Sunday'S two-car Pro Stock final at the NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals in Reading, Pa., provided a win-win situation for Team Cagnazzi, who started the season with only one team car and now has three since Connolly returned and adopted Ron Krisher earlier in the season.

"We knew we couldn't go wrong with Dave (Connolly) and me in the finals for Cagnazzi Racing, but it felt good to get the win light there against my teammate," Coughlin said. "Congratulations to Victor (Cagnazzi, team owner) and the entire team back in Mooresville (N.C.); they've done a fantastic job. We're hoping this is a sign of things to come when we start the Countdown in Charlotte. We've had a pretty slow summer, but the last couple of races we've gone to the finals (Sonoma) and the semis (Brainerd), and to pull off a win here is huge." Sunday'S two-car Pro Stock final at the NHRA Toyo Tires Nationals in Reading, Pa., provided a win-win situation for Team Cagnazzi, who started the season with only one team car and now has three since Connolly returned and adopted Ron Krisher earlier in the season.

"We knew we couldn't go wrong with Dave (Connolly) and me in the finals for Cagnazzi Racing, but it felt good to get the win light there against my teammate," Coughlin said. "Congratulations to Victor (Cagnazzi, team owner) and the entire team back in Mooresville (N.C.); they've done a fantastic job. We're hoping this is a sign of things to come when we start the Countdown in Charlotte. We've had a pretty slow summer, but the last couple of races we've gone to the finals (Sonoma) and the semis (Brainerd), and to pull off a win here is huge."

Despite missing the season's first five races because of sponsorship issues, Connolly advanced to his sixth final round of the season, clinching a spot in the Countdown and moving all the way up to the sixth position in points.

"It was an awesome weekend for us," Connolly said. "It was good we were able to pull farther ahead of Ron Krisher and Greg Stanfield in the standings and as long as we can go as many rounds at (the next race in) Indianapolis as (seventh-place Mike) Edwards and (eighth-place) V Gaines we should stay in sixth place. We've exceeded my expectations this year. I didn't think we'd be able to get this high in the countdown after starting the season five races after everyone else."