Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger NHRA Pro Stock Car unveiled at the 2011 SEMA Show
By Andrew, 02 Nov, 2011. 0 Comments
Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenge
Mopar unveiled today at the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show that the four-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will join the Team Mopar roster in 2012. Moreover, Mopar also revealed the new Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock class. This announcement also marks the return to the Pro Stock class by Jeg Jr. after a one-year hiatus, but also a return to the Mopar fold for the 40-year-old Delaware, Ohio native, who has a long history with the brand.
For those who don’t know, Jeg Jr. was the man who won the 2004 U.S. Nationals Mopar HEMI Challenge when driving a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda and raced a Mopar HEMI-powered Dodge Pro Stock car during the 2005 NHRA season. Jeg Jr. currently owns and occasionally competes in Sportsman events in a Mopar Challenger Drag Pak.
“Jeg Jr. is a proven winner, with four Pro Stock championships on his résumé,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group’s service, parts and customer-care brand. “We are thrilled to add an elite driver to Team Mopar, and we look forward to sharing in his great success at the drag strip next season.”
“I’m extremely excited to join forces with Mopar in 2012,” said Jeg Jr., the only racer in the history of the NHRA to win a national event in six different classes. “The entire Coughlin Brothers Racing team has high expectations for the 2012 season and we expect to field a premier program with our Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger team, from top to bottom.”
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