CHEVROLET RACING IN NATIONAL HOT ROD ASSOCIATION AT INDY : Pre-race Advance & Driver Quotes

CHEVROLET AT INDIANAPOLIS What: E Spark Plugs NHRA NationalsWhen: July 11-12, 2020Where: Lucas Oil Raceway in IndianapolisTV: NHRAonFOX Schedule (all times ET)Qualifying / Saturday – 4:30-6 PM ET / FS1Qualifying / Saturday – 8-9 PM ET / FS2=1Finals / Sunday – 12-2:30 PM ET / FOX
Chevrolet Ready to Shine in Pro Stock at Indy
Detroit (July 9,2020) For the first time in four months, Chevrolet in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) will return to competition at Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, Indiana.
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, racing was halted just as teams were ready to go for the annual Gatornationals at Gainesville. Now the NHRA has defined safety protocols to bring fans back to the track to enjoy the sites and sounds that is NHRA.  Five-time Pro Stock champion Jeg Coughlin Jr., who has been low qualifier in both races thus far this season (Pomona and Phoenix) and visited the winner’s stage at Auto Club Raceway, will make his 450th career start. Coughlin, driving the JEGS.com/Elite Motorsports Camaro SS, is second to teammate and reigning champion Erica Enders in the standings. 
Enders, three-time and defending NHRA Pro Stock champion, heads into the first of back-to-back races at Lucas Oil Raceway leading the point. The Pro Stock winner at Arizona Nationals, Enders is continuing her march to winning another Championship. 
Sitting third in the standings is Summit KB Racings Jason Line. Line, three-time NHRA Pro Stock champion, Line will pick up his quest for one more title before stepping out of the cockpit at the end of the season.
Perennial fan favorite Greg Anderson, four-time Pro Stock champion, heads to Indy determined to climb back to the top of the standings. Anderson sits at 94 victories, just three wins behind his mentor Warren Johnson, the all-time event winner. 
For the first time since 2007, the series will not include the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. The championship will be decided based on a season-long points tally.
Races for the remainder of the season, except the U.S. Nationals on Labor Day Weekend, will be two-day events, with two rounds of qualifying on Saturday to set the field for Sunday eliminations.CHEVROLET FROM THE COCKPITPRO STOCK:
BO BUTNER, JIM BUTNER AUTO, JIM BUTNER AUTO SALES CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “We’re going out there this weekend to win the race, and our plan is to run for the championship. Once we get going, it’s going to be a whirlwind of a season, and I know KB Racing has been nonstop getting all of our cars ready for it. I look for us to be stronger than ever.”
GREG ANDERSON, KB RACING, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “”This time off has almost been like a second off-season. All of the KB Racing cars ran well in Orlando [at the World Doorslammer Nationals in February, where Anderson was runner-up at the non NHRA-sanctioned event], and we definitely turned the ship around after a rough start to the season. We’ve done a lot of work since then, the dyno has been running almost nonstop, and we really feel like we can compete again. We’ll be ready by the time we fire up at Indy. I think things are going to look a whole lot better for the entire KB Racing team.”
JASON LINE, KB RACING, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “This is probably the longest I’ve been out of a racecar since 1990, and we’re ready to go. It’s still going to be my last year in the car, and my goal now is the same as it was in the beginning – to do the best I can for Summit Racing Equipment and our team owner, Ken Black. What we do now, both on and off the track, is what will make KB Racing successful in the future.”
ERICA ENDERS, ELITE MOTORSPORTS,  MELLING PERFORMANCE/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS:“This is the longest anybody has been out of a cockpit including off season time, so this is chartered territory but we are all in the same boat. In a way it feels like a fresh start to a season, having said that, Jeg and I won the first two events of the year, along with the Doorslammer nationals, so our plan is to continue that trend. Just because we haven’t been on track, doesn’t mean we haven’t been hard at work. Lot has been going on with engine development program, and we were finally able to do some on track testing in Tulsa last week. It went really well and we Cale to Indy a few days early to get a handle on the racetrack, and we should be locked in loaded. It’s always exciting to get back into one of these high horsepower Chevy Camaros… given the length of time since i last dropped the clutch in competition.” 
JEG COUGHLIN JR., ELITE MOTORSPORTS, JEGS.COM/ELITE PERFORMANCE CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “I’m excited to get back to racing, and I’m sure everyone else is as well. Although we haven’t been competing professionally, the Elite team hasn’t rested and with as much prep time as we’ve had since the last pro race, shame on us if we’re not completely ready for this restart. I’m actually very confident in what we’ll be able to do. We had a great run going before the COVID pandemic, dating back into last season, with a strong run of wins and final-round appearances, and although it’s been nearly 140 days, we should still be right at the top of the charts.”