Troy Coughlin Jr.

Quick Facts:

Vehicle(s): JEGS.com / Elite Motorsports Pro Stock Chevrolet Camaro, Super Comp dragster & Chevrolet Corvette Super Gas roadster
Series: National Hot Rod Association: Pro Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas & E.T. Brackets
Hometown: Delaware, Ohio
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Age: 31 (DOB July 10, 1990)
Family: Brenna (wife), Aubrey (daughter), Troy (father) and Michelle (mother), Julie (step mom), Meghan, Paige, & Kelly (sisters)
2022 Car(s): JEGS.com / Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro (Pro Stock) & JEGS.com Dragster (Super Comp & Bracket)
Crew Chief: Mark Ingersoll (Pro Stock) & Justin Beaver (Sportsman)

Professional Victories: 0
Professional Final Rounds: 3
Sportsman Wins: 8
Sportsman Final Rounds: 8
Total NHRA Victories: 8
Total NHRA Final Rounds: 11

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Began racing in the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League shortly after celebrating his 8th birthday in 1998.

• Claimed his first Jr. Dragster victory at his home track, National Trail Raceway, in 2005

• Made his debut in a “big car” in 2007 driving his uncle, John’s Team JEGS dragsters in the Super Comp class

• Became the first third-generation Coughlin to win an NHRA national event title when he earned the Super Comp win in Las Vegas in 2009

• Finished No. 12 in the NHRA North Central Division Super Comp standings during his rookie season in 2009.

• Joined his father, Troy Sr. as a winner of the sport’s most prestigious race, the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals when he won the Super Comp class in 2010. Troy Sr. won the Super Gas title in 1991.

• Finished 8th in the NHRA national points standings and No. 4 in the North Central Division in Super Comp in 2010

• Made his debut in the Top Dragster class at the 2011 JEGS Northern SPORTSnationals in Columbus, recording a personal best 6.665-elapsed time and a 206.76- mph speed.

• Won the $25,000 top prize in the 2011 AA Auto Salvage Northeast Bracket Championships at Atco Dragway, one of the nation’s richest E.T. bracket events

• Won his second title at the sport’s biggest event, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indy in 2014

• Went to the final round of four NHRA divisional events in 2014 and scored a win in Cecil County, Md.

• Won his first NHRA Lucas Oil Series divisional championship when he claimed the Division 3 Super Gas title in 2013. Also posted a third-place finish in Super Comp.

• Won the overall points championship at the prestigious Moroso 5-Day E.T. Bracket Championships in West Palm Beach, FL in 2014

• Joined his father, Troy, in the Pro Mod class for 2015 and earned a ninth-place finish

• Earned three semifinal finishes in his first season in the Pro Mod class in 2015.

• Qualified for his NHRA competition license in the Top Fuel class (2016).

• Competed in 17 events in the Top Fuel class and recorded personal bests of 3.696-seconds and 328.86 mph (2017)

• Made debut in Top Alcohol Dragster class (2018). Won four events and finished No. 4 in the national standings.

• Went to 11 final rounds in Top Alcohol Dragster in 2019, winning five times on his way to a second-straight East Region Championship.

• Made his official NHRA Pro Stock debut at the July Indianapolis event and qualified No. 13 (2020)

• Went to the Pro Stock final in his second start in Indianapolis and earned a runner-up in an all-JEGS final against his uncle, Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2020).

• Finished the 2020 season as the No. 13 ranked NHRA Pro Stock driver despite missing one event

• Drove to a runner-up finish in Pro Stock at the 2021 season opener, the Amalie NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville

• Was the low qualifier first the first time in Pro Stock in Topeka with a 6.600 elapsed time (2021)

• Earned his first Top 10 finish as a pro (No. 6) and posted an 18-17 record in elimination rounds (2021)