COUGHLIN SECURES NO. 1 QUALIFYING POSITION; WINS FIRST ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS IN NHRA PRO MOD SERIES COMPETITION
NORWALK, Ohio -- Ohio native Troy Coughlin secured the No. 1 qualifying position and then raced to a first round victory Saturday in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx portion of the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
Coughlin, who is sixth in the season long points standings, posted a run of 5.949 seconds at 250.64 mph in his turbocharged JEGS.com '68 Chevy Camaro to take the No. 1 qualifying position on a hot and humid day at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
"We felt as if we had a competitive car coming into this race," Coughlin said. "We started off in qualifying by losing traction a little bit, so we had some work to do. This morning we read the track and made a couple adjustments to it, and ended up with a great run that put us on the pole. We were the second car out, so we had to sit and wait all session to see what happened. But it stuck and stayed No. 1 by four-hundredths, which was nice."
In the first round of eliminations, Coughlin posted a winning pass of 6.180 at 223.32, while Mike Knowles' Camaro broke during the burnout.
"We rolled into first round on a little bit greasier race track, which we adjusted for," Coughlin said. "The JEGS car was hustling but it started picking up the front end so I cut it back a little bit. I decided not to take a chance at hurting the engine and just kind of let off. We still ran a 6.18, which is pretty quick. We'll tune this run for tomorrow. The weather's supposed to be a little cooler, so that's going to bring the track and the atmosphere to this thing to make it faster."
Other first round winners included Donald Martin, Rickie Smith, David Roemer, Roger Burgess, Donald Walsh, Mike Janis and Mike Castellana. In the quarterfinals, which will continue on Sunday at approximately 2:30 p.m., Coughlin will face Martin, Burgess will meet Castellana, Smith will battle Roemer and Walsh will face Janis.
NORWALK, Ohio -- Round one results from the Sixth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, the fifth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by ProCare Rx:
ROUND ONE -- Donald Martin, Chevy Camaro, 6.148, 240.81 def. Leah Pruett, Ford Mustang, 6.328, 240.55; David Roemer, Chevy Cavalier, 6.098, 236.88 def. Jay Payne, Camaro, 6.157, 238.34; Troy Coughlin, Camaro, 6.180, 223.32 def. Mike Knowles, Camaro, broke; Donald Walsh, ford Mustang,5.955, 252.14 def. Kevin McCurdy, Camaro, 14.159, 59.81; Mike Janis, Mustang, 7.010, 174.01 def.Danny Rowe, Camaro, foul; Mike Castellana, Camaro, 6.182, 212.63 def. Kenny Lang, Camaro, 6.782, 209.79; Roger Burgess, Chevy Corvette, 6.159, 219.69 def. Clint Satterfield, Camaro, 6.395, 214.93; Rickie Smith, Camaro, 6.060, 239.53 def. Pete Farber, Dodge Daytona, 10.591, 85.47;
NORWALK, Ohio - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Pro Modified at the NHRA Full Throttle
Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:
Psn---Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type--Qual-ET--Qual-Spd-Top Spd
1 24 Troy Coughlin, Delaware OH, t'68 Camaro 5.949 250.64 250.64
2 43 Rickie Smith, King NC, '12 Camaro 5.951 241.50 241.50
3 3382 Donald Walsh, Wixom MI, t'11 Mustang 5.983 248.71 250.74
4 272 Roger Burgess, Duluth GA, '53 Corvette 6.001 249.90 249.90
5 1794 Mike Castellana, Muttontown NY, '12 Camaro 6.049 237.75 237.75
6 1456 Mike Janis, Lancaster NY, '10 Mustang 6.080 239.48 239.65
7 300 David Roemer, Avon OH, '06 Cavalier 6.097 236.84 236.84
8 777 Leah Pruett, Cherry Valley CA, t'12 Mustang 6.098 248.25 248.25
9 770 Donald Martin, Lake Forest CA, *'68 Camaro 6.126 240.59 240.59
10 9 Jay Payne, Ontario CA, '12 Camaro 6.138 236.42 236.42
11 2 Danny Rowe, Laguna Hills CA, *'68 Camaro 6.179 238.47 238.47
12 4 Kenny Lang, Grande Pointe MB, '69 Camaro 6.181 235.89 235.89
13 321 Scott Ray, Greenville OH, *'53 Corvette 6.184 230.96 230.96
14 191 Kevin McCurdy, Hamburg PA, '68 Camaro 6.211 218.87 218.87
15 1518 Pete Farber, Baldwinville MA, *'69 Daytona 6.233 235.64 235.64
16 5011 Mike Knowles, Grand Junction CO, *'68 Camaro 6.233 235.27 235.27
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17 4720 Clint Satterfield, Albuquerque NM, '68 Camaro 6.389 230.72 230.72
18 5450 Steve Matusek, Olathe KS, t'12 Mustang 6.415 233.16 234.09
19 2072 Shannon Jenkins, Tuscaloosa AL, '69 Camaro 7.522 152.19 152.19
