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Victory in Atlanta would be special for two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders
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Victory in Atlanta would be special for two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders

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Victory in Atlanta would be special for two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders

Elite Admin2017-05-04T07:27:00-05:00May 3rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Atlanta, Erica Enders, Race Preview|

COMMERCE, GA — Erica Enders has two NHRA titles, 21 individual race victories, 14 runner-ups and 18 top qualifying efforts to her credit. One of the big things missing is a win at Atlanta Dragway, the home track for longtime series sponsor Coca-Cola. It’s something Enders hopes to remedy at this weekend’s 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals. “The Coca-Cola Company has been a huge part of drag racing for 16 years now,” Enders said. “They’ve been around as long as I’ve been racing [...]

Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. arrives in Atlanta on a hot streak
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Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. arrives in Atlanta on a hot streak

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Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. arrives in Atlanta on a hot streak

Elite Admin2017-05-04T07:25:05-05:00May 3rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Atlanta, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Preview|

COMMERCE, GA — No one in Pro Stock has had a quicker racecar than Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro at the last two NHRA drag races, which has the 58-time national winner excited about his prospects heading into this weekend’s 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway. “Credit this Elite Motorsports group,” Coughlin said. “These guys have been working so hard, so many late nights, so many off days, to get my car and Erica (Enders’) car back to the [...]

Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway
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Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway

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

Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway

Elite Admin2017-05-01T13:22:30-05:00April 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

CONCORD, N.C. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. posted the quickest pass of the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in the opening round of Sunday’s eliminations but it was all for naught after a strange starting line miscue caused him to leave more than half a second after his three opponents. Jeg Jr. with dad Jeg Coughlin, Sr. “I’m not really upset,” Coughlin said. “It’s just the complexity of the four-wide format. The staging procedure is extremely important and once all four of us were pre-staged I [...]

Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
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Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

Elite Admin2017-05-01T13:21:59-05:00April 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

CONCORD, N.C. — Erica Enders never got a chance to flex the horsepower of her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro Sunday at zMax Dragway because she was timed-out at the starting line after taking too long to stage. It’s one of the hazards of the annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals and every year someone seems to get bit. “For Jeg and I to qualify 1-2 on the ladder, run the kind of numbers we have run here, I would have bet the house that we’d be fighting [...]

For second race in a row, five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. tops Pro Stock field
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For second race in a row, five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. tops Pro Stock field

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For second race in a row, five-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. tops Pro Stock field

Elite Admin2017-04-30T09:49:31-05:00April 29th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Qualifying|

CONCORD, N.C. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. knew his Rick Jones-built JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro was a great racecar since the beginning of the season. It just took him a few races to let everyone else know. For the second straight national event, the five-time Pro Stock champion has the quickest car in the factory hot rod class. This weekend, in qualifying for the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals, Coughlin used an impressive 6.578-second pass at 210.24 mph to get the job done. “Obviously to get [...]

Qualifying a season-best second on the grid excites Pro Stock champ Erica Enders
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Qualifying a season-best second on the grid excites Pro Stock champ Erica Enders

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Qualifying a season-best second on the grid excites Pro Stock champ Erica Enders

Elite Admin2017-04-30T09:50:47-05:00April 29th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Erica Enders, Qualifying|

CONCORD, N.C. — After qualifying her Lupe Tortilla-backed Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro a season-best No. 2 on the elimination ladder of the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway, two-time world champ Erica Enders admitted it’s going to be hard to wipe the smile off her face. “We definitely took another big step in the right direction this weekend,” Enders said. “I know this entire Elite Motorsports team is very excited to be back on top of the sheets. Granted, it’s just qualifying, but [...]

Four-Wide racing stirs memories of bygone days for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Four-Wide racing stirs memories of bygone days for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

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Four-Wide racing stirs memories of bygone days for Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2017-04-26T11:11:28-05:00April 26th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Preview|

CONCORD, N.C. — When racing impresario Bruton Smith decided to make zMax Dragway a four-lane drag racing facility, only the old-timers knew what he was talking about. For most modern-day straight-liners, it seemed a crazy novelty, but one that was certainly intriguing, especially for the racers themselves. Now, with the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals just a few days away, six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. took a few moments to reminisce on the unique format that pits four cars burning down the quarter-mile strip [...]

Two-time champ Erica Enders says Four-Wide drag racing levels playing field
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Two-time champ Erica Enders says Four-Wide drag racing levels playing field

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Two-time champ Erica Enders says Four-Wide drag racing levels playing field

Elite Admin2017-04-26T11:09:49-05:00April 26th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Erica Enders, Race Preview|

CONCORD, N.C. — Eight years into the return of Four-Wide competition at Bruton Smith’s “Bellagio of Drag Strips,” two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders says the unique format and the style of racing it requires makes for some of the best drag racing on the 24-race NHRA Mello Yello schedule. “Going four-wide totally levels the playing field,” Enders said. “Even now after many of us have had multiple races here, there are still a lot of drivers that tend to struggle. Pro Stock already [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports

Elite Admin2017-04-24T11:25:03-05:00April 23rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Houston, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

HOUSTON, TX — While admitting he wanted this victory a little more than usual, Jeg Coughlin Jr. was still very satisfied with his runner-up finish Sunday at the 30th annual NHRA Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. Racing in his 101st career final, Coughlin took on good friend Bo Butner for the trophy. When the lights flashed, both men left with identical .061-second reaction times with Butner managing to inch away at each incremental timer for a slight 6.550 to 6.562-second win. Jeg Coughlin Jr. [...]

Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband
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Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband

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Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband

Elite Admin2017-04-24T11:50:30-05:00April 23rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Houston, Race Recap|

HOUSTON (April 23) — Two-time world champion Erica Enders threw away what was the quickest and fastest pass of the 30th annual NHRA Spring Nationals by leaving the starting line nine-thousandths of a second early in a Round 1 loss to her husband Richie Stevens. The automatic disqualification negated a stellar 6.523-second blast at 213.37 mph that would have delivered an easy win over Stevens’ 6.589 at 210.64 mph. It left the Cypress, Texas native more than a little perturbed. “There was no showing off [...]

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