Jeg Coughlin Jr. returns to Pro Stock as an automatic title contender

2016-12-09T13:09:48-06:00February 10th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Mopar|Tags: , , , , |

POMONA, CA -- With six world championships and 76 national event titles on his résumé, Jeg Coughlin Jr. returns to full-time competition this weekend at the 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals as a bona fide challenger for the Pro Stock trophy at the season-opening race. While it's true Coughlin only raced three Pro Stock events in 2015 -- highlighted by a runner-up finish in Seattle -- he remained active in the sport, scoring his first national event "double" with wins in Super Gas and [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders pumped after successful first test with new Dodge

2016-02-02T00:47:12-06:00February 1st, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar|Tags: , , |

DENTON, TX — Two-time defending Pro Stock champion Erica Enders completed a successful first test with her new Elite Motorsports Mopar Dodge Dart on Saturday at North Star Dragway. The Pro Stock class will switch to fuel-injected engines with a 10,500-rpm limit, and wheelie bars will be shorter. Plus, Enders and her team have a new manufacturer with Mopar and Dodge, which meant a new RJ Race Cars Dart built in the shops of crew chiefs Rick and Rickie Jones. The first full day of [...]

Back-to-back world champ Erica Enders ready to blaze another new path

2016-12-09T13:09:48-06:00January 30th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar|Tags: , , |

HOUSTON, TX — No NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series driver had a better run over the last two years than Houston native Erica Enders. Not Antron Brown, not Tony Schumacher, not Matt Hagan, not even the legendary John Force. Enders, who now lives in New Orleans with her husband, fellow racer Richie Stevens, won back-to-back Pro Stock World Championships, winning 15 times in the last two seasons, including a dominant nine-victory 2015. Enders and her Elite Motorsports crew were the team to beat nearly [...]

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