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Day ends sooner than Jeg Coughlin Jr. had hoped at his home track
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Day ends sooner than Jeg Coughlin Jr. had hoped at his home track

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Day ends sooner than Jeg Coughlin Jr. had hoped at his home track

Elite Admin2017-06-26T11:00:00-05:00June 25th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Norwalk, Race Recap|

NORWALK, OH — Local hero Jeg Coughlin Jr. bowed out of the Pro Stock action a little earlier than expected Sunday, giving away a quarterfinal contest to part-timer John Gaydosh when his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro shook its rear tires so hard just off the starting line that Coughlin had to give up the run. In the end, it was Gaydosh winning with a 6.695 at 207.18 mph, a considerably slower elapsed time than Coughlin had posted in a first-round victory over Alex Laughlin when [...]

Erica Enders misses out on third final round of season by .006 seconds in Tennessee
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Erica Enders misses out on third final round of season by .006 seconds in Tennessee

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Erica Enders misses out on third final round of season by .006 seconds in Tennessee

Elite Admin2017-06-19T08:45:41-05:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Bristol, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

BRISTOL, TN — Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders came up two feet short of what would have been her third final-round appearance of the 2017 season after a close semifinal contest with class points leader Bo Butner Sunday afternoon at Bristol Dragway. After beating Alan Prusiensky and one of her Elite Motorsports’ teammates, Vincent Nobile, earlier in the day, Enders got a .007-second jump on Butner in their race and held the lead until somewhere around halftrack when the winner of the Houston [...]

Tire shake thwarts Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s bid to convert No. 1 starting spot into win
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Tire shake thwarts Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s bid to convert No. 1 starting spot into win

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Tire shake thwarts Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s bid to convert No. 1 starting spot into win

Elite Admin2017-06-19T08:43:59-05:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Bristol, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

BRISTOL, TN — Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s hopes of converting his 23rd career No. 1 qualifying effort into a victory was foiled in the quarterfinal round when his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro was plagued by severe tire shake in his race against part-time teammate Alex Laughlin Sunday at Bristol Dragway. Coughlin had a marginal jump on Laughlin at the starting line but barely made it a foot before his huge rear Goodyear slicks started to square up. He really had no choice but to abort the [...]

Two-time champ Erica Enders comes up short in battle of Elite Motorsports teammates
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Two-time champ Erica Enders comes up short in battle of Elite Motorsports teammates

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap

Two-time champ Erica Enders comes up short in battle of Elite Motorsports teammates

Elite Admin2017-06-12T08:14:12-05:00June 11th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Englishtown, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. — As expected, the nearly identical cars of Elite Motorsports teammates Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr. ran a close race in Sunday’s first round of eliminations at the 48th annual NHRA Summernationals. This time, it was six-time champ Coughlin edging out two-time champ Enders by .02 seconds. “We went up there without lane choice and faced a very hot and tricky racetrack,” Enders said. “My guys gave me the best possible racecar they could give me but we weren’t able to get [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s fourth semifinal finish of the year lifts him to fourth in points
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Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s fourth semifinal finish of the year lifts him to fourth in points

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Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s fourth semifinal finish of the year lifts him to fourth in points

Elite Admin2017-06-12T08:12:42-05:00June 11th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Englishtown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com|

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. raced to his fourth semifinal finish of the year Sunday at the 48th annual NHRA Summernationals, passing reigning series champion Jason Line to assume the No. 4 spot in the Mello Yello points. Coughlin beat Elite Motorsports teammate Erica Enders and privateer Alan Prusiensky in the first two elimination rounds before falling to another teammate, Vincent Nobile, in the semifinal round. His loss to Nobile was measured at .0137 seconds. “I’m not disappointed with this weekend at all,” said [...]

Eye-blink finish favors Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s teammate in Epping first-round match-up
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Eye-blink finish favors Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s teammate in Epping first-round match-up

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Eye-blink finish favors Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s teammate in Epping first-round match-up

Elite Admin2017-06-05T06:06:25-05:00June 4th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Epping, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

EPPING, NH — Six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. had the quicker car Sunday at the fifth annual NHRA New England Nationals, but the 76-time national event winner lost to teammate Vincent Nobile by .0042 seconds, ending his day in the opening round of eliminations. The difference came at the starting line when Nobile launched first by .032 seconds. That slight lead was enough to put his Mountain View Tires Chevrolet Camaro out front for good, despite Coughlin closing the gap at every timing interval [...]

Erica Enders returns to her winning ways with impressive Epping victory
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Erica Enders returns to her winning ways with impressive Epping victory

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Erica Enders returns to her winning ways with impressive Epping victory

Elite Admin2017-06-05T06:09:05-05:00June 4th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Epping, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

EPPING, NH — Erica Enders raced to her first victory of the electronic fuel injection era Sunday at New England Dragway with an impressive run through a gauntlet of 2017 winners in her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. It was the two-time champion’s first win since the 2015 fall race in Las Vegas, a span of 35 national events. “People always ask which win means the most and right now I can’t imagine one meaning more than this,” Enders said. “What a huge relief. What a [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. wins 600th elimination round en route to runner-up finish in Topeka
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. wins 600th elimination round en route to runner-up finish in Topeka

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. wins 600th elimination round en route to runner-up finish in Topeka

Elite Admin2017-05-22T11:58:04-05:00May 21st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap, Topeka|

TOPEKA, KS — Six-time drag racing champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. reached another incredible milestone Sunday by winning his 600th elimination round en route to his second runner-up finish of the 2017 season. Coughlin joins Warren Johnson and Greg Anderson as the only drivers in Pro Stock with at least 600 elimination wins. “It’s really cool to chalk up 600 round wins,” Coughlin said. “It’s not something you really keep track of. We’ve been at this Pro Stock a couple decades now and I’m honored to [...]

Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka
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Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka

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Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka

Elite Admin2017-05-22T11:37:00-05:00May 21st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Race Recap, Topeka|

TOPEKA, KS — Two-time world champion Erica Enders was hoping for more from the 29th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, but her usually reliable Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro encountered some severe tire shake just off the launch pad in her opening-round race against teammate Vincent Nobile, resulting in a loss. After qualifying 7-8 on the elimination ladder, Enders and Nobile knew they would likely have a very close race. As expected, the two experts reacted to the starting lights within one-thousandth of [...]

Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races
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Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races

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Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races

Elite Admin2017-05-08T08:53:26-05:00May 7th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Atlanta, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

COMMERCE, GA — It may be too early to say Erica Enders is completely back to the championship form that carried her to back-to-back world titles in 2014 and 2015, but she certainly seems to be trending in the right direction. That seems to be the general sentiment after her impressive runner-up finish Sunday at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, which was highlighted by a pair of Enders’ trademark holeshot wins. “It should have been three holeshot wins today [...]

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