You'll excuse Jeg Coughlin, Jr., for thinking he'd made a wrong turn into the seedier side of Las Vegas. It seemed like every time he lined up for a run there was another red light.
Coughlin was the beneficiary each time during Sunday's eliminations as three of his four opponents red-lighted
and one of those was on a rerun. The one guy he didn’t beat on a
red-light, was points leader Jason Line, in the semis.
Despite the assistance from his opponents, this was not a easy day for Coughlin.
“We had a tough day,” Coughlin admitted. “We had to beat Kurt Johnson
twice, although the first time didn’t count because the tree
malfunctioned, but he had a close red-light. Then we beat the toughest
guy in the class, the fastest guy who has run over 212 miles per hour
in Mike Edwards, he had a rare, close red-light.”
The hits kept falling Coughlin’s way as he advanced to the final round
by defeating Jason Line, 6.708, 204.60 to a 6.738, 205.79, before
stopping an overanxious Greg Stanfield in the finals.