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Troy Coughlin Jr. remembers the moment the phone call came in. He was a sixth grader, and on the other end of the cell phone, some twenty years or so ago, was his Uncle Jeggie Coughlin. It was the closest technology had to Facetime. Coughlin's father was in the final round against Mark Whisnant, and those unforgettable words came through the phone's speaker. "He won!""Anytime you win at the same track as your father, it's extremely memorable," Coughlin said. More memorable were the three laps th …

The final round in Extreme Pro Stock was a rematch of the 2021 final round, with JR Carr taking on 2020 world champion and defending ProStars champion Johnny Pluchino. This time, Carr was the one hoisting the trophy after posting a 4.061 in his Frank Gugliotta-tuned F5 Motorsports ’20 Camaro. Pluchino lifted to a 5.236 at 96.15 in the runner-up effort.“I wanted this so bad,” Carr said. “Last year, I lost in the final round to Johnny. We evened out pretty nice. I’m happy. Everybody is tough here. …

There have been plenty of valleys in the 2022 NHRA Pro Stock season.However, through hard work Troy Coughlin Jr. and his Elite Motorsports finally reached a peak on Sunday.Coughlin, a superstar Sportsman racer, finally grabbed his inaugural NHRA Pro Stock victory beating his teammate Erica Enders in the finals of the FlavR-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals near Seattle.Coughlin clocked a 6.638-second elapsed time at 208.68 to edge Enders, who had a 6.644-second elapsed time at 209.17 mph.“First I hav …

Erica Enders is an NHRA Pro Stock star. She has four world championships as proof.And Sunday she checked something else off her bucket list.or the first time in her decorated career, she won the Denso Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals.Enders used a holeshot to beat her rival, Greg Anderson.Enders, driving an Elite Motorsports Camaro, clocked a slower 6.574-second elapsed time at 196.62 mph to Anderson’s 6.565-second lap at 208.01 mph.The difference was at the starting line.Enders had an .018 reaction ti …

A naked chassis that is constructed out of a pile of raw tubing is a work of art that any racer can appreciate. There are plenty of choices out there when it comes to what body to hang on the chassis, but no matter which one is selected, it still needs to be mounted. Quarter-Max has created a full line of body mounting hardware that makes the process much easier to complete.  Underneath tube chassis or other vehicles that have body structure removed, you’ll find various body mounting p …