant career. The 2016 season hasn't gone as expected for Coughlin and his Elite Motorsports team, but he hopes he can [...]

Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round

2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 25th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the Pro Stock race here in 2002 and 2009, but he couldn't cure his seven-year itch at the 2016 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals on Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park. Coughlin fell to Chris McGaha in a winnable first-round race Sunday with the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart. Neither driver was very good on the Christmas Tree, but McGaha was a tick better on the racetrack: 6.632 seconds at 208.46 mph to 6.667 at 206.70 [...]

Five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. building momentum in Pro Stock

2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 24th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , , |

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Progress in the NHRA Pro Stock class can be painstakingly slow, so when it is made, it is relished. Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is relishing the progress made by his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team. He qualified No. 10 for the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals on Saturday at Gateway Motorsports Park as his Elite Motorsports team continued to make gains with its Mopar program. "We've been building a little bit of momentum quietly with [...]

Five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. continues to perform at a high level

2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 21st, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

ST. LOUIS, MO -- One of the reasons JEGS.com ace Jeg Coughlin Jr. has had such a brilliant career is his ability to maintain his high level of performance under all circumstances. Even when his race car was not at the top of the speed chart, Coughlin was able to focus and do his job. That's been the case this season, as his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart hasn't always been the fastest. But Coughlin hopes that he and his Elite Motorsports team [...]

Go to Top