CHEVROLET AT GAINESVILLE What: Amalie Motor Oil NHRA GatornationalsWhen: Saturday, Sept. 26 – Sunday, Sept. 27Where: Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, FloridaTV: FS1 will telecast qualifying from 5-7 p.m. ET Saturday and eliminations Sunday from 2-5 p.m. ET.  
Chevrolet Pro Stock Drivers in Tight Race at the Top Heading to Gainesville Enders’ win at U.S. Nationals propels defending champ ahead of Coughlin and Line  DETROIT (Sept. 24, 2020) – The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to the site of the first event cancelled due to COVID-19 back in March, the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.  The event, which was originally scheduled for March 12-15, will be contested with the major portion of the schedule including the Pro Stock division this weekend.  Following her win at the U.S. Nationals earlier this month, reigning Pro Stock champion Erica Enders is looking for more success from her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro race team. The win in Indy was her second of the season, which matches her win total from all of 2019 when she took home her third Pro Stock title. “Our win at Indy was monumental, especially considering how close we were to sealing the deal last year,” said Enders. “We have a great Chevy Camaro right now and I’m driving well, which should be a mean combination in Gainesville.” Hovering just behind Enders in the standings are two multi-Pro Stock champions who are racing in their final full-time Pro Stock season. Enders’ Elite Motorsports teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr., also a two-time winner this season and driver of the Jegs.com Chevrolet Camaro, sits just seven points behind heading into the “Gatornationals. Coughlin posted his career-best elapsed time of 6.484 seconds and career-best speed (214.62 mph) at Gainesville in 2014. Coughlin is a two-time winner in Gainesville and a five-time Pro Stock champion.  Three-time Pro Stock champion, Jason Line is 11 points behind Enders. Line, driver of the Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro, is tied with KB Racing teammate Greg Anderson for four wins at the Gatornationals.    FOX Sports 1 will telecast eliminations from 2-5 p.m. ET Sunday, Sept. 27.
CHEVROLET FROM THE COCKPIT
PRO STOCK:
ERICA ENDERS, ELITE MOTORSPORTS, MELLING PERFORMANCE/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS (2019 champion; winner at Phoenix; first in standings): “Our win at Indy was monumental especially considering how close we were to sealing the deal last year. We have a great Chevy Camaro right now and I’m driving well, which should be a mean combination in Gainesville. I look forward to finishing this crazy year really strong. We have five events left and like I always say, my money is on us.”
JASON LINE, KB RACING, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “The good news from the last race is that my Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro is back to healthy, and that’s a good feeling going into Gainesville. After a full schedule at the U.S. Nationals, we’re back to two qualifying sessions at this one, and I actually kind of like that. I seem to do better at two-day races. Gainesville has a cool history, and it’s been pretty good to me. I’m a big fan of anywhere you can run fast, and we’ve been able to run fast there in the past. This time is a little different because we’re going there in September, but it’ll be my last time racing there in Pro Stock, so I’d like to do well.” 
GREG ANDERSON, KB RACING, SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT CHEVROLET CAMARO SS: “This weekend will be different; we’ve gotten kind of used to racing Indy. But I think our Summit Racing Chevy Camaros are ready to run no matter where we go. We can run fast – it’s just a matter of maintaining the focus on Sunday. We need to do a better job of driving and adapting to the racetrack on race day. We’ve made a lot of strides in the last three or four months, both engine wise and car wise, and we’ve got fast racecars – but you still have to do it right every time you go out there. You can’t make a mistake. We have to clean up those mistakes, and we’ll be winning races again. We’re close, we’re very close. We just have to put it all together.” 
JEG COUGHLIN JR., ELITE MOTORSPORTS, JEGS.COM/ELITE MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET CAMARO SS “There’s certainly a lot of exciting things going on. We are looking to rebound from a U.S. Nationals where things didn’t go as planned and after some pretty extensive testing in Tulsa (Okla.) we feel as though we’re back to where we’ve been all season. The Gators is a marque event and it’s the perfect place for us to get back to our winning ways. The Universal Studios Florida design makes the car look very stealthy and aggressive. It’s ready for the fight. We had the chance to visit the park in February and it was an amazing experience. From the old school rides we all remember to the modern day experiences with all the latest technology, I didn’t know what I was stepping into. I was completely blown away and can’t wait to get back.”