performance automotive equipment mail order founded 1960 in columbus ohio founder jeg coughlin sr. number of locations 2 owner john coughlin troy coughlin mike coughlin jeg coughlin jr. website jegs.com jegs high performance is the second largest mail order company of automotive equipment in the united states . it sells performance auto parts aftermarket accessories tools and race apparel . jegs was founded by jeg coughlin sr. in 1960 as a small speed shop . 1 since its inception the business has remained family owned and operated . 2 over 55 years jegs has expanded to include a 250 000 square foot 23 000 m2 warehouse two mail order locations retail store & team jegs race team . the company has approximately 350 employees . 3 contents 1 history 2 racing 3 cancer research 4 references 5 external links history edit jeg sr. started jegs automotive inc. in a garage near downtown columbus ohio simply because there was no other place in the midwest to get the high performance auto parts he and his friends needed to modify their hot rods . as word spread that jegs had everything automotive enthusiasts and racers would ever want the garage grew into a company that quickly became successful . when jeg sr. s four sons john troy mike and jeg jr. were old enough they bought the business from their dad with his assistance & achieved new heights each managing a different department to maximize effectiveness . jegs high performance has become a giant in the automotive industry with a retail store two call centers and massive distribution warehouse that delivers more than 250 million worth of products each year to rodders and racers all over the world . racing edit with seven nhra world championships sixteen division championships and well over 100 victories at the national divisional and local levels team jegs is among the most accomplished racing entities in the 60 year history of organized drag racing . john is a racer who has shifted focus to his son cody s career in circle track racing ; cody competes in the nascar camping world truck series and arca racing series . john s daughter kennedi enjoys ice skating . an nhra pro modified champion troy sr. has joined his son troy jr. in a jegs.com two car pro mod effort for 2015 . troy jr. also competes in nhra s sportsman class . troy sr. s daughter meghan races when she can while sisters paige & kelly drive junior dragsters . mike continues to find success in sportsman classes plus mentors his sons jack and clay in drag racing and other sports . jeg jr. is a six time nhra champion winning his fifth pro stock title in 2013 as one of drag racing s greatest drivers . his son jeg iii is a championship golfer in high school . cancer research edit jeg sr. his sons and their families created the jegs foundation racing for cancer research program to benefit james cancer hospital and richard j. solove research institute at the ohio state university . with 100 % of proceeds going directly to cancer research the jegs foundation racing for cancer research program has raised several million dollars . team jegs also sets up mobile cancer screening centers at nhra weekend events to keep the topic front & center with thousands of drag racing fans . the foundation s distinctive logo is a ribbon featuring the black & white motif of racing s checkered flag filled in with various cancer awareness colors . it adorns every race car and crew member uniform across the team jegs motorsports platform . in june 2013 the jegs foundation donated 10 million to osu s foundation for cancer treatment & research at the ohio state university comprehensive cancer center in columbus ohio . the new lobby of the james cancer hospital and solove research institute was named the jegs foundation lobby to commemorate the donation . references edit asher john may 22 2009 . nhra finals down to the wire . competitionplus magazine . retrieved july 7 2010 . external links edit official website jegs high performance on facebook jegs high performance s channel on youtube jegs high performance on twitter jegs high performance on google jegs high performance on pinterest jegs high performance on instagram team jegs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jegs high performance & oldid 742407857 categories companies based in ohiocompanies based in the columbus ohio metropolitan areaautomotive part retailers of the united statesautomotive companies of the united statesautomotive motorsports and performance companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 october 2016 at 14 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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