Back-to-back world champ Erica Enders fails to qualify for first playoff race

2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 17th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , , |

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders began her march to a second straight world title last year with a convincing victory at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. This year, she hit a season low, failing to qualify for the first time since the second Pomona (Calif.) race in 2010. "That's all the way back to when I drove for the late Jim Cunningham," Enders said. "It's no secret, this year has been a struggle for us. Someone just asked me how you bounce [...]

Five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin excited for fresh start Countdown provides

2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. has won championships in almost every way possible. He's earned them before the NHRA instituted the Countdown to the Championship playoff system. He's entered the playoffs as the lead dog and had to fight off all challengers. He's also come from behind and snatched glory from his rivals. Heading into this weekend's ninth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals, Coughlin finds his Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart team in yet another unique position. He joined [...]

Defending event champion Erica Enders returns to Charlotte in a vastly different role

2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 14th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: , , , , |

CHARLOTTE, NC -- One year ago, Pro Stock racer Erica Enders arrived at the first race of NHRA's Countdown to the Championship playoffs as the No. 1 seed, having won six regular-season national events, including the previous two stops in Brainerd, Minn., and Indianapolis. This year, as Enders brings her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart back to zMax Dragway for the ninth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals, things are much different. Her dominating run to back-to-back championships hangs in the balance as she finds herself a distant [...]

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. chases sixth U.S. Nationals championship

2016-09-05T08:18:56-05:00September 4th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. is the only driver in NHRA history to win a professional race from all 16 qualifying positions. So the driver of the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart will hardly be intimidated by starting the U.S. Nationals on Sunday at Lucas Oil Raceway from the No. 15 qualifying spot. "It's going to be no easy feat tomorrow but we made a decent run there in Q5," Coughlin said. "The car was still pretty soft [...]

Pro Stock champ Erica Enders excited to defend her U.S. Nationals title

2016-12-09T13:09:42-06:00September 4th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: , , , |

INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- A big part of two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders' success is the ability to see the positive in everything and then make the most of that optimism. Enders qualified her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge in the No. 14 qualifying spot for Monday eliminations at the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway. That may be disheartening to some, but Enders is the defending U.S. Nationals champion and knows race day is a new day. "This is our worst qualifying position in a long [...]

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