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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Automotive Industries page on 3 May 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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. Since its inception, the business has remained family owned and operated. 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.
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.
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| 12 February 2004 | Jeg's High Performance Chooses STR Software to Integrate Automated Fax System | STR Software |
| 26 October 2015 | JEGS.com Named as Title Sponsor of SCSN 11 Presented by Chris Alston’s Chassisworks | Brandon Mudd, Premier Street Car Association |