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World champion Erica Enders beats title contender Butner before fouling out of Reading
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World champion Erica Enders beats title contender Butner before fouling out of Reading

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World champion Erica Enders beats title contender Butner before fouling out of Reading

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00October 2nd, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap, Reading|

READING, PA -- Back-to-back world champion Erica Enders notched one of her biggest elimination round-wins of the year Sunday, beating title contender Bo Butner wire-to-wire in the opening session of the 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals. "To go out there and get this Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart a round-win at the Dodge Nationals was exciting," Enders said. "The uphill battle this entire season has been for us continues, but with only one run on this racetrack throughout qualifying, we really had a challenge before us [...]

Champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. edged by a fender in first round of Reading race
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Champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. edged by a fender in first round of Reading race

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Champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. edged by a fender in first round of Reading race

Elite Admin2016-10-02T14:57:21-05:00October 2nd, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Race Recap, Reading|

READING, PA -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. managed to keep his sense of humor despite a first-round loss to longtime rival and fellow multi-time world champion Greg Anderson at Sunday's 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals. "Traditionally, at least this year, Greg is usually a car length ahead of me by the time I get into high gear," Coughlin said with a wry smile. "Today we had a nice launch and went through the gears really efficiently and I peeked over and didn't see him at all. [...]

Erica Enders exits in first round of St. Louis national event
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Erica Enders exits in first round of St. Louis national event

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Erica Enders exits in first round of St. Louis national event

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 25th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap, St. Louis|

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Erica Enders raced to the Pro Stock final at Gateway Motorsports Park as part of her run to the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series championship. There likely will be no such similar run this season after Enders was knocked out in the first round of the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. In her first season running the Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge, Enders has struggled to maintain her stellar performance from 2014-15, when she swept to back-to-back titles. "We are absolutely [...]

Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round
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Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round

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Two-time St. Louis winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. stumbles in first round

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 25th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Race Recap, St. Louis|

ST. LOUIS, MO -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. won the Pro Stock race here in 2002 and 2009, but he couldn't cure his seven-year itch at the 2016 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals on Sunday at Gateway Motorsports Park. Coughlin fell to Chris McGaha in a winnable first-round race Sunday with the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart. Neither driver was very good on the Christmas Tree, but McGaha was a tick better on the racetrack: 6.632 seconds at 208.46 mph to 6.667 at 206.70 [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. kicks off Countdown with round-win in Charlotte
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. kicks off Countdown with round-win in Charlotte

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. kicks off Countdown with round-win in Charlotte

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:41-06:00September 18th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Race Recap|

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. kicked off the Countdown to the Championship the right way: by turning on the win light in the first round of the NHRA Carolina Nationals on Sunday at zMax Dragway. Coughlin, though, couldn't take his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart to the semifinals, dropping a close race to Elite Motorsports teammate Vincent Nobile in round two. "We knew if we were on our best behavior, make a good pass personally, and make a [...]

Erica Enders clinches playoffs spot, will battle for another Pro Stock championship
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Erica Enders clinches playoffs spot, will battle for another Pro Stock championship

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Erica Enders clinches playoffs spot, will battle for another Pro Stock championship

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Indy, Mopar, Race Recap|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team secured their chance to race for a third consecutive championship during the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway. Enders, who won the 2014 and 2015 NHRA Pro Stock titles, wrapped up a spot in the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs when teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. lost in the first round. Coughlin got some good news in the second round when Alex Laughlin lost, landing Coughlin in the Countdown as well. "This is pretty [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. locks up final playoff spot for Magneti Marelli/JEGS.com
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. locks up final playoff spot for Magneti Marelli/JEGS.com

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. locks up final playoff spot for Magneti Marelli/JEGS.com

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Indy, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Race Recap|

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. earned the 10th and final position in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs by a slender two points, despite losing in the first round of Monday's 62nd annual U.S. Nationals. Entering the race just ahead of Gray Motorsports team driver Alex Laughlin and his Gas Monkey Energy Drink hot rod, Coughlin needed to maintain his 10th-place ranking to make the playoffs. But when he lost to Greg Anderson and Laughlin was able to win [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders flashes driving skills in Brainerd semifinal finish
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Pro Stock champ Erica Enders flashes driving skills in Brainerd semifinal finish

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Pro Stock champ Erica Enders flashes driving skills in Brainerd semifinal finish

Elite Admin2016-08-22T04:40:58-05:00August 21st, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Brainerd, Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap|

BRAINERD, MN — Pro Stock champion Erica Enders stared down the pressure and responded in championship fashion — again. Enders won on a first-round holeshot for the second race in a row and advanced to the semifinals of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway before falling to points leader Jason Line. But she put up a fight in that race, too. “We tried,” Enders said. “If you’d have asked me after Friday whether we’d go to the semifinals, I’d have [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. falls just short of a first-round victory in Brainerd
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. falls just short of a first-round victory in Brainerd

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Jeg Coughlin Jr. falls just short of a first-round victory in Brainerd

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00August 21st, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Brainerd, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Race Recap|

BRAIENRD, MN -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. knew everything would have to be perfect for he and his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart to advance to the second round of the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Brainerd International Raceway. Things weren't quite perfect, and Coughlin fell to the higher-qualified Bo Butner, who had a reaction time of .025-second and then made a pass of 6.625 seconds at 209.04 mph to squeak out the victory. Coughlin's numbers were a [...]

Clutch holeshot win puts Pro Stock champ Erica Enders in Countdown position
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Clutch holeshot win puts Pro Stock champ Erica Enders in Countdown position

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Clutch holeshot win puts Pro Stock champ Erica Enders in Countdown position

Elite Admin2016-08-08T15:55:14-05:00August 7th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap, Seattle|

SEATTLE, WA — When the pressure is on, champions rise to the occasion. When Pro Stock champion Erica Enders and her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge team needed to have a good performance in the first round of the 29th annual Protect The Harvest.com NHRA Northwest Nationals presented by Lucas Oil on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, they put one on. Enders ripped off a .009-second reaction time against Alex Laughlin, winning a crucial round despite a slower elapsed time. And in beating Laughlin, who came into the [...]

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