Pro Stock Point Leader Coughlin Convinced Team Has Brighter Days To Come
Jeg Coughlin has collected three of his 56 career victories at Gateway International Raceway, the site of this weekend's 13th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals, including two Super Stock titles in 1997 and '03, and the Pro Stock crown in 2002.
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Back-to-back and
reigning Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is off to one of the best
starts of his illustrious career with two wins and four final-round
showings in the season's first six races. Yet the current Full Throttle
point leader says his JEGS.com Chevrolet Cobalt can and will get
quicker as the year progresses.
"We started the year with a new
car and the guys at Victor Cagnazzi Racing have been working around the
clock to make it the best it can be," Coughlin said. "We've already
seen some of the fruits of their labor but I think everyone on this
team firmly believes we can get better.
"You don't make huge
moves with a Pro Stock car, in the chassis set-up or the engine
compartment, and you certainly don't tinker too much with a car that's
been going rounds at every race because that's always our goal. Yet, we
still have sessions where we could be more efficient. That's all part
of the Pro Stock game."
Coughlin has collected three of his 56
career victories at Gateway International Raceway, the site of this
weekend's 13th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals, including two
Super Stock titles in 1997 and '03, and the Pro Stock crown in 2002. He
also scored runner-up finishes under the famed arch in '98 and '07,
both in Pro Stock.
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"We've had a great start to the season and it's fun
to be the point leader coming into this race. It’s the seventh race on
the schedule and they say seven is a lucky number so maybe that will
play into our favor. If we just keep doing what we're doing and peck
away at this thing, we should be just fine."
