COUGHLIN WINS $20K AT ATCO SUPERBUCKS EVENT
Jeg Coughlin’s amazing success in major E.T. bracket racing events continued over the weekend as the former three-time NHRA World Champion claimed the $20,000 top prize in the AA Auto Salvage Superbucks race at Atco Raceway.
Racing against a huge field of drag racing’s best sportsman drivers, Coughlin picked up the first place check after defeating Shane Carr of Hendersonville, TN, in the final round. Coughlin put an exclamation point on the win with a nearly perfect run in the final when he left the starting line with a .007 reaction time and then sealed the victory by running right on his dial-in in his JEG'S Mail Order dragster.
Coughlin, who has spent much of the season competing in big bracket races and other significant sportsman events across the country, has now won four major titles in 2006. He also won the Top Dragster title at the Jegs.com NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals in Belle Rose, LA, and the Mopar Hemi Challenge race in Las Vegas, NV.
Other $20,000 winners from the Atco Superbucks event included local racers Dave Shapiro of Hillsboro, NJ, and Scott Albrecht of Jackson, NJ. (Ian Tocher photo) [8-7-2006]
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