ABOUT ERICA

Six-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders is the winningest professional female driver in all of motorsports history and one of the most decorated drag racers of all time. En route to her sixth world title in 2023, Enders would pick up her 47th professional career victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, making her the winningest professional female driver in motorsports. Enders would finish the season with four wins and five No. 1 qualifying positions helping her to earn her second consecutive Pro Stock championship and fourth in five years.

Enders began her drag racing career with eight years of competition in Jr. Dragsters where she collected 37 wins and was named Jr. Dragster Driver of the Year in 1995. Her success, along with sister Courtney, inspired the Disney Channel Original Movie, “Right on Track” that debuted in 2003 with Beverly Mitchell and Academy Award Winner Brie Larson portraying the Enders sisters.

At age 16, Enders began racing in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series becoming the Sportsman Rookie of the Year in 2000 and in 2004 won her first national event title in Super Gas before moving into the professional ranks in 2005.

Enders made history in her rookie season becoming the first female to reach a final round in Pro Stock. She broke through for her first professional win in 2012 finishing the season with a total of four for a fourth place points finish. In 2014, Enders joined Elite Motorsports and etched her name in the record books once again earning the first world championship for a female in the category. Enders would win a second consecutive championship in 2015 before powering her way to her third and fourth championships in 2019 and 2020.

Enders had a career best year in 2022 with 10 national event victories and six No. 1 qualifying positions. She also ran her quickest elapsed time, a 6.450-second pass, at Gainesville Raceway in the Gatornationals to hold both ends of the Pro Stock national records. She ran the speed national record of 215.55 mph in 2014 at Englishtown Raceway in New Jersey.

Enders is anything but a hired driver. She not only takes a hands-on approach to the engineering of her finely tuned Pro Stock machine but also contributes to the entire Elite Motorsports fleet of Pro Stock cars. She takes her unofficial job of role model seriously too. She can be seen watching Jr. Dragster competition, speaking with young fans, taking photos and signing autographs all in an effort to fuel their dreams.

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