ERICA ENDERS AND AARON STANFIELD TAKE JHG / MELLING TO FINAL QUAD AT NHRA FOUR-WIDE CAROLINA NATIONALS

CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 21, 2025) – Erica Enders and Aaron Stanfield made their way to the final quad of the NHRA Four-Wide Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway on Sunday. The duo earned semifinal points putting Stanfield fourth and Enders seventh with four races remaining in the 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship.

In a quad featuring last year’s top four Pro Stock finishers, Enders and Stanfield finished third and fourth, respectively to earn semifinal points. Enders handled her Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment machine to a 6.572-second pass at 209.20 mph coming up short to race winner Dallas Glenn’s 6.554 at 209.95 and reigning world champion Greg Anderson’s 6.562 at 209.01. Stanfield left the starting line second after Glenn, but he ran into sever tire shake and pushed the clutch in coasting to a 13.390 at 65.73.

“It was definitely a positive outing this weekend. We lost the night session in qualifying to a poor run so that started us off behind the eight ball, but we had a tough race day, all day long. Every single round I had Greg Anderson in my in my quad,” Enders said. “Second round, I was able to beat him on a holeshot; it was definitely exciting to see the blinking light on my guard wall. All in all, good points day but disappointed with the final round appearance as far as mine and Aaron’s ETs go. But you know, we get to try it again in a couple more days in St. Louis, and that track has always been good to me.”

En route to the finals, Enders picked up the No. 7 qualifying position putting her in a first-round quad with teammates Jeg Coughlin Jr. and David Cuadra and Anderson. Enders would finish runner-up on a holeshot with a .029-second reaction time and 6.562-second pass at 209.52 mph advancing to the second round over Jeg Jr. who was .037 on the tree with a 6.562 pass at 209.14. Anderson also advanced with a 6.534 at 208.68.

In the second round, Enders won the quad on another holeshot. Her .037 reaction and 6.574-second pass at 209.59 mph bettered Anderson who had a .103 reaction time and 6.538 at 208.94. The both edged out over Cory Reed (6.607 at 208.59) and Elite Motorsports rookie driver Stephen Bell (6.595 at 208.07), who had the first-round win of his Pro Stock career.

Stanfield started race day from the No. 8 qualifying spot putting him in a first-round showdown against his father, Greg, teammate Troy Coughlin Jr. and Glenn. Stanfield finished second in the quad with a 6.545-second pass at 209.56 mph to Glenn’s 6.529 at 209.65 both bettering Greg’s 6.547 at 208.65 and Troy Jr.’s 10.952 at 82.15 after he had to shut the JEGS.com car off early.

In the second quad, Stanfield faced off with Glenn, Cody Coughlin and Matt Hartford. With a 6.559-second pass at 209.36 mph and a reaction time of .021 seconds, Stanfield won the quad and advanced with Glenn (6.540 at 209.62 and .042 reaction time). They both defeated C. Coughlin (6.565 at 208.84) and Hartford (6.534 at 209.17).

The NHRA Countdown to the Championship continues with the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois just outside fo St. Louis, Sept. 26-28.

ERICA ENDERS, Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage/Melling Performance/SCAG Power Equipment
Qualifying: No. 07
6.554 seconds at 209.82 mph
Race Results: Beat Jeg Coughlin Jr., David Cuadra; Cory Reed, Stephen Bell, Greg Anderson; Beat Aaron Stanfield; Lost to Dallas Glenn, Greg Anderson

AARON STANFIELD, Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage/Melling Performance/Janac Brothers Racing
Qualifying: No. 08
6.555 seconds at 208.78 mph
Race Results: Beat Greg Stanfield, Troy Coughlin Jr.; Cody Coughlin, Matt Hartford, Dallas Glenn; Lost to Dallas Glenn, Greg Anderson, Erica Enders

JEG COUGHLIN JR., SCAG Power Equipment / Outlaw Light Beer
Qualifying: No. 10
6.557 seconds at 208.59 mph
Race Results: Lost to Greg Anderson, Erica Enders

TROY COUGHLIN JR., JEGS.com
Qualifying: No. 16
6.604 seconds at 208.46 mph
Race Results: Lost to Aaron Stanfield, Greg Stanfield, Dallas Glenn

GREG STANFIELD, The Rod Shop / Janac Brother’s Racing
Qualifying: No. 09
6.557 seconds at 208.78 mph
Race Results: Lost to Aaron Stanfield, Dallas Glenn

STEPHEN BELL, 1320 LLC
Qualifying: No. 14
6.599 seconds at 208.39 mph
Race Results: Beat Eric Latino Fernando Cuadra Jr.; Lost to Erica Enders, Greg Anderson, Cory Reed

CRISTIAN CUADRA, Corral Tequila / Corral Belts / Cuadra
Qualifying: No. 13
6.577 seconds at 208.14 mph
Race Results: Lost to Matt Hartford, Cody Coughlin,

DAVID CUADRA, Corral Tequila / Corral Belts / Cuadra
Qualifying: No. 15
6.599 seconds at 208.14 mph
Race Results: Lost to Greg Anderson, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr.

FERNANDO CUADRA JR., Corral Tequila / Corral Belts / Cuadra
Qualifying: No. 11
6.561 seconds at 208.10 mph
Race Results: Lost to Stephen Bell, Cory Reed

MIKE COUGHLIN, Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Mountain Motor Pro Stock
Qualifying: No. 7 
6.394 seconds, 217.98mph
Race Results: Beat Johnny Pluchino, Dennis Firkus; Lost to Vincent Nobile

MASON WRIGHT, Pro Flo Solutions Pro Modified
Qualifying: No. 04
6.296 seconds at 222.91 mph
Race Results: Beat Chip King, Nick Januik, JR Gray; Alex Laughlin, Chip King; Lost to Billy Banaka, Mike Castellana, Sidnei Frigo

JACKIE FRICKE, Top Alcohol Dragster
Qualifying: No. 06
5.238 seconds, 278.40mph
Race Results: Beat Megan Smith, Dan Dietrich; Anthony Troyer, Taylor Januik; Joey Severance; Lost to Matthew Cummings, John Bradford

VINCENT NOBILE, Mountain Motor Pro Stock
Qualifying: No. 04
6.336 seconds, 220.87 mph
Race Results: Beat Chris Powers, John DeFlorian, Mike Coughlin

MELISSA MURPHY, Competition Eliminator
Qualifying No. 3
6.79 seconds, 
Race Results: Beat Dave Dupps; Lost to Larry Pritchett

TORI IACONO, Super Comp
Qualifying No. 2
8.902 seconds,
Race Results: Beat Frank Altilio, Ralph Musi, Kyle Anderson, Bye, B Upton; Lost to Allan Ackles

MONTY BOGAN, Super Stock
Qualifying: No. 28
9.034 seconds, 
Race Results: Lost to Jake Sealy

MONTY BOGAN, Competition Eliminator
Qualifying: No. 4
8.509 second, 
Race Results: Beat Jared Kimbrough; Lost to Dean Carter