ERICA ENDERS PUTS JHG / MELLING NO. 1 AT NHRA MIDWEST NATIONALS

2024-09-28T18:54:29-05:00September 28th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, NHRA, Pro Stock, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 28, 2024) – Erica Enders and the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment Pro Stock team secured their seventh No. 1 qualifying position Saturday at the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway just outside of St. Louis. After rain washed out qualifying on Friday, Enders earned her No. 1 position with a 6.565-second pass at 208.01 mph during Saturday’s first session, getting her three bonus qualifying points. The JHG / Melling team followed it up [...]

ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION TEAMS MAINTAIN TOP 10 STANDING ENTERING RACE THREE OF SIX IN NHRA COUNTDOWN

2024-09-27T08:20:26-05:00September 27th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, Johnson's Horsepowered Garage, Melling Performance, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , |

MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 27, 2024) – Elite Motorsports will field eight Pro Stock teams at this weekend’s NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway, race three of six in the NHRA Countdown to the Championship. Aaron Stanfield and Erica Enders lead the pack of six Elite drivers that have a chance to claim the 2024 Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Championship. Enjoying a career-best season, Stanfield and his Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / Janac Brothers Racing team enter [...]

ERICA ENDERS JHG / MELLING SWEEP QUALIFYING TO SECURE NO. 1 SPOT AT CAROLINA NATIONALS

2024-09-21T15:28:35-05:00September 21st, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, NHRA, Pro Stock, Qualifying|Tags: , , |

CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 21, 2024) – Erica Enders and the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment Pro Stock team earned their sixth No.1. qualifier of the season Saturday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Enders laid down a stout 6.557-second pass at 208.20 mph on Friday night that held up for her 40th career No.1 qualifying position. Enders earned a total of 12 qualifying bonus points for her team’s performance, being quickest of each of the qualifying sessions. [...]

AARON STANFIELD HAVING CAREER BEST SEASON, ENTERS CAROLINA NATIONALS WITH POINTS LEAD

2024-09-19T13:36:47-05:00September 19th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , , |

CONCORD, N.C. (Sept. 19, 2024) – Aaron Stanfield and the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / Janac Brother’s Racing Pro Stock team enter this weekend’s NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway with a target on their backs thanks to a nine point lead in the Pro Stock world championship battle. Stanfield, whose previous best season was 2022 when he won three races and finished fourth in points, is having a breakout year. With 15 of 20 races contested and one of six races [...]

ELITE MOTORSPORTS KICKS-OFF FINAL SIX RACES OF NHRA SEASON; JEG COUGHLIN JR. LOOKING FOR FIFTH MAPLE GROVE RACEWAY VICTORY

2024-09-13T07:54:19-05:00September 13th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , , |

READING, Pa. (Sept. 13, 2024) – Jeg Coughlin Jr. and the SCAG Power Equipment / Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer team enter this weekend’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, the first of six races in NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, sitting fifth in the championship points standings. Returning to Pro Stock after retiring in 2020, Jeg Jr. and the SCAG team ended their 2024 regular Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season with wins at the Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals, the [...]

SIX ELITE MOTORSPORTS TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN NHRA COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

2024-09-10T10:08:33-05:00September 10th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pro Stock, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , |

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. (Sept. 10, 2024) – After a 14-race regular season in the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six-race playoffs, is officially here. Over the final races of the 2024 season, six Elite Motorsports drivers will have a chance to win the NHRA Pro Stock world championship. As a team, Elite has won six of the last eight races and visited the winners circle a total of nine times in the regular season. Leading the Elite [...]

ERICA ENDERS WINS #2FAST2TASTY CHAMPIONSHIP

2024-08-31T19:16:06-05:00August 31st, 2024|Categories: 2024, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 31, 2024) – With a total of 13 championship bonus points, Erica Enders and the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage / Melling Performance / SCAG Power Equipment tea have won the 2024 Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge championship. In its second season, the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge is a rematch of semifinalists from the previous event. The specialty race is competed during Saturday qualifying and awards a cash prize as well as bonus championship points. Enders and her JHG / Melling team picked up a [...]

MELLING PERFORMANCE AND ELITE MOTORSPORTS NAME HONORARY CREW MEMBERS FOR U.S. NATIONALS

2024-08-30T12:23:14-05:00August 30th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, NHRA, Pro Stock|Tags: , , |

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Aug 30, 2024) – Joining the Elite Motorsports team at this weekend’s Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals will be two lucky sweepstake winners. Thanks to Melling Performance, Mike Wendt and his guest Ken Stenger will be honorary crew members for the day on Saturday, August 31. Wendt, from Midland, Michigan, is a former racer himself who hasn’t been to an event in 25 years. He entered Melling’s contest for the crew member experience from an ad on enginelabs.com. Melling’s contest was in conjunction [...]

ELITE MOTORSPORTS LOOKS TO ADD TO U.S. NATIONALS HISTORY

2024-08-29T18:11:57-05:00August 29th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Sienna Wildgust, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: , |

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 29, 2024) – Elite Motorsports, NHRA’s largest professional team, certainly has history on their side as they head into this weekend’s Toyota NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP), NHRA’s most prestigious drag race and the final event of the regular season. Six-time world champions Erica Enders and Jeg Coughlin Jr., have plenty of experience heading to the winners circle at the historical event. Enders has three professional wins in 2015, 2020, 2021 and reached the finals in 2019 [...]

ELITE MOTORSPORTS PREPPED AND READY FOR LUCAS OIL NHRA NATIONALS AT BIR

2024-08-15T15:29:53-05:00August 15th, 2024|Categories: 2024, Aaron Stanfield, Cuadra Boys, Elite Motorsports Team, Erica Enders, Jeg Coughlin Jr., Jerry Tucker, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock, Troy Coughlin Jr.|Tags: |

BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 15, 2024) – Elite Motorsports enters this weekend’s Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway (BIR) motivated to keep the team’s six-race win streak alive. The team put their two-week break from the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series season to good use with an exhibition event at Rockfalls Raceway in Minnesota.Six-time and reigning world champion Erica Enders, three-time 2024 national event winner Aaron Stanfield, six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., New England Nationals champion Troy Coughlin Jr., second year pro [...]

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