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Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka
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Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka

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Shimmy, shimmy (tire) shake has Erica Enders dancing to an early exit from Topeka

Elite Admin2017-05-22T11:37:00-05:00May 21st, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Race Recap, Topeka|

TOPEKA, KS — Two-time world champion Erica Enders was hoping for more from the 29th annual Menards NHRA Heartland Nationals presented by Minties, but her usually reliable Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro encountered some severe tire shake just off the launch pad in her opening-round race against teammate Vincent Nobile, resulting in a loss. After qualifying 7-8 on the elimination ladder, Enders and Nobile knew they would likely have a very close race. As expected, the two experts reacted to the starting lights within one-thousandth of [...]

Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races
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Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races

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Elite Motorsports pro Erica Enders has first chance at NHRA trophy in 32 races

Elite Admin2017-05-08T08:53:26-05:00May 7th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Atlanta, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

COMMERCE, GA — It may be too early to say Erica Enders is completely back to the championship form that carried her to back-to-back world titles in 2014 and 2015, but she certainly seems to be trending in the right direction. That seems to be the general sentiment after her impressive runner-up finish Sunday at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway, which was highlighted by a pair of Enders’ trademark holeshot wins. “It should have been three holeshot wins today [...]

Strong semifinal finish in Atlanta keeps Jeg Coughlin Jr. in thick of Pro Stock battle
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Strong semifinal finish in Atlanta keeps Jeg Coughlin Jr. in thick of Pro Stock battle

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Strong semifinal finish in Atlanta keeps Jeg Coughlin Jr. in thick of Pro Stock battle

Elite Admin2017-05-08T08:49:40-05:00May 7th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Atlanta, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

COMMERCE, GA — Jeg Coughlin Jr. has won five Pro Stock championships in the past so he knows what it takes to win drag racing’s ultimate prize. That knowledge includes the fact that you can’t win every race, so it’s what you do in between victories that can make a big difference. That’s why the 58-time national event winner was so pleased with his weekend in Atlanta after a strong semifinal finish in his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro at the 37th annual Lucas Oil NHRA [...]

Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway
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Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway

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Top qualifier Jeg Coughlin Jr. runs quickest pass of the race, but loses anyway

Elite Admin2017-05-01T13:22:30-05:00April 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

CONCORD, N.C. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. posted the quickest pass of the eighth annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in the opening round of Sunday’s eliminations but it was all for naught after a strange starting line miscue caused him to leave more than half a second after his three opponents. Jeg Jr. with dad Jeg Coughlin, Sr. “I’m not really upset,” Coughlin said. “It’s just the complexity of the four-wide format. The staging procedure is extremely important and once all four of us were pre-staged I [...]

Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
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Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

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Erica Enders gets timed out in first round of NHRA Four-Wide Nationals

Elite Admin2017-05-01T13:21:59-05:00April 30th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Erica Enders, Race Recap|

CONCORD, N.C. — Erica Enders never got a chance to flex the horsepower of her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro Sunday at zMax Dragway because she was timed-out at the starting line after taking too long to stage. It’s one of the hazards of the annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals and every year someone seems to get bit. “For Jeg and I to qualify 1-2 on the ladder, run the kind of numbers we have run here, I would have bet the house that we’d be fighting [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. says runner-up finish in Houston shows progress of Elite Motorsports

Elite Admin2017-04-24T11:25:03-05:00April 23rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Houston, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

HOUSTON, TX — While admitting he wanted this victory a little more than usual, Jeg Coughlin Jr. was still very satisfied with his runner-up finish Sunday at the 30th annual NHRA Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway. Racing in his 101st career final, Coughlin took on good friend Bo Butner for the trophy. When the lights flashed, both men left with identical .061-second reaction times with Butner managing to inch away at each incremental timer for a slight 6.550 to 6.562-second win. Jeg Coughlin Jr. [...]

Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband
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Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband

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Erica Enders suffers red-light disqualification in opening round race versus husband

Elite Admin2017-04-24T11:50:30-05:00April 23rd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Houston, Race Recap|

HOUSTON (April 23) — Two-time world champion Erica Enders threw away what was the quickest and fastest pass of the 30th annual NHRA Spring Nationals by leaving the starting line nine-thousandths of a second early in a Round 1 loss to her husband Richie Stevens. The automatic disqualification negated a stellar 6.523-second blast at 213.37 mph that would have delivered an easy win over Stevens’ 6.589 at 210.64 mph. It left the Cypress, Texas native more than a little perturbed. “There was no showing off [...]

Two-time world champ Erica Enders reaches quarterfinals at Denso NHRA Nationals
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Two-time world champ Erica Enders reaches quarterfinals at Denso NHRA Nationals

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Two-time world champ Erica Enders reaches quarterfinals at Denso NHRA Nationals

Elite Admin2017-04-03T06:34:12-05:00April 2nd, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Race Recap|

LAS VEGAS, NV -- Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders will have to wait for another time to log a fifth career victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after a one-up, one-down day at the 18th annual Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals. Enders drove her Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro past teammate Vincent Nobile in Sunday's opening round before losing to Bo Butner by a scant .014 seconds in the quarterfinals. As usual, Enders had superior reaction times in both races but her [...]

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

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

Elite Admin2017-03-20T10:46:10-05:00March 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Gainesville, Race Recap|

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

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

Elite Admin2017-03-20T10:44:49-05:00March 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Race Recap|Tags: Gainesville, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Recap|

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 [...]

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