![]() But for me, she's just somebody else in the other lane, and she's a good driver. "I'm not sure if they'll gun for her more than usual, but as the lone female in the sport, she gets a lot of attention for that, of course. "There will be no way to overlook her, that's for sure," Line said. Jason Line, a two-time NHRA season champion who finished runner-up to Enders-Stevens last year in Pro Stock points, chuckled when asked about that target. "We'll have a huge target on our backs, and that's fine with us," Enders-Stevens said. Sixteen other Pro Stock teams are scheduled to compete in the Circle K Winternationals this weekend, and every single member of every single one of those teams will be throwing every single thing each person has at last year's champion. And, yes, Enders-Stevens will be there with the goal of making more history by going back-to-back in one of the NHRA's three major divisions for race cars. The new season will launch this weekend at the same Auto Club Speedway where it ended last autumn. On the eve of the start of the 2015 NHRA season, Enders-Stevens - vocal cords apparently still being lubricated by 10-week-old excitement - vented a stream-of-consciousness update on making - and enhancing - drag racing history. "I know I'm rambling on," she said, "but yes, my dream came true." They proved that when it comes to money in racing, how much you have is not as important as how you spend it.Īnd most importantly for Enders-Stevens, she and Elite proved that dream power is as important as horsepower when heading down a quarter-mile drag strip. She and her one-car Elite Motorsports team proved that small can be big. I lifted it up over my head."Įnders-Stevens, just 31 years old but with 10 years of professional drag racing experience behind her on the day she beat the boys to win the trophy, proved a lot of people wrong in 2014. ![]() "So of course at that point, I had to prove them wrong. "The NHRA guys told me, 'You can pose with it, but you won't be able to lift it up,'" she said. Yes, to celebrate, but also for another reason. Having just become the first woman in NHRA drag racing history to win a championship in the ultracompetitive Pro Stock division, Erica Enders-Stevens had one final told-you-so to perform as she stood in Victory Lane at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California, in November.Įnders-Stevens - clad in the leather jacket, white ball cap and lottery-winner's smile that go along with being an NHRA champion - grabbed the massive Pro Stock year-end trophy with both hands, and she clean and jerked it over her head. With One Championship In Hand, Erica Enders-Stevens Eyes More You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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