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In a Loaded Pro Stock Category, Elite Motorsports is Ready for Battle at Maple Grove
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In a Loaded Pro Stock Category, Elite Motorsports is Ready for Battle at Maple Grove

2022, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock

In a Loaded Pro Stock Category, Elite Motorsports is Ready for Battle at Maple Grove

Elite Admin2022-09-14T09:55:46-05:00September 14th, 2022|Categories: 2022, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: Countdown, Maple Grove Raceway|

As the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series enters the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s version of the playoffs, the Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team is ready to get down to business at the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway In drag racing, milestones are important, and drivers measure success in different ways. For Pro Stock powerhouse Erica Enders Racing, one of her career goals is to score wins at each track on the current NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series [...]

Pre-Race Notes: 2022 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals – Maple Grove Raceway (Sept. 15-18)
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Pre-Race Notes: 2022 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals – Maple Grove Raceway (Sept. 15-18)

2022, Pre Race, Pro Stock

Pre-Race Notes: 2022 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals – Maple Grove Raceway (Sept. 15-18)

Elite Admin2022-09-13T11:43:21-05:00September 13th, 2022|Categories: 2022, Pre Race, Pro Stock|Tags: Maple Grove Raceway|

READING, PA - The Elite Motorsports team will field seven Pro Stock entries during this week’s Pep Boys NHRA Nationals in Reading, Pa. The Elite team is the largest in professional drag racing and features Erica Enders, Aaron Stanfield, Troy Coughlin Jr., Bo Butner Racing, Fernando Cuadra and his two sons, Fernando Jr. and Cristian. This week’s event in Reading marks the opening of the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six race playoff to determine season champions. All seven Elite cars are in contention for [...]

Elite Motorsports Race Teams Prepared for Powerful Performance at NHRA U.S. Nationals
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Elite Motorsports Race Teams Prepared for Powerful Performance at NHRA U.S. Nationals

2022, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, Sportsman

Elite Motorsports Race Teams Prepared for Powerful Performance at NHRA U.S. Nationals

Elite Admin2022-08-31T11:01:39-05:00August 31st, 2022|Categories: 2022, NHRA, Pre Race, Pro Mod, Pro Stock, Sportsman|Tags: 2022, Aaron Stanfield, Bo Butner, Cuadra Boys, Erica Ender, Indy, Lyle Barnett, Mike DePalma, Royce Lee Freeman, Troy Coughlin Jr., US Nationals|

INDIANAPOLIS - Having claimed victories at 10 of the 12 NHRA Pro Stock events contested so far this season, the Elite Motorsports Pro Stock team is fired up and ready for the most intense and iconic race of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, the Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. The Elite team knows that they are coming into Indy with a target on their collective back and they welcome the challenge. Coming off of back-to-back Pro [...]

Erica Enders concludes 2017 season with renewed optimism for bigger things ahead
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Erica Enders concludes 2017 season with renewed optimism for bigger things ahead

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Erica Enders concludes 2017 season with renewed optimism for bigger things ahead

Elite Admin2017-11-09T11:56:25-06:00November 9th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Pomona, Race Preview|

POMONA, CA — Returning to the site of her biggest single triumph — the 2014 title-clinching, final-round victory against Jason Line — Erica Enders is prepped to finish the year at this weekend’s 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals with firm designs on a brighter future. “For the second year in a row we didn’t quite have the season we wanted or expected,” said Enders, driver of the Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro. “But this season we made so many strides in the right direction [...]

With six Pomona wins, six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. ranks track as one of his favs
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With six Pomona wins, six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. ranks track as one of his favs

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With six Pomona wins, six-time champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. ranks track as one of his favs

Elite Admin2017-11-09T11:44:59-06:00November 9th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Pomona, Race Preview|

POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 7) — Auto Club Raceway in Pomona always has been a favorite spot for six-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. who has amassed six of his 76 career victories at the historic facility on the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. With the 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals on tap this weekend, Coughlin is hoping to find some more Pomona magic to close out 2017 with a long-awaited victory. “Let’s finish this season off in style with a big win,” Coughlin said. “Of [...]

Nothing but positive Vegas memories for multi-time champ Erica Enders
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Nothing but positive Vegas memories for multi-time champ Erica Enders

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Nothing but positive Vegas memories for multi-time champ Erica Enders

Elite Admin2017-10-26T16:36:10-05:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Las Vegas, Melling Performance, Race Preview|

LAS VEGAS, NV — In her championship years of 2014 and 2015, Erica Enders was untouchable at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, winning six straight events, including both the spring and fall national events and consecutive K&N Filters Horsepower Challenges. The spunky Texan is hoping to recapture some of that magic this weekend when she returns to her favorite racetrack for the 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals, the penultimate race of the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. “It’s no secret I love [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr. hoping to celebrate a championship in Vegas, just not his own
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Jeg Coughlin Jr. hoping to celebrate a championship in Vegas, just not his own

2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race

Jeg Coughlin Jr. hoping to celebrate a championship in Vegas, just not his own

Elite Admin2017-10-26T16:34:06-05:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Las Vegas, Race Preview|

LAS VEGAS, NV — Several times in the past, Pro Stock veteran Jeg Coughlin Jr. has arrived at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the annual NHRA Toyota Nationals with world championships hanging in the balance. That’s the case once again this time through, only rather than bagging another one for himself, six-time champ Coughlin is hoping to celebrate his brother Troy’s third title in the Pro Mod class. “The Pro Stock championship is out of reach for us this year but Troy [...]

Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state
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Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Two-time Pro Stock champ Erica Enders dreams of a ‘white hat’ day in her home state

Elite Admin2017-10-10T06:11:17-05:00October 8th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Dallas, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Preview|

DALLAS, TX — Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders scratched a huge entry off her personal bucket list during her 2015 visit to Texas Motorplex when she won the annual AAA Texas NHRA Fallnationals, thereby completing a sweep of the races in her beloved home state of Texas. As is tradition at the event, Enders was outfitted with a cowboy hat in the winner’s circle and she picked a black one for a very specific reason. “We were bad hombres that year and that win [...]

Back-to-back champ Erica Enders, a back-to-back winner in St. Louis, wants more
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Back-to-back champ Erica Enders, a back-to-back winner in St. Louis, wants more

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Back-to-back champ Erica Enders, a back-to-back winner in St. Louis, wants more

Elite Admin2017-09-26T21:02:16-05:00September 26th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Preview, St. Louis|

ST. LOUIS, MO — Gateway Motorsports Park has always been a favorite track for two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders, dating back to her adolescence when she raced a Junior Dragster at the facility. Her warm feelings for the track have only strengthened since she’s turned pro, one of many reasons she’s excited to return for this weekend’s sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals. “We’re feeling like we’re on a bit of an uptick after posting two good runs Sunday in Reading (Pa.) [...]

Pro Stock ace Erica Enders focused on flying high in Pennsylvania
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Pro Stock ace Erica Enders focused on flying high in Pennsylvania

2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race

Pro Stock ace Erica Enders focused on flying high in Pennsylvania

Elite Admin2017-09-20T12:19:28-05:00September 19th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Preview, Reading|

READING, PA – As the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series’ Countdown to the Championship playoffs continue with this weekend’s 33rd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway, two-time Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders has her sights set on gaining traction in championship points by taking her bright red Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro to another winner’s circle. Enders, a feisty 33-year-old Houston native, goes into the second round of the Countdown to the Championship sixth in points. Even though she and her [...]

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