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Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017
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Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

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Elite Motorsports and Mopar to part ways in 2017

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Sponsorship|Tags: Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Mopar, Sponsorship|

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

No home state luck for Texan Erica Enders as two-time champ ousted early
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No home state luck for Texan Erica Enders as two-time champ ousted early

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap

No home state luck for Texan Erica Enders as two-time champ ousted early

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 16th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap|

DALLAS, TX -- Two-time and reigning Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders was hoping for a taste of home cooking Sunday at the 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals but instead the Spring, Texas native was eliminated early by title contender Greg Anderson at the Texas Motorplex. The No. 15 qualifier out of 16 cars, Enders was hoping for a big upset of Anderson, a fellow multi-time champion ranked second in the world at the moment. Instead, Enders' fouled out by a scant -.001 seconds, [...]

Texas native Erica Enders will need perfection to defend Dallas title
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Texas native Erica Enders will need perfection to defend Dallas title

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Texas native Erica Enders will need perfection to defend Dallas title

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 15th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Erica Enders, Mopar, Qualifying|

DALLAS, TX -- Reigning Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders will have to be perfect to defend the title of the annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals after an off-pace qualifying effort that left her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart in the 15th spot on the elimination ladder. Enders powered to a convincing victory at this event one year ago that all but clinched her second straight world title. It was one of nine wins she recorded in a record-breaking year. The Spring, Texas native hasn't been [...]

Defending Dallas race title still has meaning for ‘Texas girl’ Erica Enders
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Defending Dallas race title still has meaning for ‘Texas girl’ Erica Enders

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race

Defending Dallas race title still has meaning for ‘Texas girl’ Erica Enders

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 11th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Preview|

DALLAS, TX -- Erica Enders put a stranglehold on her second consecutive NHRA Pro Stock title by winning last year's AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals, which takes place again this weekend at Texas Motorplex near Dallas. Although she's realistically out of the hunt for this year's championship, defending her race title still has significant meaning for the Lone Star State native. "I'm a Texas girl through and through," said Enders, who grew up in Houston and has raced at Texas Motorplex since she was 8 years [...]

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