Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’

CONCORD, NC — Erica Enders’ two Pro Stock championships both came in the 10-year-old playoff era so she has intimate knowledge of how the six-race Countdown to the Championship works. With the first playoff race taking place this weekend at zMax Dragway, Enders and her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports crew know it’s time to put up or shut up. “The regular season is all about securing a spot in the top 10 so you’ve got a ticket to the playoffs,” Enders said. “We’ve done that part. [...]

2017-09-14T13:50:37-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’

CONCORD, NC — The timing is right for Jeg Coughlin Jr. to begin his quest for a seventh NHRA national championship and sixth Pro Stock title at this weekend’s 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway near Charlotte. The 76-time national event winner will be entering his 400th Pro Stock race this weekend, a mark eclipsed by just two other active drivers — Greg Anderson and Allen Johnson. By chance, Coughlin’s historic start comes at the beginning of the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, [...]

2017-09-14T13:51:51-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

Erica Enders starts chase for third championship after Indy

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 [...]

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

JEGS.com Pro Stock racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks beyond Indy for title run in the Countdown

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 [...]

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

Two-time Pro Stock world champ Erica Enders remains bullish on her chances in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Erica Enders has been to the top of the drag racing world twice, finishing as Pro Stock world champion in 2014 and 2015. She’s the most decorated female racer in class history and she even has a victory at the sport’s biggest race — the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals — in 2015. Maybe that’s why she sounds so bullish on her chances of winning drag racing’s crown jewel for a second time Monday when eliminations begin at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indy. [...]

2017-09-04T07:56:23-05:00September 3rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for Y2K magic as Indy drag race turns to eliminations

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. made a little drag racing history in 2000 when he became the first driver to win an NHRA race from the No. 16 qualifying position. It just so happens he accomplished the feat at the sport’s biggest drag race — the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. Now the 58-time national event winner is hoping to recapture some of that same magic as he enters race day for the 63rd running of the event in the [...]

2017-09-04T07:52:53-05:00September 3rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

Melling Performance extends successful partnership with Erica Enders and Elite Motorsports

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 [...]

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

Native Houstonian Erica Enders heads to U.S. Nationals with her heart firmly in Texas

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals is drag racing’s biggest event, but native Houstonian Erica Enders admits it will be hard to focus on the task at hand when the weekend arrives considering the epic devastation in her hometown. “My heart is broken,” Enders said. “It’s impossible to get your mind around this catastrophe. I watch the news and see so many areas I know and they are under 10 feet of water. Most of the people I grew up with around [...]

2017-08-29T21:10:53-05:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

Six-time world champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking for ninth victory in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has collected a whopping eight trophies on the hallowed ground of Lucas Oil Dragway In Indianapolis. He’s hoping to move that mark to nine this weekend at the 63rd annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. “Indy has been a home race of sorts for my family for as long as we’ve all been drag racing,” said Coughlin, the driver of the JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro who hails from Delaware, Ohio. “Dad won there, all my brothers have [...]

2017-08-29T21:09:09-05:00August 28th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

Consistent Erica Enders still asking for more from Melling Performance/Elite Camaro

BRAINERD, MN — Fresh off a runner-up finish at the NHRA tour’s last stop in Seattle, two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has proven her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro is very consistent this weekend at the 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Enders qualified mid-pack in the No. 8 position in the elimination field, running a best of 6.665 at 206.42 mph to go with a 6.679, a 6.682 and a 6.695. While the car is repeating well, Enders [...]

2017-08-20T09:20:20-05:00August 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |
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