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

2017-10-02T15:30:20-05:00October 1st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

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

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

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

2017-09-25T11:49:24-05:00September 24th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

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

2017-09-18T15:43:07-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

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.

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

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 [...]

Erica Enders starts chase for third championship after Indy

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

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

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

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 [...]

Erica Enders finishes second in Seattle after closest race of NHRA season

2017-08-07T05:41:59-05:00August 6th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

KENT, WA — Professional drag racing is the only motorsport in the world with the need to time things to the 10-thousandth of a second, an increment of time put to the test in the final round of Sunday’s 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals when two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders was edged by Drew Skillman by .0006 seconds, or an estimated one inch, making it the closest drag race of the entire season. “That was so close,” Enders said. “I thought I had [...]

Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. remains bullish on Elite race team

2017-08-07T05:40:00-05:00August 6th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

KENT, WA — Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. didn’t have the most successful Western Swing of his career, but the 58-time national event winner says the progress made in throughout the Elite Motorsports camp will most certainly bear fruit in the coming weeks. “If you were to say I want to go Pro Stock racing and run for race wins and championships, this is the team you’d want around you,” Coughlin said. “We have all the parts and pieces in place to [...]

Despite her best run of the weekend, Erica Enders edged in Sonoma’s opening round

2017-07-31T04:56:27-05:00July 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

SONOMA, CA — A late night in the Elite Motorsports pit produced a massive turnaround for two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders, who had struggled mightily through two days of qualifying for this weekend’s 30th annual Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals. Unfortunately, despite posting her best run of the meet by far, Enders came up just short in her first-round race with three-time 2017 winner Bo Butner. “That was definitely a huge step in the right direction considering we basically got zero data from four really [...]

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