Troy coughlin Sr.

Quick Facts:

Hometown: Delaware, Ohio
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio
Age: 57 (DOB June 30, 1964)
Family: Julie (wife), Troy Jr. (son) & Meghan, Paige, Kelly (daughters)

Years Racing: 30 (24 as a professional)
Professional Victories: 15 (3 in Pro Stock, 12 in Pro Mod)
Professional Final Rounds: 37 (14 in Pro Stock, 23 in Pro Mod)
Sportsman Wins: 1 (Super Gas, 1991 U.S. Nationals)
Sportsman Final Rounds: 1
Total NHRA National Event Victories: 16
Total NHRA National Event Final Rounds: 38
Total NHRA Divisional Event Victories: 2
Career-best NHRA Elapsed Time: 5.766-seconds, West Palm Beach, FL. 2016
Career-Best NHRA Speed: 259.21 mph, West Palm Beach, FL. 2016
Career-Best Outlaw Elapsed time: 5.591-seconds, Las Vegas, NV. 2016
Career-Best Outlaw Speed: 274.83 mph, Las Vegas, NV. 2015

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Claimed his first major event win in 1991 when he won the Super Comp title at the Division 3 Lucas Oil Series event at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky.

• Won his first national event title in the Super Gas class at the 1991 Mac Tools U.S. Nationals

• Earned a runner-up finish in Super Comp at the JEGS Allstars event in Columbus, Ohio in 1992

• Became the first of the four Coughlin brothers to turn pro when he made his Pro Stock debut in 1994

• Reached his first Pro Stock final at the 1997 Pontiac Excitement Nationals in Columbus, earning a runner-up finish to Tom Martino

• Became the 11th member of the prestigious Holley Six Second Pro Stock Club in 1997 after running a 6.972 elapsed time in Pomona, Calif.

• Posted his first top ten finish in Pro Stock (8th place) in 1997

• Qualified No. 1 in Pro Stock at the NHRA Auto Club Finals in 1999

• Became the ninth member of the Speed Pro 200 mph Club in 1999 after running a 200.47 mph speed in Richmond, Va.

• Won the $50,000 top prize at the Winston Showdown, a special invitational event held at Bristol Dragway in 2000

• Won his first Pro Stock event at the 2001 NHRA Pep Boys Nationals, in Reading, Pa.

• Won the $50,000 top prize at the Big Dog Shootout at Piedmont Dragway in Greensboro, N.C. behind the wheel of his Pro Street entry (2005)

• Won his first NHRA Pro Mod Series event in Englishtown, N.J. (2005)

• Won the National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) Pro Street Series Championship (2009)

• Won NHRA Pro Mod Series Championship (2012)

• Won the Outlaw Pro Mod class at the Street Car Supernationals in Las Vegas (2012)

• Won a second-straight Outlaw Pro Mod title at Street Car Supernationals, Las Vegas  (2013)

• Won second NHRA Pro Mod Series Championship (2015)

• Won the Outlaw Pro Mod class at the Street Car Supernationals in Las Vegas for third time (2015)

• Reset the all-time speed record (274.83) for doorslammers in his turbocharged JEGS.com Corvette in the Outlaw Pro Mod class at the Street Car Supernaitonals.

• Won three of ten events in the J&A Services Pro Mod Series (Englishtown, St. Louis, Las Vegas, 2016)

• Posted quickest elapsed time of his career with a 5.591 in Outlaw Pro Mod class at the Street Car Supernationals in Las Vegas (2016)

• Appeared in a career-high seven final rounds and claimed two wins in Bristol and St. Louis (2017)

• Won third NHRA Pro Mod Series Championship (2017)