NHRA’s International Flavor Grows

2023-09-26T07:33:33-05:00September 26th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Cuadra Boys, Sportsman|Tags: , , |

CONCORD, N.C. (September 25, 2023) Add Mexico to the list of countries that have produced an NHRA national event winner after Davd Cuadra took home the win in Top Sportsman. Earlier this year, his brother, Cristian, made history as the first Pro-class driver to qualify No. 1 when he led the Pro Stock field in Phoenix. Their father, Fernando Sr., even got a call from the Mexican president congratulating them. Both Cristian and Fernando Jr. have been the odds-on favorites to be the first in [...]

The Elite Fleet Aims to Accelerate at zMAX

2023-09-20T09:50:25-05:00September 20th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

CONCORD, N.C. (September 20, 2023) - The Elite Motorsports team is looking forward to the second race of the Countdown to the Championships, the betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway, just outside of Charlotte. Not only will the eight Elite Motorsports Pro Stock entries be taking to the track in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, but two Mountain Motor Pro Stock machines piloted by Erica Enders and Richard Freeman will compete as well. Not to mention, David Cuadra in Top Sportsman. After [...]

Cuadra Jr. Races to First Final Round of His Career

2023-05-01T08:22:32-05:00May 1st, 2023|Categories: 2023, Cuadra Boys, Pro Stock, Race Recap|Tags: , , |

Elite Motorsports Drivers, The Cuadra Boys, Make History With First Family Four-Wide Pass CONCORD, N.C. (April 30, 2023) - Elite Motorsports Pro Stock driver Fernando Cuadra Jr. powered his way to the final round of the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals today at zMAX Dragway. This marks the first final round of the talented young driver’s career. It’s especially meaningful as this is the first event wherein all four of The Cuadra Boys were racing in the ultra-competitive Pro Stock category. Facing the complexities of [...]

David Cuadra to Make His Pro Stock Debut in Charlotte

2023-04-27T10:47:00-05:00April 27th, 2023|Categories: 2023, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , |

CONCORD, N.C. (April 28, 2023) - The largest professional team in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series is adding another Pro Stock driver and machine to its impressive fleet. David Cuadra, son of Fernando Cuadra Sr. recently obtained his Pro Stock license and will make his professional racing debut this weekend at the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals behind the wheel of his new Corral Boots Mustang. D. Cuadra will join his father as well as his brothers, Fernando Cuadra Jr. and Cristian Cuadra [...]

Stanfield Secures Third NHRA Pro Stock Win Of The Season In Charlotte

2022-09-26T11:33:51-05:00September 26th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Aaron Stanfield, Pro Stock, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

Pro Stock standout Aaron Stanfield emerged victorious for the third time this season today at the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals. The Elite Motorsports team is not only leaving zMAX Dragway with yet another NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series win, but also with the top three leaders in the Pro Stock Countdown to the Championship. Erica Enders continues to lead the points thanks in part to an exemplary qualifying performance in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Camaro. Stanfield is second in the points standings, followed by [...]

Elite Motorsports Hopes to Continue Winning Momentum in North Carolina

2022-09-21T09:44:03-05:00September 21st, 2022|Categories: 2022, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

Elite Motorsports, the largest professional race team in the NHRA, is ready to continue the momentum they gained at the first event of the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s version of the playoffs, as they travel to the Betway NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX DRAGWAY this weekend. The powerful Pro Stock team dominated the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals last weekend at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pa. Erica Enders Racing won her seventh event title of the season and 40th of her career in an [...]

Erica Enders and Team Capture First Victory of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series

2018-04-30T15:35:48-05:00April 30th, 2018|Categories: 2018, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, Race Recap|Tags: , , , |

Two-Time Pro Stock World Champion, Erica Enders was the last (wo)man standing at the end of the NGK Spark Plug Four-Wide Nationals in Concord, NC this weekend. Her last visit to the Winner's Circle came in Epping, New Hampshire in June of 2017 after a dry spell of over one year without a victory. "Our team has had many peaks and valleys together in our 4 seasons together. The ride started with more peaks than valleys, and in the last two seasons the tides turned [...]

Erica Enders opens 2017 playoffs with quarterfinal showing at NHRA Carolina Nationals

2017-09-18T15:43:07-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

CONCORD, NC — Two-time world champion Erica Enders went one-up, one-down Sunday at the first of six races in the 2017 Countdown to the Championship, the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway. Enders scored a mild upset over Elite Motorsports teammate Alex Laughlin in Round 1 when the slightly higher-qualified Laughlin was forced to surrender his run. She then matched her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro up against local Tanner Gray with Gray evening their season record against one another at 3-3. “It’s [...]

Quarterfinal finish represents a decent start to the Coutndown for Jeg Coughlin Jr.

2017-09-18T15:41:16-05:00September 17th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: , , , , |

CONCORD, N.C. — Having won six NHRA championships and 76 national events in the past, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has become used to finishing a given race day on top of the heap. But he’s also been around long enough to know that round wins are tough to come by so you sometimes have to take what you can and move on to the next race and fight another day. That was the case Sunday at the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway, where [...]

Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte

2017-09-17T12:02:16-05:00September 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , , |

CONCORD, N.C. — Throughout her record-setting career, two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders always has done her best work in pressure-packed situations. When others wilt, she blossoms, which is one of the many reasons she’s excited about the first of six race days left in the 2017 season. “The playoffs are definitely a different animal,” Enders said. “We’ve lived it, we’ve fought down to the last round of the season, we’ve felt the most pressure you can feel in this sport and we’ve come out [...]

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