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Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. already thinking about next season
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Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. already thinking about next season

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

Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. already thinking about next season

Elite Admin2017-11-15T05:19:38-06:00November 12th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA — Jeg Coughlin Jr. had his hands full Sunday, both in beating first-round opponent Matt Hartford and again in a quarterfinal defeat to Bo Butner as his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro seemed a bit unhappy all day. In the end, Coughlin said it’s time to put this race and season in the rear-view mirror and look at the big picture, and what the team needs to do to be title contenders in 2018. “We’ve got horsepower, we’ve got cars and we’ve got the [...]

Expired engine ends Erica Enders weekend in opening round of Toyota Nationals
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Expired engine ends Erica Enders weekend in opening round of Toyota Nationals

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Expired engine ends Erica Enders weekend in opening round of Toyota Nationals

Elite Admin2017-10-30T05:36:48-05:00October 29th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Melling Performance, Race Recap|

LAS VEGAS, NV — It doesn’t happen often for Erica Enders and her Elite Performance race team but an expiring engine ended the six-time Vegas champion’s day in the opening round of competition. “As hard as we push these motors it’s actually surprising it doesn’t happen more often but we got bit today and that ended our race,” Enders said. “We’ll be fine. It’s an easy fix and we have lots of spares so we’ll be prepared for Pomona, no problem.” Had the motor survived [...]

Even in adversity Erica Enders finds encouragement after quarterfinal finish in Dallas
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Even in adversity Erica Enders finds encouragement after quarterfinal finish in Dallas

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Even in adversity Erica Enders finds encouragement after quarterfinal finish in Dallas

Elite Admin2017-10-16T15:03:17-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Recap|

DALLAS, TX – Two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion and proud native Texan Erica Enders, driver of the bright red Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, raced to a second-round finish today in eliminations of the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals at the Texas Motorplex. With only two events remaining in the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in Las Vegas and Pomona, Calif., Enders is optimistic she’ll visit the winner’s circle again this season, but she also laments on a very close loss to Greg [...]

Missed connection lands JEGS.com’s Jeg Coughin Jr. on the early departure list
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Missed connection lands JEGS.com’s Jeg Coughin Jr. on the early departure list

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

Missed connection lands JEGS.com’s Jeg Coughin Jr. on the early departure list

Elite Admin2017-10-16T14:57:15-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

DALLAS, TX – If the devil is truly in the details, then the misfortune that befell five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his JEGS.com/Elite Performance team Sunday in the first round of eliminations at the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals was certainly of demonic descent. A loose wire foiled the chances of the Ohio native to claim the 59th career national event win of his already legendary career. The ever-calm and pragmatic racer, Coughlin, the 47-year-old pilot of the JEGS.com Chevrolet Camaro, [...]

For second race in a row, points leader Bo Butner sends Erica Enders home
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For second race in a row, points leader Bo Butner sends Erica Enders home

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

For second race in a row, points leader Bo Butner sends Erica Enders home

Elite Admin2017-10-02T15:32:29-05:00October 1st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Recap, St. Louis|

ST. LOUIS, MO — They may be good friends off the track, but two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders is getting tired of meeting up with current points leader Bo Butner on race day. For the second playoff race in a row, Butner eliminated Enders in the quarterfinal round of competition. This time it was at the sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park. “We encountered an all-too-familiar issue against Bo — tire shake,” Enders said. “I did my best to [...]

Search for speed continues for six-time World Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Search for speed continues for six-time World Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

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Search for speed continues for six-time World Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2017-10-02T15:30:20-05:00October 1st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap, St. Louis|

ST. LOUIS, MO — After struggling with a car that refused to leave the starting line in a normal fashion in three of four qualifying sessions, Jeg Coughlin Jr. knew he needed a near-perfect run to beat first-round opponent Chris McGaha Sunday at the sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. Unfortunately, although Coughlin and his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro race team gave their best effort, they didn’t quite have enough to win the race, with McGaha running a 6.542 at 211.93 mph to Coughlin’s [...]

Tough draw puts Coughlin out early despite odds being in his favor in Reading
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Tough draw puts Coughlin out early despite odds being in his favor in Reading

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Tough draw puts Coughlin out early despite odds being in his favor in Reading

Elite Admin2017-09-25T11:02:16-05:00September 24th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap, Reading|

READING, PA — Jeg Coughlin Jr. put together a sensational first-round package that would have won six of the eight races on the docket at the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals. Unfortunately for the driver of the JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro, the odds were against him and he dropped out of contention at the hands of Drew Skillman. “That’s kind of been our trend this year,” Coughlin said. “We seem to be a day late and a dollar short more often than we have in [...]

Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has 50/50 race day in Reading
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Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has 50/50 race day in Reading

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has 50/50 race day in Reading

Elite Admin2017-09-25T11:49:24-05:00September 24th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Recap, Reading|

READING, PA — The second race of this year’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs ended up just like the first one for two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders with the most decorated female in class history going one-up, one-down in eliminations at the 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals. Starting race day as the No.9 qualifier, Enders scored a mild upset against eighth ranked driver Chris McGaha by way of a holeshot, meaning her superior reaction time from behind the wheel negated McGaha’s quicker run. She [...]

Erica Enders opens 2017 playoffs with quarterfinal showing at NHRA Carolina Nationals
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Erica Enders opens 2017 playoffs with quarterfinal showing at NHRA Carolina Nationals

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Erica Enders opens 2017 playoffs with quarterfinal showing at NHRA Carolina Nationals

Elite Admin2017-09-18T15:43:07-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Recap|

CONCORD, NC — Two-time world champion Erica Enders went one-up, one-down Sunday at the first of six races in the 2017 Countdown to the Championship, the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Enders scored a mild upset over Elite Motorsports teammate Alex Laughlin in Round 1 when the slightly higher-qualified Laughlin was forced to surrender his run. She then matched her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro up against local Tanner Gray with Gray evening their season record against one another at 3-3. “It’s [...]

Quarterfinal finish represents a decent start to the Coutndown for Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Quarterfinal finish represents a decent start to the Coutndown for Jeg Coughlin Jr.

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Quarterfinal finish represents a decent start to the Coutndown for Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2017-09-18T15:41:16-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

CONCORD, N.C. — Having won six NHRA championships and 76 national events in the past, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has become used to finishing a given race day on top of the heap. But he’s also been around long enough to know that round wins are tough to come by so you sometimes have to take what you can and move on to the next race and fight another day. That was the case Sunday at the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway, where [...]

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