Two-time Topeka winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. falls in first round

2016-12-09T13:09:44-06:00May 22nd, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

TOPEKA, KS -- Two-time Topeka winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. couldn't find success at Heartland Park Topeka this time around. Driving the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart, Coughlin lost in the first round of the NHRA Kansas Nationals on Sunday. Coughlin, who won in Topeka in 1998 and 2013, made a pass of 6.746 seconds at 205.07 mph, but it wasn't enough to beat No. 4 qualifier Shane Gray, who made the third-quickest pass of the round, a 6.653 at 207.91 mph. "Our plague [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders starts Topeka defense against Elite teammate

2016-05-22T22:17:11-05:00May 21st, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

TOPEKA, KS — Defending Pro Stock champion Erica Enders has already scored a round-win at this weekend’s NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka — and Pro Stock eliminations don’t start until Sunday. Enders, who qualified the Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge in the No. 9 spot in Pro Stock, won a round in Super Gas earlier Saturday. “That was fun to get a round-win in the Super Gas car,” Enders said. “It can take some time to get used to driving in Sportsman again, and even [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes No. 13 qualifying spot is lucky charm in Topeka

2016-05-22T22:14:16-05:00May 21st, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

May 21 Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes No. 13 qualifying spot is lucky charm in Topeka TOPEKA, Kan. (May 21) -- There is plenty of fight left in Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team. Coughlin, a five-time Pro Stock champion, qualified No. 13 for the NHRA Kansas Nationals on Saturday at Heartland Park Topeka. He'll square off against No. 4 qualifier Shane Gray in the first round Sunday -- and will be a decided underdog -- but Coughlin won't [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders holds special memories of Topeka

2016-05-19T15:54:14-05:00May 19th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

TOPEKA, KS — Heartland Park Topeka has a special place in the heart of Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge driver Erica Enders, the two-time Pro Stock champion. Heartland Park, site of this weekend’s NHRA Kansas Nationals, is where Enders became the first woman to earn a No. 1 qualifier in Pro Stock, and it’s also the track where she scored a dominant victory in 2015, nine years after that first No. 1 qualifier. Enders was in her second full year of Pro Stock in 2006, driving the [...]

‘We’re really close,’ says five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. as Topeka race nears

2016-05-19T15:50:23-05:00May 17th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

TOPEKA, KS -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. sees plenty of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, and the light could be shining even brighter on the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team very soon. Coughlin heads to the NHRA Kansas Nationals this weekend at Heartland Park Topeka ranked seventh in the Pro Stock points standings -- not bad, but not where he and his Elite Motorsports team figured they'd be at this point in the season. But Coughlin [...]

Erica Enders’ best pass of the weekend negated by dodgy Atlanta track

2016-12-09T13:09:44-06:00May 15th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

ATLANTA, GA -- Reigning back-to-back Pro Stock champion Erica Enders knew she left on first-round opponent Chris McGaha, and as she went through the gears of her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart a big smile started to cross her face. Then, in an instant, it was gone, as a big bump in her lane upset her race car enough that it shot towards the centerline. Although the 21-time national event winner didn't give up on the run, the tire spin she encountered out of the racing [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. picks up team morale with round-win in Atlanta

2016-12-09T13:09:44-06:00May 15th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

ATLANTA, GA -- When a team is struggling, a win -- any win -- is always good for morale. That's one of the big benefits that Jeg Coughlin Jr. was able to deliver to his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team on Sunday when he beat Drew Skillman in the first round of the 36th annual NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. Coughlin snapped a three-race streak in which he had lost in the first round -- twice to Skillman -- with a [...]

Two-time champ Erica Enders carries momentum into Atlanta race day

2016-05-16T09:20:13-05:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

ATLANTA, GA — Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders heads into race day for the 36th annual NHRA Southern Nationals on Sunday at Atlanta Dragway fresh off her best run of the weekend. Enders, the No. 10 qualifier, made a pass of 6.701 seconds at 206.16 mph in the final qualifying session, giving her and her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team some momentum heading into final eliminations. “It is nice that we made our best run in the last session of qualifying,” Enders said. “The conditions [...]

Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. says progress being made in Elite/Mopar camp

2016-05-16T09:18:28-05:00May 14th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

ATLANTA, GA -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. locked up the No. 8 qualifying position at this weekend's 36th annual NHRA Southern Nationals with a solid Friday night pass of 6.686 seconds at 206.86 mph at Atlanta Dragway. It's the fourth time in seven races that Coughlin qualified eighth or better in the eliminations field. "The team tested again in Oklahoma before heading this way as we continue to try and clean up some of the things that have been nagging on us, [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. relying on 26 years of experience to weather early-season storm

2016-12-09T13:09:44-06:00May 10th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

ATLANTA, GA -- As the NHRA tour heads to Atlanta Dragway for the seventh race of the 2016 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. remains bullish on the potential of his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart and the entire Elite Motorsports team, which he joined in the offseason. While admitting his ninth-place ranking is below the team's standards, Coughlin says his 26 years of experience have taught him how to weather the peaks and valleys of long and [...]

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