Nationals final rounds as she fell in the finals in 2012 to Dave Connolly and 2019 to Alex Laughlin, when after she had a huge lead, suffered a mechanical issue. I don’t really know why they don’t do it.”Įnders has a 3-2 record in U.S. I’m a bigger girl and I guess that’s why these little girls don’t do it. It is hard to shift, it is hard to push the clutch in. It is a tough car to drive and not for the faint at heart or the weak. “It is a tremendously hard car to drive, and it is extremely humbling and frustrating and there are days I pull my hair out and I want to say I’m retiring. There were a lot of greats before me and we definitely have a long way to go, but I don’t think about that (women following in her footsteps).
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You get all these records because I’m a female, but my goal is to be the best Pro Stock driver, period. It is definitely something to talk about because I am the only one and I have been the only one, the first one to win a championship, the first won to win a round when I beat Rickie Smith back in Reading (Pa.) in 2005. “I don’t care,” said Enders when asked if it bothered her that more women haven’t followed her lead into Pro Stock.
Nationals: Shirley Muldowney in Top Fuel (1982) Angelle Sampey in Pro Stock Motorcycle (2001-2002) Ashley Force Hood (2009-2010), Alexis DeJoria (2014) in Funny Car, and Enders in Pro Stock (20-21).Įverything Enders accomplishes in NHRA Pro Stock sets another record for women in the class – but that’s not why she competes. Nationals – in a Pro class – three times. Her first came in 2015 when she beat Drew Skillman in the finals.Įnders is the first woman to win the U.S. Nationals and second in a row as she beat Matt Hartford in the 2020 finals. This was Enders’ 32nd career Pro Stock national event win and her third at the U.S. My Elite Motorsports and Melling Performance team, they are bad to the bone, and I could not be prouder.”
“My team, man, I talk about them all the time, but Mark Ingersoll (Enders’ crew chief), he has all the confidence in the world in his voice and he told me that right lane don’t mean nothin’, we’re going to get right down through there and kick them right in the a** and we did that. Everybody talks about it, and it is hard to explain to people what it means to us. We were runner-up as I went red in the finals. “As a kid, I raced here in 1994 as a 9-year-old at the inaugural Junior Drag Racing League Nationals. “This is a dream come true,” Enders said. The difference was at the starting line as Enders has a. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis.Įnders won the Big Go for the third time in her career Sunday on a holeshot over Kyle Koretsky.Įnders clocked a 6.626-second elapsed time at 206.01 mph, while Koretsky had a quicker 6.613-second elapsed time at 206.35 mph. Now, she’s becoming a legend on the sport’s biggest stage – the U.S. NATIONALS FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW - Erica Enders has established greatness in NHRA’s Pro Stock class, winning four world championships in 2014-20. REIGNING PRO STOCK WORLD CHAMP ERICA ENDERS WINS U.S.