Troy Coughlin Jr. and JEGS.com / White Castle Looking to Start 2024 with Repeat Victory for Elite Motorsports

2024-03-07T06:34:47-06:00March 6th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , |

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 06, 2024) – Troy Coughlin Jr. and the JEGS.com / White Castle Pro Stock team return to Gainesville Raceway for the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in hopes of once again dominating the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing series season opener. En route to the 2023 victory, the JEGS.com / White Castle machine took the No. 1 qualifying position and battled through four rounds of racing to kick off the season in the points lead. Coughlin Jr. would finish the 2023 season [...]

Elite Motorsports Primed for Stellar Season Kickoff at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

2023-03-08T13:34:18-06:00March 8th, 2023|Categories: 2023, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

The Largest Team In Professional Drag Racing Is Ready To Tackle 2023 With Gusto GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 8, 2023) - Entering the 2023 season with five Pro Stock world championships and having won 15 of the 19 Pro Stock events contested last year in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, the Elite Motorsports team knows precisely what it takes to create a winning season. The members of the largest professional team in drag racing have been preparing throughout the offseason to do just that. [...]

Pre-Race Notes: Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals

2023-03-06T13:15:47-06:00March 6th, 2023|Categories: 2023, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

Gainesville, Fla. (March 9-12) The Elite Motorsports team, the largest team in professional drag racing, has expanded for 2023 and will field a total of 9 entries for this weekend’s season opening Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla. The Elite Pro Stock team features eight drivers including reigning and five-time world champ Erica Enders, Aaron Stanfield, Troy Coughlin Jr., Bo Butner, Fernando Cuadra and his two sons, Fernando Jr. and Cristian, as well as newcomer Jerry Tucker. The team will also field a [...]

After super-fast start, two-time series champ Erica Enders exits Gatornat’ls in Round 2

2017-03-20T10:46:10-05:00March 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Race Recap|Tags: , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — Erica Enders flashed the form that made her a two-time Pro Stock champion this weekend at the 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, qualifying a lofty third in the field and zooming to a convincing first-round win Sunday morning. But the fun stopped there as her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro over-powered the racetrack in Round 2, sending her packing. “You never want to lose a single round,” she said. “That’s just how racers are wired. But I think when we take [...]

JEGS.com Camaro overpowers Gainesville; Jeg Coughlin Jr. ousted in quarterfinals

2017-03-20T10:44:49-05:00March 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — Jeg Coughlin Jr. was expecting big things from his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro Sunday at the 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, but perhaps his tune-up was a little too aggressive as he overpowered the racing surface in the quarterfinals and lost to Greg Anderson. “Looks like we had way too much power for the track and the conditions,” Coughlin said. “We certainly didn’t expect that. We fought some issues in Q4 and came back in E1 and had a similar [...]

Two-time champ Erica Enders presses towards top of Pro Stock category

2017-03-19T09:11:50-05:00March 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — Perhaps in a last-minute bid to impress voters in the K&N Horsepower Challenge, two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders ripped off her first 6.4-second pass of NHRA’s fuel-injected era to qualify a lofty third on the elimination ladder of the 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals. Enders’ 6.490 at 214.01 mph was more than enough to lock up her best qualifying effort since last year’s Denver race, a span of 13 national events. It also makes her one of the [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. buzzing after posting best qualifying result of last 20 months

2017-03-19T09:08:35-05:00March 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — Six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has spoken at length about the supreme confidence he has in his brand-new Rick Jones-built JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro since he took delivery of the racecar in January. This weekend at the 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Coughlin is letting his car do the talking. Jeg Coughlin Jr. In an impressive 6.491 seconds at 214.01 mph, Coughlin locked up the No. 4 slot on Sunday’s elimination ladder, marking his best starting point in eliminations [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes strong connection to Florida yields positive results at Gatornat’ls

2017-03-15T15:24:58-05:00March 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — Although he’s an Ohio boy through and through, six-time world champion drag racer Jeg Coughlin Jr. has spent enough time in the Sunshine State to consider it a second home. With the 48th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals coming up this weekend, he’s hoping that familiarity breeds more success at famed Gainesville Raceway, where he’s already won two times in the past. Coughlin and his family have vacationed in Florida for years, escaping the cold Ohio winters in the past and [...]

Two-time drag racing champ Erica Enders looking to add ‘Gator’ skin to her wall

2017-03-14T16:27:55-05:00March 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL — One of only three women in history to capture a world championship in any of the top forms of motorsports, Erica Enders has amassed 21 national event victories in her illustrious career. However, that impressive number of wins doesn’t include one from the prestigious Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, a fact Enders would like to change at the 48th running of the event this weekend. “I’ve always looked at the Gatornationals as one of the big-time, heritage races on the schedule so [...]

Reigning champ Erica Enders nipped by .01-second in Gainesville

2016-03-20T17:42:52-05:00March 20th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

GAINESVILLE, FL -- Back-to-back and reigning world Pro Stock champion Erica Enders went door-handle-to-door-handle with Allen Johnson in the opening round of eliminations at the 47th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, ultimately losing by a hundredth of a second, her third straight first-round loss. "We're getting so close to where we want to be, and we knew making the switch to Mopar would take some adjustments, but it's still frustrating when you lose a drag race," Enders said, "especially when you consider all of [...]

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