Enders Powers to a Win and a No. 1 Qualifier at NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

2023-06-12T07:22:44-05:00June 12th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Erica Enders, Pro Stock, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

The Pro Stock World Champion Claims Her First Victory Of The Season In Bristol BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 11, 2023) - She’s back! Five-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders showed the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series that her car troubles are far behind her this weekend when she rocketed to her first win of the season after securing the pole position at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Her Elite Motorsports teammate Aaron Stanfield won the NHRA Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty specialty event on Saturday, [...]

Elite Motorsports Drivers Prepare to Make Powerful Points Move in Bristol

2023-06-10T04:08:17-05:00June 8th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , |

BRISTOL, Tenn. (June 8, 2023) - Elite Motorsports Pro Stock standout Aaron Stanfield is looking forward to defending his title this weekend at the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. We emerged victorious at this event last year after defeating his teammate, five-time world champion Erica Enders, in the final round. He and the other eight Elite Motorsports Pro Stock drivers that make up the largest professional team in drag racing are focused on consistency and innovation as they prepare for the Thunder Valley [...]

JEGS.com driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. wins Pro Stock in Bristol

2018-06-18T08:51:01-05:00June 17th, 2018|Categories: 2018, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN – JEGS.com driver Jeg Coughlin Jr. has been on plenty of hot streaks during his legendary career, but not many like this one. With a victory in the Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on Sunday at Bristol Dragway, Coughlin has scored three wins in the last three weekends. He won in Pro Stock in Chicago, followed that up with a Super Comp win in Richmond and extended the streak to three with the Pro Stock victory here. "That has a nice ring [...]

Erica Enders misses out on third final round of season by .006 seconds in Tennessee

2017-06-19T08:45:41-05:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , |

BRISTOL, TN — Two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders came up two feet short of what would have been her third final-round appearance of the 2017 season after a close semifinal contest with class points leader Bo Butner Sunday afternoon at Bristol Dragway. After beating Alan Prusiensky and one of her Elite Motorsports’ teammates, Vincent Nobile, earlier in the day, Enders got a .007-second jump on Butner in their race and held the lead until somewhere around halftrack when the winner of the Houston [...]

Tire shake thwarts Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s bid to convert No. 1 starting spot into win

2017-06-19T08:43:59-05:00June 18th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN — Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s hopes of converting his 23rd career No. 1 qualifying effort into a victory was foiled in the quarterfinal round when his JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro was plagued by severe tire shake in his race against part-time teammate Alex Laughlin Sunday at Bristol Dragway. Coughlin had a marginal jump on Laughlin at the starting line but barely made it a foot before his huge rear Goodyear slicks started to square up. He really had no choice but to abort the [...]

Just days removed from Epping victory, Erica Enders takes dead aim at Bristol crown

2017-06-18T13:13:20-05:00June 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

BRISTOL, TN — Two-time drag racing world champion Erica Enders celebrated her 22nd national event win less than two weeks ago in Epping, N.H., and the sport’s most prolific female Pro Stock driver is geared up to repeat the feat after qualifying a lofty third in the field of the 17th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Enders coaxed a very competitive 6.704-second quarter-mile pass at 205.66 mph out of her car in the cooler Friday evening qualifying session to lock up her third-best starting spot [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. locks up 23rd low qualifier of career, earns first-round bye in Bristol

2017-06-18T13:11:42-05:00June 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN — Even with Mother Nature giving all of his rivals a chance at knocking him off his Friday night perch atop the Pro Stock field, 58-time national event winner Jeg Coughlin Jr. was able to secure the 23rd top qualifier award of his illustrious career Saturday night at Bristol Dragway with his previously posted pass of 6.694 seconds at 204.85 mph. “We were able to get all four qualifying sessions in despite a little bit of a late afternoon rain today,” Coughlin said. [...]

Powering to provisional pole, Jeg Coughlin Jr. making the most noise in Thunder Valley

2017-06-18T13:07:23-05:00June 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN — Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has the inside track on his third No. 1 qualifier of the year after powering to the provisional pole Friday night at the 17th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Coughlin blazed down Bristol Dragway in 6.694 seconds at 204.85 mph in Round 2 to pace the field. “We’re off to a great start here on the mountain,” Coughlin said. “Our Elite team has been working so hard on both engine and track performance. They’ve [...]

Erica Enders eager to go racing at her all-time favorite track — Bristol Dragway

2017-06-15T07:32:48-05:00June 15th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , |

BRISTOL, TN – Like with most things in life, people have favorites. Some may have a favorite pizza joint, while others may have a favorite golf course they like to play. Most times these favorite places are special to a person for a reason unique to them. Bristol Dragway is one of those favorite places for two-time world champion NHRA Pro Stock driver Erica Enders. This weekend as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series competes in the 17th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Enders [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. looks to carve his name into the sides of Bristol’s legendary Thunder Valley

2017-06-14T07:00:39-05:00June 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , |

BRISTOL, TN – There’s a popular drag strip in the western U.S. planted at the base of the Rocky Mountains. The scene is certainly beautiful although not necessarily fast. There’s another quarter-mile of racing pavement on the opposite side of the continent that is whittled into the ancient, rocky core of the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee; it’s beautiful, it’s really fast, and it’s extremely loud. Jeg Coughlin Jr., driver of the JEGS.com/Elite Performance Chevrolet Camaro Pro Stocker, has a renewed mechanical vigor as he [...]

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