Guarnaccia Added as Tuner to JEGS PS Team|

Eddie Guarnaccia

With five earth championships and a whopping 68 national events on his drag racing resume, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has spent the majority of his career at the top of the world rankings. In an effort to return to his usual perch, the 41-year-old from Delaware, Ohio, recently added veteran tuner Eddie Guarnaccia to his JEGS.com/Mopar Contrivance Avenger Pro Stock race team.

"Eddie goes virtually things a different fashion and that's exactly what we needed," said Coughlin, who is an uncharacteristic 13th in the standings later nine events with his brand-new race team. "Nosotros needed a fresh set of eyes and Eddie immediately provided that for u.s.a..

"He joined the team right subsequently Englishtown and we went straight to Bristol and started testing. Eddie went over the car from front to dorsum and corner to corner and it felt unlike right from the first hit. Nosotros concluded up making xi runs over three days and our elapsed times were correct there with the top guys that were testing there."

Guarnaccia volition work side-by-side with co-coiffure chief Tomi Laine, who has been with the group since it was formed late last year. They will go on to benefit from horsepower provided by JNR Racing Engines, a Charlotte-based shop owned by JEGS, Nick Ferri and Roy Simmons.

"Nosotros've had all the pieces here to be successful," said Coughlin, a runner-up at the season-opening Winternationals. "The crew is made upwardly of a bunch of guys that have won championships both here and in Europe. The engine store is start charge per unit. Nosotros have an awesome racecar. We just haven't put the puzzle together correctly simply yet.

"I feel like we've fabricated a behemothic motion in the right direction calculation Eddie to the team. He'southward a longtime friend and a hard-working guy that really wants to win and knows how to get it washed. I see nothing but good times ahead."

Coughlin won the Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in 2007, ironically chirapsia Guarnaccia and his old driver Kenny Koretsky in the final round.

Four rounds of professional qualifying will set the field for this year'south race, beginning with two sessions at five and vii:30 p.m., Friday, followed by two more than rounds at apex and 2:30 p.m., Sat. Eliminations brainstorm at i p.g., Dominicus, with all activity being shown on ESPN2.

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