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Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face
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Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap

Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA -- After winning two championships in a row and pushing her career win total to 21 national events, Erica Enders came into 2016 hoping to add to her legacy in a brand-new Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart. But things don't always go as planned, and Enders instead went an entire year without reaching the final round. Now, after equaling the best outing of the year by racing to the semifinals of the season-ending 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, Enders can finally turn the [...]

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2016-11-14T09:39:56-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA -- The 2016 season came to a quiet end for five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. as the 76-time national event winner bowed to Elite Motorsports teammate Vincent Nobile in Sunday's first round of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. Coughlin put up a fight, matching Nobile's sharp .025-second reaction time and racing him door-handle-to-door-handle most of the way down the strip, but in the end it was Nobile's 6.600 at 209.95 mph that put [...]

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run
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Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Back-to-back and reigning world champion Erica Enders has one more day to race her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart with the No. 1 sticker on the door and she plans on making the most of the occasion as the 2016 season draws to a close. "We're having fun," Enders said. "I think all of us are relieved to a large extent and I know the feeling in the pit is that it's nice to wrap up the final qualifying session of what has [...]

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final
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Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will fight for the title of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals from the lucky 13th position on the elimination ladder after posting a best pass of 6.610 at 208.78 mph during qualifying for the season-ending race. "We look forward to race day," Coughlin said. "We improved every run from Q1, Q2 and Q3 and would have improved again in Q4 if not for a driver malfunction," Coughlin said. "My foot just kind [...]

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season
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Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona|

POMONA, CA -- Two-time world champion drag racer Erica Enders has a long and storied connection with Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, the site of this weekend's 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. It's a bond that dates back two decades, and one that's immortalized with her own display at the heralded Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum across the fairgrounds from fabled Pomona Dragway. "Some of the biggest moments in my drag racing career have happened at Pomona, going all the way back to my [...]

Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year
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Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race

Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year

Elite Admin2016-11-10T19:32:45-06:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Pre Race|

POMONA, CA -- In two decades of racing at the highest level of professional drag racing, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has experienced just about everything a driver can face. He's shared with his JEGS.com team the glory of winning six world champions and 76 national events. He's also endured with class and grace a few winless campaigns where struggles replaced successes for a myriad of reasons. While 2016 will ultimately lean towards the latter, the driver of the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart arrives [...]

Two-time world champion Erica Enders anxious to put 2016 in her rearview mirror
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Two-time world champion Erica Enders anxious to put 2016 in her rearview mirror

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap

Two-time world champion Erica Enders anxious to put 2016 in her rearview mirror

Elite Admin2016-10-30T20:32:27-05:00October 30th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Mopar, Race Recap|

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Two-time and reigning Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders lost a close race in the opening round of the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals to put a quick end to her weekend in Las Vegas, a place where she's won four national events and a pair of K&N Horsepower Challenge trophies. "I had a better feeling than normal today but we missed it a little bit that round," Enders said. "I got left on for the first time in a long [...]

Erica Enders would love to win Vegas race for fifth time in her career
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Erica Enders would love to win Vegas race for fifth time in her career

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Erica Enders would love to win Vegas race for fifth time in her career

Elite Admin2016-10-30T08:47:30-05:00October 29th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Mopar, Qualifying|

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Enjoying a relaxed weekend at the racetrack where she's had the most success in her brilliant career, back-to-back and reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports crew have put together one of their better qualifying efforts of the season. The 21-time national event winner coaxed a steady 6.718 at 204.42 mph out of her Elite Performance/Mopar Dodge Dart, placing her ninth in the elimination field of the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals. The team has qualified higher than [...]

Five-time world champ and five-time Vegas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for race day
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Five-time world champ and five-time Vegas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for race day

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying

Five-time world champ and five-time Vegas winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. primed for race day

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 29th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Las Vegas, Magneti Marelli, Qualifying|

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. successfully made the elimination field of this weekend's 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals, giving the five-time world champ a chance to win his sixth title at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Coughlin and his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart race crew didn't set the world on fire qualifying, posting a best of 6.737 at 203.71 mph, which placed them 14th in the 16-car field. But as close as Pro Stock has been this year, [...]

Reigning champ Erica Enders uses The Strip at LVMS as her personal ATM
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Reigning champ Erica Enders uses The Strip at LVMS as her personal ATM

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race

Reigning champ Erica Enders uses The Strip at LVMS as her personal ATM

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 24th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Mopar|

LAS VEGAS, NV -- In winning back-to-back world championships, Pro Stock superstar Erica Enders has used The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as her personal ATM, winning more than $250,000 at Bruton Smith's masterpiece just north of Las Vegas. It's a trend she'd love to continue this weekend at the NHRA season's penultimate race, the 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals. "Las Vegas has been an awesome place for us, no doubt," Enders said. "Most people blow all their money whenever they go to Vegas [...]

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