Jeg Coughlin, Jr.

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Jeg Coughlin, Jr. (born June 23, 1970, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American motorsports driver, competing in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series' Pro Stock Division. He announced at the 2006 U.S. Nationals that he will drive in three events towards the end of that season and will return to the Pro Stock ranks the following season as a driver for Victor Cagnazzi Racing.

== History racing full-time in the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series in 1998, winning the Rookie of the Year award.

The following year, Coughlin won five events in Pro Stock, finishing second in the final season points standings. The next year he would double his win total for the season (10 wins in 14 finals), and would win his first NHRA Pro Stock Championship.

2001 saw Coughlin win three times, and in the course of the season he would set a national record for quickest elapsed time at Reading, Pennsylvania with a 6.750 second run (he has since surpassed that, taking nearly seven tenths of a second off his best time).

Driving a Chevrolet in 2002, Coughlin rolled to his second championship, including winning 8 of the final 12 events of the season. He couldn't duplicate that the following year, however, but set a personal best speed and finished in the top 5 in the points, winning twice. He beat his best speed and best time marks in 2004, but wasn't nearly as successful as he had been the previous years.

Coughlin changed teams that offseason, taking his sponsorship to Don Schumacher's team, and switching to Dodge Stratuses for the season. He didn't have a lot of success in 2005, but he managed to win the final race at Pomona, California, which has been his last since.

Coughlin has been competing in the NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman Series in 2006 and in the past, and has won 12 events. He has 46 combined wins in the top series and the Sportsman series.

In 2007 Jeg Coughlin drove the Jeg's Chevrolet Cobalt for Victor Cagnazzi Racing to the NHRA Powerade Pro Stock Championship. It was his full time return to the Pro Stock class.

He won the 2007 NHRA PowerAde Pro Stock championship and now has 51 event victories

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