Jeg Coughlin Jr., continues to make the chances that another driver will lead the points headed into the Countdown to the Championship slimmer with each passing race.

Coughlin raced to the semifinals of the 30th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals and beat second-place runner Mike Edwards along the way to increase his lead in the Full Throttle Pro Stock points to 83.

"It was a great day; it just ended a little bit too soon," Coughlin said. "Any time you get past a mountain like Mike Edwards you've really accomplished something and the fact he is the next guy behind us in the points made that round win very, very important."

Jeg Coughlin Jr., continues to make the chances that another driver will lead the points headed into the Countdown to the Championship slimmer with each passing race.

Coughlin raced to the semifinals of the 30th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals and beat second-place runner Mike Edwards along the way to increase his lead in the Full Throttle Pro Stock points to 83.

"It was a great day; it just ended a little bit too soon," Coughlin said. "Any time you get past a mountain like Mike Edwards you've really accomplished something and the fact he is the next guy behind us in the points made that round win very, very important."

Couglin's day ended at the hands of Jason Line, who scored his first win over Coughlin since April of 2008.

"The sun heated the track up a little more than we thought," Coughlin said. "About three-quarters of the way through first gear it started to spin the tires so I grabbed second a tad early. That probably cost us a hundredth of a second and that's how much he beat us by so hat's off to Jason and we'll move on to Seattle.

"We got a lot of good data this weekend and now we'll be back at sea-level racetracks where we're more comfortable running these naturally-aspirated racecars. We're excited for Seattle and I'm glad we'll be racing again this Friday."
 

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