Jeg Coughlin Jr. scores 80th career
victory with third Pro Stock win in Sonoma
SONOMA, Calif. (July 29) — Six-time NHRA champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. had a big Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, winning his third Pro Stock race of the season, moving into the top five of the Mello Yello championship points, and reaching the 80-win mark for his career.

Jeg with NHRA president Glen Cromwell
Coughlin used his powerful JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro to beat Fernando Cuadra, Elite teammate Alex Laughlin, points leader Greg Anderson and Deric Kramer to match previous Pro Stock wins this year in Chicago and Bristol, Tenn. This was also Coughlin’s third win in the wine country, having secured titles here in 2003 and 2010.

“What about this Elite team?” Coughlin said. “Richard Freeman (team owner), Rick and Rickie Jones, Brian ‘Lump’ Self, Mark Ingersoll (crew chiefs), the entire team, everybody on both the red and yellow cars. We’ve been thrashing for a couple of years but never gave up.

“What a great group of people to race with. We’ve got great chemistry and we enjoy racing together. We enjoyed racing together when we didn’t run so well and I can promise you one thing, we enjoy racing with wins like today in front of a sold-out crowd.”

The first two rounds were relatively easy for Coughlin, as he beat Cuadra with a 6.537 at 211.96 mph to Cuadra’s 6.582 at 208.97 mph and Laughlin with a 6.534 at 211.43 mph to Laughlin’s 6.563 at 210.28 mph.