ELITE MOTORSPORTS LOOKS TO EXTEND WIN STREAK AT NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS

2024-07-25T18:21:39-05:00July 25th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Sienna Wildgust, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , |

SONOMA, Calif. (July 25, 2024) – The NHRA’s largest professional team enters this weekend’s NHRA Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway on a five-race win streak and with seven wins in the first 11 events on the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series 20-race schedule. Three of those seven wins and two in the streak of five belong to six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the SCAG Power Equipment / Outlaw Mile Hi Beer team. Jeg Jr. came out of retirement to return to [...]

ERICA ENDERS NOMINATED FOR TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME

2024-07-20T10:42:18-05:00July 20th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Award, Erica Enders, NHRA|Tags: , , , |

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (July 20, 2024) – The Texas Sports Hall of Fame Selection Committee has nominated six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders to their 2025 primary ballot. Enders, a Houston native, has been competing in drag racing since she was eight-years-old. With 50 national event wins, 49 in the Pro Stock category, she is the winningest professional female driver in all of motorsports’ history and one of the most decorated drag racers of all time. “If you’ve ever listened to me talk, [...]

SIENNA WILDGUST MAKES ELITE MOTORSPORTS DEBUT REPRESENTING CUADRA AT NORTHWEST NATIONALS

2024-07-18T17:29:17-05:00July 18th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , , |

KENT, Wash. (July 18, 2024) – Rookie of the Year candidate Sienna Wildgust will make her debut with Elite Motorsports in a Cuadra branded Pro Stock car at this weekend’s NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. “I am feeling very excited and blessed for my first race with Elite,” Wildgust said. “I am excited to work with everyone and thankful for Erica’s help in the whole process. We haven't gone testing yet so we are excited to see what the car will do that first [...]

JEG AND TROY COUGHLIN JR. LOOKING FOR FIRST WIN AT HOME TRACK

2024-06-27T14:05:24-05:00June 27th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , , |

NORWALK, Ohio (June 27, 2024) – Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his nephew Troy Coughlin Jr., who are both Central Ohio natives, will battle it out this weekend at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park as they each chase their first Pro Stock victory at the facility. Jeg Jr., a six time-world champion with five in Pro Stock, has won at all but two tracks on the current Mission Foods NHRA schedule, Summit Motorsports Park and New England Dragway. While [...]

TROY COUGHLIN JR. INDUCTED INTO CRAVERS HALL OF FAME

2024-06-26T10:32:53-05:00June 26th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, NHRA, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , |

COLUMBUS, Ohio (June 26, 2024) – Troy Coughlin Jr., driver of the JEGS.com / White Castle Pro Stock car for Elite Motorsports, was inducted into the White Castle Cravers Hall of Fame Wednesday at the White Castle Headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Troy Jr., a Central Ohio native, was inducted as a “Craver Extraordinaire,” the title White Castle bestows upon well-known people who have demonstrated their passion for and commitment to the White Castle brand. “I’m beyond honored to be inducted into the White Castle Cravers [...]

SIENNA WILDGUST JOINS ELITE MOTORSPORTS

2024-06-22T08:29:52-05:00June 22nd, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, NHRA|Tags: , , |

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (June 22,2024) – Elite Motorsports has announced the addition of NHRA Rookie of the Year Award candidate, Sienna Wildgust, to their team roster. Wildgust will make her debut with the Elite Motorsports team during the NHRA’s famed “Western Swing” beginning with the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways July 19-21. Wildgust, a third generation drag racer, will continue Elite Motorsports’ commitment to fostering the next generation of drag racers with six-time world champion Erica Enders’ mentorship. Though they are a generation apart, Wildgust [...]

BO BUTNER RETURNING TO PRO STOCK, TAKING ON DOUBLE DUTY AT VIRGINIA NATIONALS

2024-06-21T20:03:12-05:00June 21st, 2024|Categories: 2024, Bo Butner, Elite Motorsports Team, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

DINWIDDIE, Va. (July 21, 2024) – Bo Butner will make a return to the 500-inch Pro Stock category driving the yellow Corral Boots / Cuadra / Columbia Impex entry while also continuing his pursuit of the first Mountain Motor Pro Stock championship at this weekend’s PlayNHRA Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Butner, the 2017 Pro Stock world champion, will be driving the Elite Motorsports car normally handled by Fernando Cuadra Jr. The Cuadras, Fernando Jr. and twins David and Cristian, will not be [...]

ERICA ENDERS LOOKING TO DEFEND THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS VICTORY

2024-06-06T12:39:16-05:00June 6th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 06, 2024) – Erica Enders and the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment team enter this weekend’s Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway looking to pick up their fourth win at the fan favorite facility. Six-time defending world champion Enders has reached the final round of the Thunder Valley Nationals for two consecutive years, winning the 2023 event against rival Greg Anderson from the No. 1 qualifying position and finishing runner-up to teammate Aaron [...]

ROUTE 66 RACEWAY HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE IN ERICA ENDERS’ HISTORY

2024-05-16T12:48:32-05:00May 16th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , , |

JOLIET, Ill. (May 16, 2024) – Six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders will be returning to the site of her first Pro Stock victory when she and her Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment Camaro head into this weekend’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway just outside of Chicago. Enders’ first professional victory came on July 1, 2012 when she battled her way through Kurt Johnson, Vincent Nobile and V. Gaines before [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders encouraged by progress in Bristol

2016-12-09T13:09:43-06:00June 19th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN -- The win light didn't come on in the lane for Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge driver Erica Enders, but a smile soon came over her face. As the two-time Pro Stock champion slowed her Dodge Dart in the first round of the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Sunday at Bristol Dragway, crew chief Rick Jones relayed her the numbers: 6.716 seconds at 206.32 mph. They weren't record-setting, but they were encouraging. "As I went through the lights and my crew chief called out the [...]

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