Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Maka afọ 1986 Cogan sonyeere Patrick Racing ịkwọ ụgbọala No. 7 7-Eleven March 86C-Cosworth DFX. N'oge mmalite oge Dana 200 maka Special Olympics na Phoenix International Raceway Cogan nwetara mmeri Indycar mbụ ya, na-eduga ebe nke abụọ Tom Sneva site na gburugburu. Ọ bụkwa oge mbụ Cogan na-eduga n'ọkwa CART n'ọrụ ya. Na 13 laps na-aga na Indianapolis 500
, Cogan mere njem siri ike iji gafere Rick Mears na Bobby Rahal n'ihe na-erughị otu okirikiri mgbe ụgbọ ala Randy Lanier na-eji nwayọ nwayọ. N'agbanyeghi na ụgbọ ala ya na-agba ọsọ n'ụzọ doro anya na ntụgharị, Cogan wepụrụ na ndu nke 3 sekọnd tupu ịdọ aka ná ntị apụta na 195 maka ọdịda site n'aka Arie Luyendyk na ntụgharị anọ. Cogan enwetaghị ezigbo mmalite na 198th lap ma Rahal gafere ya, n'ikpeazụ mechaa n'ọnọdụ nke abụọ. Cogan ka na-eduzi ọkwa ahụ mgbe Indianapolis gasịrị mana ọ kwụsịrị ịla ezumike nká na asaa n'ime agbụrụ iri na anọ fọdụrụnụ wee daa n'ọkwa nke isii na asọmpi ahụ.