TOPEKA, Kan. (May 19) – On the day when Jeg Coughlin Jr. collected his 500th round win in Pro Stock, he more importantly won the NHRA Kansas Nationals Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka, his first win of the season and first in the JEGS/Mopar Dodge Avenger.
"We've been knocking on the door all year," said Coughlin, who last won at the Brainerd event in 2010. "We've had our ups and downs and never quite been able to seal the deal and get a race win. We came out of a test in Tulsa earlier this week really happy with what we had and were extremely aggressive all four runs."
Coughlin's final-round race against teammate Allen Johnson was a Pro Stock battle for the history books. Both drivers had .013 second reaction times and raced door-to-door down to the quarter mile.
"A.J.'s had my number this year," Coughlin said. "We've met three times already and he's got the best of us. So it felt great to get that win in the final round.
"That final round ranks up there with some of the best...
