With major assistance from her team, Enders can just get in the car, shut the door, and focus. To have a season like we had is remarkable.” “Not taking anything from those other teams, but to be with a group of people that have your back and believe in you and teach you and coach you and make you better makes my job easier. “And from the time I walked in the door at Elite Motorsports, it was just a different atmosphere than any other team I had driven for. “People are the most important part of the puzzle, and team chemistry is something you cannot buy, you cannot create. and Aaron Stanfield finished third and fourth, respectively, in the final standings. Her Elite Performance teammates Troy Coughlin Jr. With 2,823 points, Enders finished 242 with more than Anderson. She joins Jeg Coughlin, Greg Anderson, Warren Johnson and Bob Glidden, who has a record 10 titles.Įlite Motorsports and its multi-car operation was a juggernaut in Pro Stock, making Enders only the third driver in the category with double-digit wins in a season, joining Anderson and Darrell Alderman. This one was very gratifying.”Įven better than the championship in 2015, when Enders’ team won nine of 24 races, also clinching that year in the season's penultimate event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.ĭriver of the Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, Enders, 39, has secured 43 win lights in her class and is one of five drivers to have won five or more Pro Stock season championships in the 71-year history of the category. “Having all the points taken away and still be able to crush them like we did speaks volumes for our team. “To do it this year was incredible, because the competition is stout. “Best race year for us,” said Enders, who doubled her preseason goal of winning five national events in completing her 18th Pro Stock season. She clinched the title in the next-to-last race of the season, a semifinal win in Las Vegas in early November. The Houston resident and her Elite Motorsports team won 10 of 19 races this year, reaching 13 final rounds in the Camping World Drag Racing Series, and came out on top following the six-race Countdown to the Championship, when points are reset. In winning her fifth NHRA Pro Stock championship, Enders was dominant on the racetrack. However, she'd never had a year like 2022. Show More Show LessĮrica Enders has put together numerous special seasons on the NHRA circuit. Show More Show Less 3 of3Īfter securing her 2022 Pro Stock championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in early November, Erica Enders celebrates with her Elite Motorsports team. Show More Show Less 2 of3Įrica Enders' 2022 Pro Stock title follows those she won in 2014, 2015, 20. 1 of3 In the 71st year of NHRA Pro Stock competition, Erica Enders became the fifth driver with at least five career championships.
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