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Quick start the key to Pomona success, says six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Quick start the key to Pomona success, says six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

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

Quick start the key to Pomona success, says six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2017-02-12T10:45:30-06:00February 11th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. successfully qualified his JEGS.com Chevrolet Camaro in the No. 7 slot at this weekend's season-opening 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals and he heads into race day knowing a quick start to Sunday's eliminations will get the new year off on the right foot. "I’m real pleased with the progression this week and through the first four runs of qualifying here at Pomona," Coughlin said. "We came out and fired a pretty good shot in Q1 with a .57 [...]

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

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

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

Elite Admin2017-02-07T12:44:34-06:00February 7th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Chevrolet, Elite Motorsports, Erica Enders, Pomona|

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

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA

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

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00December 8th, 2016|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA|Tags: Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr|

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

Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA

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

Elite Admin2016-11-22T14:36:23-06:00November 22nd, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA|Tags: Quarter-Max, Rickie Jones, RJ Race Cars|

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
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Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Sponsorship

Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Mopar, Sponsorship|

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

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap

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

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Race Recap|

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 [...]

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2016-11-14T09:39:56-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA -- The 2016 season came to a quiet end for five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. as the 76-time national event winner bowed to Elite Motorsports teammate Vincent Nobile in Sunday's first round of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. Coughlin put up a fight, matching Nobile's sharp .025-second reaction time and racing him door-handle-to-door-handle most of the way down the strip, but in the end it was Nobile's 6.600 at 209.95 mph that put [...]

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run
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Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Back-to-back and reigning world champion Erica Enders has one more day to race her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart with the No. 1 sticker on the door and she plans on making the most of the occasion as the 2016 season draws to a close. "We're having fun," Enders said. "I think all of us are relieved to a large extent and I know the feeling in the pit is that it's nice to wrap up the final qualifying session of what has [...]

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final
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Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will fight for the title of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals from the lucky 13th position on the elimination ladder after posting a best pass of 6.610 at 208.78 mph during qualifying for the season-ending race. "We look forward to race day," Coughlin said. "We improved every run from Q1, Q2 and Q3 and would have improved again in Q4 if not for a driver malfunction," Coughlin said. "My foot just kind [...]

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season
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Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona|

POMONA, CA -- Two-time world champion drag racer Erica Enders has a long and storied connection with Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, the site of this weekend's 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. It's a bond that dates back two decades, and one that's immortalized with her own display at the heralded Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum across the fairgrounds from fabled Pomona Dragway. "Some of the biggest moments in my drag racing career have happened at Pomona, going all the way back to my [...]

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