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Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte
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Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying

Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte

Elite Admin2017-09-17T12:02:16-05:00September 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Qualifying|

CONCORD, N.C. — Throughout her record-setting career, two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders always has done her best work in pressure-packed situations. When others wilt, she blossoms, which is one of the many reasons she’s excited about the first of six race days left in the 2017 season. “The playoffs are definitely a different animal,” Enders said. “We’ve lived it, we’ve fought down to the last round of the season, we’ve felt the most pressure you can feel in this sport and we’ve come out [...]

Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte
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Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte

2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying

Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte

Elite Admin2017-09-17T12:00:18-05:00September 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Qualifying|

CONCORD, N.C. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes to pad his illustrious resume even more in this year’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs, which begin in earnest with eliminations for the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals running Sunday at zMax Dragway. A six-time drag racing champion with 76 national event victories, Coughlin has done the majority of his winning in Pro Stock, where he’s collected five titles and 58 Wally trophies. He’ll be at it again down the stretch of this season in his powerful JEGS.com/Elite [...]

Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’
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Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’

Elite Admin2017-09-14T13:50:37-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Preview|

CONCORD, NC — Erica Enders’ two Pro Stock championships both came in the 10-year-old playoff era so she has intimate knowledge of how the six-race Countdown to the Championship works. With the first playoff race taking place this weekend at zMax Dragway, Enders and her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports crew know it’s time to put up or shut up. “The regular season is all about securing a spot in the top 10 so you’ve got a ticket to the playoffs,” Enders said. “We’ve done that part. [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’
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Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’

2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race

Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’

Elite Admin2017-09-14T13:51:51-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Preview|

CONCORD, NC — The timing is right for Jeg Coughlin Jr. to begin his quest for a seventh NHRA national championship and sixth Pro Stock title at this weekend’s 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway near Charlotte. The 76-time national event winner will be entering his 400th Pro Stock race this weekend, a mark eclipsed by just two other active drivers — Greg Anderson and Allen Johnson. By chance, Coughlin’s historic start comes at the beginning of the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, [...]

Erica Enders starts chase for third championship after Indy
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Erica Enders starts chase for third championship after Indy

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Erica Enders starts chase for third championship after Indy

Elite Admin2017-09-05T05:25:56-05:00September 4th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Indy, Melling Performance, Race Recap|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has been to the winner’s circle at the sport’s biggest race — the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals — in 2015, but she could not return to the hallowed ground at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis this year as the fan-favorite racer bowed out in the opening stanza of eliminations. Enders, a Houston native and the most acclaimed female racer in the history of Pro Stock, qualified her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro in the [...]

JEGS.com Pro Stock racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks beyond Indy for title run in the Countdown
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JEGS.com Pro Stock racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks beyond Indy for title run in the Countdown

2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap

JEGS.com Pro Stock racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks beyond Indy for title run in the Countdown

Elite Admin2017-09-05T05:29:25-05:00September 4th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Indy, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion and three-time Pro Stock victor at the sport’s biggest drag race, the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Jeg Coughlin Jr. unexpectedly made an early exit in today's eliminations of the 63rd annual running of "the Big Go". Coughlin’s JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet recorded a best run of 6.625 seconds at 207.88 mph in time trials to land in the No. 14 qualifying slot for Labor Day eliminations. He rolled to the starting [...]

Melling Performance extends successful partnership with Erica Enders and Elite Motorsports
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Melling Performance extends successful partnership with Erica Enders and Elite Motorsports

2017, Erica Enders, NHRA, Sponsorship

Melling Performance extends successful partnership with Erica Enders and Elite Motorsports

Elite Admin2017-08-31T16:54:09-05:00August 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Erica Enders, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: Melling Performance, Sponsorship|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Following a very successful five-race stint as title sponsor of two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, Melling Performance announced a contract extension through the end of the 2017 season with the most acclaimed female driver in Pro Stock history. Melling Performance initiated its involvement in the world’s quickest and fastest motorsport after CEO Mark Melling attended one of the Charlotte drag races in 2016. “All I knew was NASCAR,” Melling said. “Coming to the drag [...]

Native Houstonian Erica Enders heads to U.S. Nationals with her heart firmly in Texas
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Native Houstonian Erica Enders heads to U.S. Nationals with her heart firmly in Texas

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Native Houstonian Erica Enders heads to U.S. Nationals with her heart firmly in Texas

Elite Admin2017-08-29T21:10:53-05:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Erica Enders, Indy, Melling Performance, Race Preview|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is drag racing’s biggest event, but native Houstonian Erica Enders admits it will be hard to focus on the task at hand when the weekend arrives considering the epic devastation in her hometown. “My heart is broken,” Enders said. “It’s impossible to get your mind around this catastrophe. I watch the news and see so many areas I know and they are under 10 feet of water. Most of the people I grew up with around [...]

Six-time world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for ninth victory in Indianapolis
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Six-time world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for ninth victory in Indianapolis

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Six-time world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for ninth victory in Indianapolis

Elite Admin2017-08-29T21:09:09-05:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Indy, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Preview|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has collected a whopping eight trophies on the hallowed ground of Lucas Oil Dragway In Indianapolis. He’s hoping to move that mark to nine this weekend at the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. “Indy has been a home race of sorts for my family for as long as we’ve all been drag racing,” said Coughlin, the driver of the JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro who hails from Delaware, Ohio. “Dad won there, all my brothers have [...]

Consistent Erica Enders still asking for more from Melling Performance/Elite Camaro
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Consistent Erica Enders still asking for more from Melling Performance/Elite Camaro

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying

Consistent Erica Enders still asking for more from Melling Performance/Elite Camaro

Elite Admin2017-08-20T09:20:20-05:00August 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Brainerd, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Qualifying|

BRAINERD, MN — Fresh off a runner-up finish at the NHRA tour’s last stop in Seattle, two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has proven her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro is very consistent this weekend at the 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Enders qualified mid-pack in the No. 8 position in the elimination field, running a best of 6.665 at 206.42 mph to go with a 6.679, a 6.682 and a 6.695. While the car is repeating well, Enders [...]

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