Dirt
Doorslammer Racing
Takes Center Stage
Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Alex
Laughlin cash in at inaugural
World Doorslammer Nationals
By Nate Van Wagnen
the organized havoc like this, and it’s just badass,”
Coughlin said. “There’s no more prideful feeling
than pulling around for a final of a big-money
race, and this one is right there at the top with
them now. To see all the fans and all the teams
crowded around to take in the moment, it’s pretty
cool. You want to make it happen and fortunately
we did that today.”
In Pro Mod, NHRA Pro Stock star Alex Laugh-
lin added another milestone moment to his
doorslammer drag racing career Sunday evening
when he turned on the final-round win light over
Pro Modified veteran Todd Tutterow.
Laughlin and Tutterow were both aggressive
in the final round. Tutterow left the line first, but
he had to drive through tire shake and backfired
the supercharger downtrack. Laughlin made a
clean pass, recording a 5.671 at 251.53 mph to
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wo days after 51 of North Amer-
ica’s best Pro Stock and Pro Mod rac-
ers started qualifying at the inaugural
Drag Illustrated World Doorslam-
mer Nationals presented by CTech Manufactur-
ing, a pair of Pro Stock legends and a David versus
Goliath matchup were left standing in the final
rounds. Ultimately, Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Alex
Laughlin came out on top to win some of the
richest prizes in modern doorslammer racing.
In an epic final round between two of Pro
Stock’s biggest legends at Orlando Speed World
Dragway, it was Coughlin who slipped past Greg
Anderson in a side-by-side thriller to claim the
$75,000 prize in Pro Stock.
Coughlin’s run of 6.484 seconds at 212.36 mph
in his RJ Race Cars JEGS Camaro edged out
Anderson’s 6.485 at 213.81 in his Summit Racing
Equipment Camaro, handing the five-time Pro
Stock world champion the biggest single-race
payout in the history of the class, which is cel-
ebrating its 50th anniversary in 2020.
“I’ve been fortunate to run a bunch of big-
money bracket races in my career and I’ve seen
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