Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s ‘confidence is building’ with Elite Motorsports team

2016-07-11T09:00:24-05:00July 10th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

CHICAGO, IL -- Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s faith in his Elite Motorsports team has never wavered. Now, with an increase in performance with his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart, that devotion has intensified. Coughlin outran his higher-qualified opponent in the first round of the K&N Filters Route 66 NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Route 66 Raceway and then took the Pro Stock points leader to the wire in the second round. "Our confidence is building in the engine shop, our confidence is building here [...]

Reigning Pro Stock champ Erica Enders maintains focus through tough stretch

2016-06-27T06:21:32-05:00June 26th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

NORWALK, OH -- Reigning back-to-back Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders completed the 2016 schedule's only stretch of four consecutive races with a positive outing in her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart. The stretch of races wasn't kind to the most prolific female racer in class history as she bowed out in the opening round in the first three of the four events. But that turned a bit Sunday when she dismissed bitter rival Chris McGaha with an end-to-end job in Round 1 and gave current [...]

Victory in Norwalk remains elusive for all-time drag racing great Jeg Coughlin Jr.

2016-06-27T06:20:10-05:00June 26th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

NORWALK, OH -- Six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has won national events at 24 different racetracks, including 22 facilities on the current NHRA schedule. Both marks set him apart from any other driver in history. The two locations where he hasn't yet experienced a win are the two newest additions to the schedule: Norwalk, Ohio, and Epping, N.H. For at least another season, those two tracks will remain on Coughlin's to-do list. "I'm really not the type that looks at all that stuff but [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. drives Dodge Dart to Bristol semifinals

2016-06-20T10:24:46-05:00June 19th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN -- The sight was familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar. Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., winner of 58 races in his glorious career, raced to his first semifinal finish of 2016, beating Bo Butner and Allen Johnson at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Sunday at Bristol Dragway. It was the 108th semifinal finish of Coughlin's career but the first this season with his new Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart. "The ultimate goal is to advance through four rounds and win [...]

Rough launch negates Erica Enders’ chance at Englishtown glory

2016-12-09T13:09:43-06:00June 12th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

ENGLISHTOWN, NJ — Two-time and reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders did something very few drivers have managed to do over the years: leave the starting line ahead of five-time series champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. But despite her quick start — an .038 reaction time to Coughlin’s .046 start — her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart began to rattle its giant rear slicks right away, allowing teammate Coughlin to pass her in the first few feet of the race and streak away fro the victory. Enders [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. makes big move in Pro Stock standings with Englishtown round win

2016-06-13T10:17:27-05:00June 12th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

ENGLISHTOWN, NJ – Jeg Coughlin Jr.'s first-round victory at the NHRA Summernationals on Sunday at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park was bittersweet. On the one hand, it came against Elite Motorsports teammate Erica Enders. On the other hand, it helped propel Coughlin up to eighth in the Pro Stock points standings. Coughlin's day in the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart ended in the next round when Jason Line sped past for the second-round victory. "We knew one of us was going to prevail [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders, Elite team go down swinging in Epping

2016-06-07T06:15:24-05:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

EPPING, NH — Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team went down swinging in the first round of the NHRA New England Nationals on Monday at New England Dragway. Enders and crew chiefs Rick and Rickie Jones made some major changes to the setup of her Dodge Dart, but despite leaving first in her matchup with Alex Laughlin, she couldn’t turn on the win light. “We made some pretty big swings on this car, trying to figure out what makes it happy,” Enders said. [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. leaves rain-delayed Epping race with ‘some positives’

2016-12-09T13:09:43-06:00June 6th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

EPPING, NH -- Despite a first-round loss at the NHRA New England Nationals on Monday at New England Dragway, five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. knows progress was made in the Elite Motorsports camp. Coughlin, driving the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart, qualified in the top half of the field (No. 7) for the first time in six races, but in a race delayed by rain to Monday, Coughlin fell in the first round of eliminations to Shane Gray. "We do leave [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders turns on Topeka win light

2016-05-22T22:20:51-05:00May 22nd, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

TOPEKA, KS — A round-win — any round-win — in the Pro Stock class of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series can be hard to come by, even if it comes against your teammate, so two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders was definitely smiling after beating Elite Motorsports teammate Drew Skillman in the first round of the NHRA Kansas Nationals on Sunday at Heartland Park Topeka. She lost in the second round to No. 1 qualifier Jason Line after a terrific effort on the [...]

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 [...]

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