Troy Coughlin raced to his first victory of the 2016 season on Sunday during the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the NHRA Summernationals. This weekend’s Pro Mod racing is the fourth of 10 events on the 2016 season.

Coughlin, making his first final round appearance of 2016, powered his JEGS.com late model Corvette to a 5.878-second pass at 255.29 mph to defeat Bill Glidden’s 7.320 at 137.92 in his Mickey Thompson Ford Mustang.

"What a day," Coughlin said. "For the whole JEGS.com team, coming into this race fifth in points and with a race car that's a competitor, it's great to get this win. We've just had a couple burdens here and there, but (crew chief) Steve (Petty) got it fixed up, and Mike (Rees) and Kyle (Pettis) put it together. We had a good hot rod all race. I'm pretty excited about it, for sure."

This is Coughlin’s seventh career victory. He qualified seventh and raced past Mike Janis, two-time 2016 winner Rickie Smith, who exited the starting line and did not make a pass due to a problem with his dragster, and Steve Matusek en route to the victory. He is now second in the points standings behind Smith.  

Glidden, the No. 13 qualifier, outlasted Bob Rahaim, Khalid alBalooshi and Jim Whiteley in the earlier rounds. Glidden is eighth in the points standings.

Matusek is third in the standings, Michael Biehle is fourth and Danny Rowe is fifth.

The NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will make its fifth appearance of the 2016 season at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, June 17-19, at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn.

Final finish order (1-16) at the 47th NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park.  The race is the fourth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.

PRO MODIFIED:

1.  Troy Coughlin; 2.  Bill Glidden; 3.  Jim Whiteley; 4.  Steve Matusek; 5.  Khalid alBalooshi; 6. Michael Biehle; 7.  Von Smith; 8.  Rickie Smith; 9.  Eric Latino; 10.  Mike Castellana; 11.  Chip King; 12.  Bob Rahaim; 13.  Mike Janis; 14.  Steven Whiteley; 15.  Gerry Capano; 16.  Danny Rowe.

Sunday's final results from the 47th NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. The race is the fourth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.

Pro Modified -- Troy Coughlin, Chevy Corvette, 5.878, 255.29  def. Bill Glidden, Chevy Camaro, 7.320, 137.92.

Final round-by-round results from the 47th NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the fourth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.

PRO MODIFIED:

ROUND ONE -- Michael Biehle, Ford Mustang, 5.921, 251.63 def. Chip King, Dodge Daytona, 5.941, 244.16; Troy Coughlin, Chevy Corvette, 6.006, 232.67 def. Mike Janis, Chevy Camaro, 6.012, 216.41; Von Smith, Corvette, 5.904, 244.83 def. Mike Castellana, Corvette, 5.934, 245.99; Khalid alBalooshi, Camaro, 5.958, 244.65 def. Steven Whiteley, Cadillac CTS-V, 7.095, 170.00; Steve Matusek, Camaro, 5.949, 244.12 def. Eric Latino, Camaro, 5.926, 246.93; Bill Glidden, Camaro, 5.920, 240.94 def. Bob Rahaim, Corvette, 5.976, 244.74; Rickie Smith, Camaro, 7.904, 118.70 def. Gerry Capano, Corvette, Broke; Jim Whiteley, Chevy Chevelle, 9.228, 97.49 def. Danny Rowe, Corvette, Foul - Centerline;
QUARTERFINALS -- Matusek, 6.119, 241.24 def. V. Smith, 8.005, 121.08; Coughlin, 5.846, 256.50 def. R. Smith, Broke - No Show; J. Whiteley, 5.946, 243.15 def. Biehle, 7.959, 123.13; Glidden, 5.902, 240.81 def. alBalooshi, 5.941, 245.27;
SEMIFINALS -- Glidden, 5.893, 257.68 def. J. Whiteley, 5.923, 244.38; Coughlin, 5.875, 254.66 def. Matusek, 10.012, 87.36;
FINAL -- Coughlin, 5.878, 255.29 def. Glidden, 7.320, 137.92.

Point standings (top 10) following the 47th NHRA Summernationals at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, the fourth of 10 events in the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series.

Pro Modified

1.  Rickie Smith, 388; 2.  Troy Coughlin, 255; 3.  Steve Matusek, 229; 4.  Michael Biehle, 193; 5. Danny Rowe, 192; 6.  Khalid alBalooshi, 181; 7.  Bob Rahaim, 173; 8.  Bill Glidden, 143; 9.  Kevin Fiscus, 142; 10.  Von Smith, 131.