No shortage of confidence for two-time champ Erica Enders as eliminations near

2017-02-26T08:20:21-06:00February 25th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

PHOENIX, AZ – Two-time world champion Erica Enders will begin Sunday’s eliminations from the No. 10 qualifying spot in Richard Freeman’s Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro at the 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Enders will bring her bright red racer to the starting line in Round 1 to race No. 7 qualifier Shane Gray. Her 6.558-second, 211.53-mph qualifying mark is just a touch behind Gray’s 6.548 posting. The most successful female Pro Stock racer in NHRA history, Enders has 21 [...]

Popular two-time champ Erica Enders has program right on track for Phoenix race

2017-02-22T17:22:59-06:00February 22nd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

CHANDLER, AZ — Before she even turned professional, let alone captured two world championships, drag racer Erica Enders had a Disney movie made about her and her sister Courtney’s lives in the NHRA Junior Dragster ranks. The film, the most watched movie in Disney Channel history, was entitled Right On Track. Heading into this weekend’s 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Enders says the same title could easily be used to describe Richard Freeman’s Elite Motorsports race team, the group [...]

Erica Enders fires plenty of warning shots during season-opening Winternationals

2017-02-13T10:23:05-06:00February 12th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , |

POMONA, CA — Back in the comfy confines of her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, two-time world champion Erica Enders didn’t walk away with the trophy of this weekend’s 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals, but she certainly reminded everyone of why she dominated the 2014 and 2015 seasons. A year with a different manufacturer made the category’s most prolific female racer an afterthought to many, but as soon as she got back in her Chevy, she quickly re-established herself as a top contender. “Not a [...]

History abounds, awaits world champion Erica Enders in Pomona

2017-02-12T10:48:31-06:00February 11th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

POMONA, CA — The first Junior Dragster Erica Enders ever drove to the winner’s circle is housed just across the compound from Auto Club Raceway in Wally Parks’ Drag Racing Museum. She also started her Sportsman career here and collected one of her record 21 Pro Stock race trophies at Pomona. Additionally, she clinched the first of her two world titles at this track in 2014. Now the spunky Texan is back, hoping to add a few more memories to her So-Cal resume when this [...]

Transportation Impact signs expanded sponsorship of Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr.

2017-02-09T05:59:30-06:00February 9th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Sponsorship|Tags: , , , |

WYNNEWOOD, OK — Praising the successes of their first year together, Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman and Transportation Impact Co-Founder Keith Byrd made a bullish announcement of an expanded sponsorship package for multi-time champion drivers Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr. “This may be the best sponsorship deal in motorsports,” Freeman said. “You always want the fans and your fellow racers to support the sponsors that fund our sport, and in the case of Transportation Impact, it literally doesn’t cost you a penny to [...]

Two-time world champion Erica Enders readies for season of redemption

2017-02-07T12:44:34-06:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

POMONA, CA -- For two glorious seasons from 2014-2015, Erica Enders was on top of the drag racing world, winning back-to-back titles in arguably the toughest category in all motorsports, NHRA Pro Stock. An impressive 15 victories during the stretch was punctuated by her incredible driving prowess. She was, quite simply, peerless. Last season the proud Texan returned to earth after a switch to another manufacturer, going winless en route to a sagging ninth-place finish overall. Now, with a new season set to begin with [...]

Drag racing champions Jeg Coughlin Jr., Erica Enders return to Chevrolet

2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00December 8th, 2016|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA|Tags: , , |

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman announced Thursday at the PRI Show that multi-time world champion drag racers Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Erica Enders will fight for the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock crown in a pair of RJ Racecars-built Chevrolet Camaros. The move back to Chevrolet was widely anticipated as Freeman and Enders used the bowtie brand to capture the 2014 and 2015 titles for Elite Motorsports. Coughlin drove a Chevrolet to four of his five Pro Stock [...]

Championship-winning crew chief Rickie Jones to leave NHRA circuit in 2017

2016-11-22T14:36:23-06:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA|Tags: , , |

POMONA, CA – Elite Motorsports crew chief Rickie Jones will step back from his duties with the championship-winning NHRA Pro Stock team to focus on his family in 2017. Jones, the son of veteran crew chief/chassis builder Rick Jones, was an integral part of Erica Enders' 2014-15 Pro Stock world championships. "My wife Sarah and I want to start a family and have children," Rickie Jones said. "That's harder to do when you're gone as much as this series demands. "I've been blessed way beyond [...]

Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: , , , |

WYNNEWOOD, OK - Elite Motorsports and Mopar have announced that they will end their partnership at the end of the 2016 racing season. "I want to thank everyone at Mopar and Dodge, from the top executives to the engineers on to the people helping us at the races for their hard work and dedication," said Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman. "My guys should be commended. They basically worked around the clock with pretty much zero days off for the entire season, busting their butts [...]

Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face

2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

POMONA, CA -- After winning two championships in a row and pushing her career win total to 21 national events, Erica Enders came into 2016 hoping to add to her legacy in a brand-new Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart. But things don't always go as planned, and Enders instead went an entire year without reaching the final round. Now, after equaling the best outing of the year by racing to the semifinals of the season-ending 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, Enders can finally turn the [...]

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