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Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte
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Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte

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Melling Performance pro Erica Enders excited about eliminations in Charlotte

Elite Admin2017-09-17T12:02:16-05:00September 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Qualifying|

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 [...]

Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte
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Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte

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Playoffs begin with five-time Pro Stock champ Jeg Coughlin Jr. looking sharp in Charlotte

Elite Admin2017-09-17T12:00:18-05:00September 16th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Qualifying|

CONCORD, N.C. — Jeg Coughlin Jr. hopes to pad his illustrious resume even more in this year’s Countdown to the Championship playoffs, which begin in earnest with eliminations for the 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals running Sunday at zMax Dragway. A six-time drag racing champion with 76 national event victories, Coughlin has done the majority of his winning in Pro Stock, where he’s collected five titles and 58 Wally trophies. He’ll be at it again down the stretch of this season in his powerful JEGS.com/Elite [...]

Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’
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Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’

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Two-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders says ‘Don’t bet against us’

Elite Admin2017-09-14T13:50:37-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Erica Enders, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Erica Enders, Melling Performance, Race Preview|

CONCORD, NC — Erica Enders’ two Pro Stock championships both came in the 10-year-old playoff era so she has intimate knowledge of how the six-race Countdown to the Championship works. With the first playoff race taking place this weekend at zMax Dragway, Enders and her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports crew know it’s time to put up or shut up. “The regular season is all about securing a spot in the top 10 so you’ve got a ticket to the playoffs,” Enders said. “We’ve done that part. [...]

Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’
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Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’

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Jeg Coughlin Jr.’s landmark 400th Pro Stock race represents ‘a fresh start’

Elite Admin2017-09-14T13:51:51-05:00September 14th, 2017|Categories: 2017, Chevrolet, Jeg Coughlin Jr., NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Charlotte, Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, JEGS.com, Race Preview|

CONCORD, NC — The timing is right for Jeg Coughlin Jr. to begin his quest for a seventh NHRA national championship and sixth Pro Stock title at this weekend’s 10th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway near Charlotte. The 76-time national event winner will be entering his 400th Pro Stock race this weekend, a mark eclipsed by just two other active drivers — Greg Anderson and Allen Johnson. By chance, Coughlin’s historic start comes at the beginning of the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship, [...]

Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face
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Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap

Erica Enders closes out her championship tenure with a broad smile on her face

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA -- After winning two championships in a row and pushing her career win total to 21 national events, Erica Enders came into 2016 hoping to add to her legacy in a brand-new Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart. But things don't always go as planned, and Enders instead went an entire year without reaching the final round. Now, after equaling the best outing of the year by racing to the semifinals of the season-ending 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals, Enders can finally turn the [...]

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.
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Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap

Down season ends quietly for five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Elite Admin2016-11-14T09:39:56-06:00November 13th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Race Recap|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Race Recap|

POMONA, CA -- The 2016 season came to a quiet end for five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. as the 76-time national event winner bowed to Elite Motorsports teammate Vincent Nobile in Sunday's first round of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona. Coughlin put up a fight, matching Nobile's sharp .025-second reaction time and racing him door-handle-to-door-handle most of the way down the strip, but in the end it was Nobile's 6.600 at 209.95 mph that put [...]

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run
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Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Erica Enders enjoying twilight hours of her back-to-back championship run

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Back-to-back and reigning world champion Erica Enders has one more day to race her Elite Motorsports/Mopar Dodge Dart with the No. 1 sticker on the door and she plans on making the most of the occasion as the 2016 season draws to a close. "We're having fun," Enders said. "I think all of us are relieved to a large extent and I know the feeling in the pit is that it's nice to wrap up the final qualifying session of what has [...]

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final
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Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying

Clash with a teammate faces Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Round 1 of Pomona final

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 12th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, Mopar, NHRA, Qualifying|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Qualifying|

POMONA, CA -- Five-time Pro Stock world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. will fight for the title of the 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals from the lucky 13th position on the elimination ladder after posting a best pass of 6.610 at 208.78 mph during qualifying for the season-ending race. "We look forward to race day," Coughlin said. "We improved every run from Q1, Q2 and Q3 and would have improved again in Q4 if not for a driver malfunction," Coughlin said. "My foot just kind [...]

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season
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Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race

Outgoing champ Erica Enders relieved to close out 2016 drag racing season

Elite Admin2016-12-09T13:09:40-06:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Erica Enders, Mopar, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Erica Enders, Mopar, Pomona|

POMONA, CA -- Two-time world champion drag racer Erica Enders has a long and storied connection with Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, the site of this weekend's 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals. It's a bond that dates back two decades, and one that's immortalized with her own display at the heralded Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum across the fairgrounds from fabled Pomona Dragway. "Some of the biggest moments in my drag racing career have happened at Pomona, going all the way back to my [...]

Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year
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Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year

Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race

Top pro Jeg Coughlin Jr. has eye on future with something yet to prove this year

Elite Admin2016-11-10T19:32:45-06:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: Jeg Coughlin Jr., Magneti Marelli, NHRA, Pre Race|Tags: Countdown, Jeg Coughlin Jr, Magneti Marelli, Pomona, Pre Race|

POMONA, CA -- In two decades of racing at the highest level of professional drag racing, Jeg Coughlin Jr. has experienced just about everything a driver can face. He's shared with his JEGS.com team the glory of winning six world champions and 76 national events. He's also endured with class and grace a few winless campaigns where struggles replaced successes for a myriad of reasons. While 2016 will ultimately lean towards the latter, the driver of the Magneti Marelli offered by Mopar/JEGS.com Dodge Dart arrives [...]

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