Pro Stock champ Erica Enders flashes driving brilliance in Phoenix loss

2016-02-29T10:59:50-06:00February 28th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

PHOENIX, AZ — Erica Enders’ 200th career Pro Stock race didn’t go as she wanted, but the two-time defending Pro Stock champion did show she hasn’t lost her touch. Despite a first-round loss to Elite Motorsports teammate Drew Skillman at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Enders still managed to post the best reaction time of the day, .005-second. That stellar light gave her an instant advantage over Skillman, but her pass of 6.705 seconds at 207.53 [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. drives new Dodge Dart to another round-win

2016-02-28T18:16:42-06:00February 28th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

PHOENIX, AZ -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. scored another round-win with his new Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart, but he bowed out in the second round of the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Coughlin's Elite Motorsports team built a Dodge for the 2016 season, with all-new fuel-injected engines limited to 10,500 rpm. With that much change, a lot of time is needed to be competitive, but Coughlin still won a round at [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders confident of the future, looking forward to race day

2016-02-28T09:25:34-06:00February 28th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

PHOENIX, AZ — By her standards the past two seasons, Elite Motorsports driver Erica Enders should be frustrated, but the two-time Pro Stock champion is far from being discouraged. The dominance Enders and her team showed in 2014 and 2015 is not apparent at the moment, but after a whirlwind off-season, she knows it’s coming. Enders qualified No. 9 for the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Saturday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, and she hopes to continue to make strides on race day. [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. continues to make strides with new Dodge Dart

2016-02-28T09:23:41-06:00February 28th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

PHOENIX (Feb. 27) – Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is keeping a close watch on the big picture, knowing that better times are ahead for the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart fielded by Elite Motorsports. But Coughlin isn't giving up hope for the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals on Sunday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after qualifying in the No. 8 spot. "We will be competitive for first round of eliminations," Coughlin said. "We want to win but we still [...]

Phoenix will be champion Erica Enders’ 200th Pro Stock race

2016-12-09T13:09:48-06:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

PHOENIX, AZ -- Erica Enders' epic racing career will reach another milestone when she races at this weekend's CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. The event will be her 200th career Pro Stock race, dating back to her debut in Pomona in February 2005. Over that span, Enders has become an NHRA superstar, winning the 2014 and 2015 Pro Stock championships and 21 NHRA national events. "It's hard to believe in one sense," Enders said. "In another sense, it's like, [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. encouraged by gains made since season opener

2016-02-23T08:32:21-06:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

PHOENIX, AZ -- The high-powered braintrust in the engine department of Elite Motorsports has been working around the clock since their brand-new Hemi motors arrived at their race shop following the season-opening Winternationals. Driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. says all that overtime work should start to pay dividends this weekend at the Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. "Nick Ferri, Jake Hairston, Lump (Brain Self), Mark Ingersol and Rick and Rickie Jones, I'd match that group up against any braintrust in [...]

Past champion Jeg Coughlin goes one-up, one-down in return to Pro Stock

2016-02-15T08:58:11-06:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

POMONA, CA -- Facing a pair of multi-time champions on the day, Jeg Coughlin Jr. -- a five-time Pro Stock champion himself -- managed to break even at the season-opening 56th annual Circle K Winternationals. The 58-time national event winner beat back-to-back and reigning champ Erica Enders in Round 1 before fouling out against four-time titlist Greg Anderson in the quarterfinals. "One down and 23 to go," Coughlin said, referring to the 24-race season. "I was saying earlier that we're not exactly where we want [...]

Start of Pro Stock title defense doesn’t go as Erica Enders planned

2016-02-15T08:59:04-06:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

POMONA, CA -- Two-time Pro Stock World Champion Erica Enders hates losing, so it's fair to say she won't love this Valentine's Day. Enders lost in the first round of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series season opener, shaking the tires at the hit and almost immediately getting out of the throttle of her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart. She could only watch as Elite teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. sailed to the victory, but Enders is far from distraught. After massive changes in the [...]

Two-time champion Erica Enders shows continued improvement in Pomona

2016-02-14T09:07:16-06:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

POMONA, CA -- In the ever-evolving new world of Pro Stock, improvement is the No. 1 goal. Two-time champion Erica Enders nailed that goal every time at the season-opening NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series race, the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. Enders improved in every qualifying session with her Elite Motorsports Mopar Dodge Dart, ending up No. 9 for Sunday's eliminations. "I think we have a lot to be optimistic about," Enders said. "We have slowly picked away at [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. off to a fast start with new Dodge Dart GT

2016-02-13T09:07:00-06:00February 13th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Mopar, NHRA|Tags: , , , , |

POMONA, CA -- Jeg Coughlin Jr. kicked off his first season with the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart GT in fine fashion, driving to the provisional No. 4 spot after two rounds of qualifying for the Circle K NHRA Winternationals on Friday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Coughlin joined Elite Motorsports for the full 2016 Pro Stock season, and the two-car team of he and two-time champion Erica Enders switched to Dodge. After a whirlwind off-season, Coughlin was pleased with the start [...]

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