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Mopar® and Four-Time NHRA Pro Stock Champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. Unveil New Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger at SEMA Show
Jeg Jr. to Compete Únder the Mopar Banner in the NHRA Pro Stock Class in 2012• Elite NHRA Driver Jeg Jr. Ends One-year Pro Stock Hiatus to Join Team Mopar
• Four-time NHRA Champ Will Join Veteran Allen Johnson in the Team Mopar Lineup
• JNR Racing Engine Shop to Supply Mopar HEMI Engines for Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s Dodge Avenger
• Mopar and JEGS to Strengthen Bonds in the Brands' Performance Parts Business
• Mopar, along wîth partners Pennzoil® and Magneti Marelli, to expand relationship wîth NHRA Funny Car driver Matt Hagan
November 1, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Mopar® revealed today at the 2011 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas that four-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will join the Team Mopar roster in 2012, campaigning a new Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Pro Stock class.
'Jeg Jr. is a proven winner, wîth 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 wîth 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 wîth our Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger team, from top to bottom.'
Jeg Coughlin Jr. will join veteran racer Allen Johnson as the only two drivers in the Pro Stock class directly sponsored by Mopar.
'Adding Jeg Jr. to the Team Mopar roster is a great addition for the brand,' said Allen Johnson, driver of the Mopar Dodge Avenger. 'This puts at least two very strong Mopar cars in the Pro Stock field next year, and I think it gives the brand an excellent chance of seeing a Mopar-powered driver bring home the Pro Stock championship in 2012.'
'Allen Johnson and his father Roy Johnson have a long history wîth Mopar and have built a highly respected program wîth their J&J Racing team,' said Jeg Jr. 'Between our two teams, I think you're going to see a Mopar Dodge in the winner's circle at many NHRA events next year.
'When we pull through the gates at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals (the 2012 season-opening event), wîth the lofty goals we've set for ourselves, we expect to have a car that can qualify on the pole and win on Sunday. I believe the Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge will be able to fire some shots off the bow immediately.'
The announcement marks a return to the Pro Stock class by Jeg Jr. after a one-year hiatus. It's also a return to the Mopar fold for the 40-year-old Delaware, Ohio native, who has a long history wîth the brand. Jeg Jr. captured the 2004 Ú.S. Nationals Mopar HEMI® Challenge event win driving a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, raced a Mopar HEMI-powered Dodge Pro Stock car during the 2005 NHRA season and currently owns and occasionally competes in Sportsman events in a Mopar Challenger Drag Pak.
'I have a number of firsts involving Mopar,' said Jeg Jr. 'My first car was a 1983 Dodge Charger. One of my first jobs as a teenager at our JEGS business was to organize the warehouse and create space for a brand that was expanding its parts line — the Mopar Direct Connection brand.
'The passion I've witnessed in the folks I've dealt wîth at Mopar and Chrysler Group is second-to-none. Their enthusiasm and excitement is a big reason this program came together, and that passion is something that will fuel our team next year.'
JNR Racing shop to supply Mopar HEMI engines for Jeg Coughlin Jr's Dodge
Jeg Jr. will go in-house to crank out the Mopar HEMI engines needed to power his Pro Stock cars, utilizing his new JNR Racing engine shop, located in Mooresville, N.C., to supply a steady stream of Mopar HEMIs.
Jeg Jr. and his family announced their new engine shop venture wîth partners Nick Ferri and Roy Simmons earlier this year. The duo teamed wîth Jeg Jr. on his engine program in the early 2000s, and the group has combined to earn multiple Pro Stock championships since 2002.
'We're really excited to join back up wîth Nick and Roy,' said Jeg Jr., who will act as both team owner and driver for his Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge. 'Coupled wîth our new relationships wîth Mopar and Chrysler Group engineers, I think we're really going to see some great noise out of our Mopar HEMIs.'
Jeg Jr.'s new team will be headquartered out of the Coughlin Brothers Racing shop in Delaware, Ohio. The Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge squad will enjoy plenty of family support, wîth Jeg Jr. working closely wîth his brothers and fellow team owners John, Troy and Mike Coughlin. Jeg Jr.'s father, Jeg Coughlin Sr., will act as a team adviser for both the engine shop and at-track operation. To tune the Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Avenger, which will run under a Haas chassis, Coughlin Jr. turned to Finland native Tomi Laine, a renowned European Pro Stock champion who has worked wîth a number of NHRA Pro Stock teams.
'I think Tomi will do a great job wîth us, and my dad, my brothers and I have been extremely successful together,' said Jeg Jr. 'Mopar Dodge Avenger driver Allen Johnson is also competing wîth a Haas chassis, so it seemed wise to choose a similar car to maximize the sharing of data obtained from aerodynamic and technological tests. I'm very comfortable wîth the way things are lining up wîth the Mopar/JEGS.com team.'
