Jeg Coughlin Jr. Will Return to Pro Stock Action with SCAG and Elite

2023-10-18T11:46:03-05:00October 18th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pro Stock, Sponsorship|Tags: , , |

Six-Time World Champ Hopes To Mow Down the Competition In Final Two Races Of Season WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (October 18, 2023) - When Pro Stock star Jeg Coughlin Jr. stepped back from driving in 2020, he left the door open a crack, telling Drag Illustrated that he would consider coming back if the right opportunity presented itself. And now it has. The fan-favorite driver with six world championships to his credit is returning to the track to compete in a new RJ Race Cars Pro Stock [...]

Elite Motorsports to Back Spencer Hyde’s Top Fuel Debut in Pomona

2023-10-09T13:58:08-05:00October 6th, 2023|Categories: 2023, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: , , |

World Series Of Pro Mod Winner Will Pilot Paton Racing Dragster At NHRA Finals WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (October 6, 2023) - Elite Motorsports, the largest professional team in drag racing, will make its first foray into Top Fuel at the upcoming In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona, Calif. Spencer Hyde will pilot the Elite-sponsored Top Fuel entry in a dragster owned by Todd and Tony Paton. Hyde, an accomplished drag racer from Ontario, Canada, won the Drag Illustrated World Series Of Pro Mod presented by J&A [...]

Columbia Impex Joins Cuadra Boys Racing

2023-03-21T14:13:10-05:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Cuadra Boys, Sponsorship|Tags: , , |

Elite Motorsports Welcomes New Major Associate Sponsor To Team WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (March 21, 2023) - Cuadra Boys Racing, a part of the Elite Motorsports race team, announced today that Columbia Impex is joining the team as a major associate sponsor for the rest of the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season. Columbia Impex is a supplier of genuine reptile and exotic leathers. The Cuadra Boys team consists of Pro Stock drivers Fernando Cuadra Sr., Fernando Cuadra Jr., Cristian Cuadra, and Top Sportsman driver [...]

Melling Performance and Elite Motorsports Sponsorship Extension

2018-12-11T08:31:41-06:00December 11th, 2018|Categories: 2019, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: , , |

Two-time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion, Erica Enders announced a contract extension with Melling Performance Thursday at the PRI show. The 2019 NHRA MelloYello Drag Racing Season will mark the third season of the partnership between Elite Motorsports and Melling Performance. "What started off as an associate sponsorship has grown into a full blown partnership", said Enders. "Everything we do at Elite Motorsports and Performance is family and people based. It was a perfect fit with Melling as they run their business the same way." [...]

Melling Performance extends successful partnership with Erica Enders and Elite Motorsports

2017-08-31T16:54:09-05:00August 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Erica Enders, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: , |

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Following a very successful five-race stint as title sponsor of two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, Melling Performance announced a contract extension through the end of the 2017 season with the most acclaimed female driver in Pro Stock history. Melling Performance initiated its involvement in the world’s quickest and fastest motorsport after CEO Mark Melling attended one of the Charlotte drag races in 2016. “All I knew was NASCAR,” Melling said. “Coming to the drag [...]

Melling Performance moves to title sponsor position on Erica Enders’ hot rod

2017-07-07T09:55:22-05:00July 5th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Erica Enders, Sponsorship|Tags: , , |

WYNNEWOOD, OK — Melling Performance, a longtime associate sponsor of Elite Motorsports and two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders, will become title sponsor of the 22-time national event winner for five national events, beginning with next weekend’s 20th annual Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Chicago and continuing through the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals in Indy. “Everyone at Melling Performance is excited about our association with Erica and Elite Motorsports,” Melling Performance CEO Mark Melling said. “After being at the races, I thought [...]

Transportation Impact signs expanded sponsorship of Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr.

2017-02-09T05:59:30-06:00February 9th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Sponsorship|Tags: , , , |

WYNNEWOOD, OK — Praising the successes of their first year together, Elite Motorsports team owner Richard Freeman and Transportation Impact Co-Founder Keith Byrd made a bullish announcement of an expanded sponsorship package for multi-time champion drivers Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr. “This may be the best sponsorship deal in motorsports,” Freeman said. “You always want the fans and your fellow racers to support the sponsors that fund our sport, and in the case of Transportation Impact, it literally doesn’t cost you a penny to [...]

Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

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

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 [...]

Following successful test run, Transportation Impact continues support for Erica Enders, Elite Motorsports

2016-12-09T13:09:48-06:00January 13th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: , , , |

EMERALD ISLE, NC — After enjoying the fruits of increased recognition accompanying its six-race, title-winning test run with Elite Motorsports and superstar driver Erica Enders last year, the logistics experts at Transportation Impact have announced a new major associate deal with the back-to-back world champions for 2016. “Erica and the Elite Motorsports team have been an asset to our business from day one,” Transportation Impact Co-founder Keith Byrd said. “More important than the team’s success on the track is its commitment to our partnership. We [...]

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