JEG COUGHLIN JR. WINS TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS 22 YEARS AFTER FIRST VICTORY

2024-10-14T10:21:24-05:00October 14th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pro Stock, Race Recap, SCAG Racing|Tags: , , , , |

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 13, 2024) – Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the SCAG Power Equipment / Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer team picked up their fourth win of the season Sunday at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. It was Jeg Jr.’s second win at the Texas Motorplex, his first came back in 2002. Jeg Jr. defeated longtime rival Greg Anderson in the final round when he laid down a 6.593-second pass at 208.10 mph that bettered Anderson’s 6.603 at 210.13. It was Jeg Jr.’s 120th final [...]

ELITE MOTORSPORTS LOOKING FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE HOME RACE WIN AT TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS

2024-10-10T17:05:48-05:00October 10th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , , |

ENNIS, Texas (Oct. 10, 2024) – Just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the Elite Motorsports’ headquarters in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, the Texas NHRA FallNationals at the Texas Motorplex just outside of Dallas acts as a home race for the eight-car stable. It seems only fitting that Texas native and Texas Sports Hall of Fame nominee, six-time reigning world champion Erica Enders would be looking to win the event for the third consecutive year. Ahead of FallNationals competition, the Texas Motorplex offers a unique experience for race [...]

Enders Becomes Winningest Woman in Motorsports with Triumph in Her Home State

2023-10-16T12:41:14-05:00October 16th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Erica Enders, Pro Stock, Race Recap|Tags: , , |

Reigning Five-Time World Champion Achieves New Milestone At Texas Motorplex ENNIS, Texas (October 16, 2023) - Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders made history yesterday as she became the Winningest Woman In Motorsports. The fan-favorite driver earned her 47th career national event win today at the Texas NHRA FallNationals to reach this milestone accomplishment in front of a home-state crowd at Texas Motorplex behind the wheel of her Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment Camaro. “This one means a [...]

Enders Leads Elite Motorsports to Victory in Her Home State

2023-10-16T12:36:30-05:00October 15th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Erica Enders, Pro Stock, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

NHRA Pro Stock Points Leader Triumphs in Texas ENNIS, Texas (October 15, 2023) - Elite Motorsports Pro Stock star Erica Enders became the Winningest Woman In Motorsports today when she picked up the 47th national event win of her career at the NHRA Texas FallNationals at Texas Motorplex. The Elite Motorsports driver has 46 wins in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock category and one win in Super Gas from the beginning of her illustrious career. “We definitely came in here on [...]

Elite Motorsports is Fired Up for Stampede of Speed

2023-10-12T09:42:25-05:00October 12th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

ENNIS, Texas (October 12, 2023) - The Elite Motorsports team is ready to take to the track this weekend for the Texas NHRA FallNationals, affectionately coined the “Stampede of Speed,” at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas, just outside of Dallas. Elite Motorsports operates the largest professional team in drag racing with eight powerful Pro Stock machines in its arsenal. Elite Motorsports pilot and five-time world champion Erica Enders is currently leading the points in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Countdown to the [...]

Four-Time World Champion Erica Enders Continues Countdown Dominance In NHRA Pro Stock

2022-10-18T07:04:56-05:00October 18th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Erica Enders, Pro Stock|Tags: , , , , |

[Via Drag Illustrated] NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock standout Erica Enders raced to her ninth national event win of the season today at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, completing the famed “Texas Two-Step” by winning this event as well as the event in Houston contested earlier this year. This win marks the 14th victory achieved by the Elite Motorsports team this year. Facing Greg Anderson in the final round, Enders rocketed her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Camaro to the winners circle for the 42nd [...]

Elite Motorsports looks to turn up the Countdown heat in the Lone Star State

2022-10-12T15:06:36-05:00October 12th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

Enders Aims To Extend Pro Stock Points Lead Amidst Stout Competition The Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team is feeling confident as the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series rolls into the Dallas area for the 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals at Texas Motorplex this weekend. Four-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders continues to lead the points in the heated Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s version of the playoffs, with a 120-point lead over her teammate Aaron Stanfield, who is in the second position in [...]

Enders Finishes Job, Wins St. Louis Race In Dallas To Jump Back Into Pro Stock Points Lead

2020-10-18T10:04:52-05:00October 18th, 2020|Categories: 2020, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, NHRA|Tags: , , |

Erica Enders had to patiently wait two extra weeks to finish a pivotal race weekend, but the end result proved more than worth it for the defending Pro Stock world champion. She made a strong move towards a fourth title on Saturday at the Texas Motorplex, beating Jason Line in the final round of the previously postponed NHRA Midwest Nationals from St. Louis with a run of 6.572-seconds at 208.49 mph in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. Weather postponed the race to Saturday in [...]

Even in adversity Erica Enders finds encouragement after quarterfinal finish in Dallas

2017-10-16T15:03:17-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

DALLAS, TX – Two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion and proud native Texan Erica Enders, driver of the bright red Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, raced to a second-round finish today in eliminations of the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals at the Texas Motorplex. With only two events remaining in the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series in Las Vegas and Pomona, Calif., Enders is optimistic she’ll visit the winner’s circle again this season, but she also laments on a very close loss to Greg [...]

Missed connection lands JEGS.com’s Jeg Coughin Jr. on the early departure list

2017-10-16T14:57:15-05:00October 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

DALLAS, TX – If the devil is truly in the details, then the misfortune that befell five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his JEGS.com/Elite Performance team Sunday in the first round of eliminations at the AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals was certainly of demonic descent. A loose wire foiled the chances of the Ohio native to claim the 59th career national event win of his already legendary career. The ever-calm and pragmatic racer, Coughlin, the 47-year-old pilot of the JEGS.com Chevrolet Camaro, [...]

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