Mopar and JEGS to strengthen bonds in the brands' performance parts business
The new alliance between Mopar and Jeg Jr. will also extend to the JEGS family business, founded by Jeg's father, Jeg Coughlin Sr., in 1960. Mopar and JEGS, both leaders in the performance parts arena, will look to grow their relationship in aftermarket parts sales.
'The JEGS name is a respected source for performance parts,' said Gorlier. 'We look forward to taking advantage of the many avenues in which the JEGS brand can help us provide Mopar parts to our customers, including through JEGS retail stores, the brand's mail-order program and JEGS online Web site.'
'We're excited not only to be associated wîth the Mopar brand on the drag strip, but also to help extend the Mopar brand to the hundreds of thousands of JEGS customers, and service those customers wîth the Mopar brand of parts that they need,' said Jeg Coughlin Jr.
Mopar, along wîth partners Pennzoil® and Magneti Marelli, to expand relationship wîth NHRA Funny Car driver Matt HaganMopar also announced at the SEMA show in Las Vegas that the brand will expand its longstanding relationship wîth Don Schumacher Racing and its sponsorship of Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car driver Matt Hagan. Mopar, along wîth partners Pennzoil® and Magneti Marelli, will increase its presence on Hagan's car for the entire 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.
Hagan raced wîth a special Mopar graphics scheme on his Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car this season at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, qualifying third and making it to the finals of the event. He also carried the Mopar colors at the Ú.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, where he reached the semifinals.
'Matt Hagan is one of the best young talents on the NHRA circuit and has been a great brand ambassador for Mopar,' said Gorlier. 'Mopar has enjoyed a long and successful relationship wîth Don Schumacher Racing, one of the elite organizations in motorsports, and we are happy to increase our sponsorship on Matt Hagan's Dodge, and welcome partners Pennzoil and Magneti Marelli in support as well.'
Jeg Coughlin Jr. Career Highlights:
• Four-time NHRA Pro Stock champ (2000, 2002, 2007, 2008) • Five-time NHRA world champ including 1992 Sportsman title in the Super Gas class (1992)
• Only driver in NHRA history to win a national event in six different classes
• Only driver in NHRA history to win national events in four different classes in one season (1997 - Pro Stock, Super Stock, Competition, Super Gas)
• Just the tenth driver in NHRA history to claim 50 national event victories
About JEGS
For more than 50 years, the name JEGS has been synonymous wîth high performance racing parts, dating back to 1960 when Jeg Coughlin Sr. opened the doors of JEGS High Performance at a small, non-descript shop in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Nearly three decades after Coughlin's original speedshop was born, he helped his four sons, John, Troy, Mike and Jeg Jr., purchase the operation, and under their collective guidance the small family business became a mail order giant.
The original 4,000 square-foot shop now encompasses a 100,000 square-foot warehouse, a chassis shop, a call center, and the original retail store on the very grounds where it all began. A 225,000 square-foot state-of-the-art distribution center was later added to better serve customers. This location also houses the corporate offices and call center. There is also a 35,000 square-foot R&D facility where in-house racing operations are housed.
Mopar-First Features
Mopar has introduced numerous -first features including:
• Camper trailers: first to introduce off-road camper trailers
• Vehicle-information apps: first to introduce smartphone vehicle-information applications, a new channel of communication wîth consumers
• Electronic owner manuals: first to introduce traditional owner manuals in a DVD and brief user-guide format
• Electronic Vehicle Tracking System (EVTS): first to market wîth a new interactive vehicle tracking device that sends owner a text when vehicle is driven too fast or too far based on pre-set parameters
• 2011 Mopar Challenger Drag Pak: first to introduce a 500-plus cubic-inch V-10 drag-race package car
• Wi-Fi: first to offer customers the ability to make their vehicle a wireless hot spot
• WiTECH: first to support vehicle diagnosis and software updates leveraging off-the-shelf personal computers and a dedicated wireless tool network
About the Mopar Brand
Mopar is Chrysler Group LLC's service, parts and customer-care brand.
Mopar distributes approximately 280,000 parts and accessories in more than 90 countries and is the source for all original-equipment parts for Chrysler, Jeep®, Dodge and Ram vehicles. Mopar parts are unique in that they are engineered wîth the same teams that create factory-authorized vehicle specifications for Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge and Ram vehicles — a direct connection that no other aftermarket parts company can provide. A complete list of Mopar accessories and performance parts is available at http://www.mopar.com.Source - Dodge
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