Going for broke, Troy Coughlin overcooks racetrack and loses in Houston quarterfinals (1 Viewer)

HOUSTON (April 23) -- Feeling he needed something special to beat second-round opponent Jonathan Gray, who runs a supercharged Pro Mod racecar, Troy Coughlin and his JEGS.com race crew pushed the performance envelope a little too far Sunday and lost traction, eventually losing by a wide margin in the second round of the 30th annual NHRA Spring Nationals.

This past offseason, NHRA officials changed the rules for supercharged and nitrous-assisted Pro Mod cars, instantly making all of the cars...

Going for broke, Troy Coughlin overcooks racetrack and loses in Houston quarterfinals

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