What an honor.” Erica EndersĪfter turning on the win light that made the championship official, Enders coasted around and lingered inside the car gathering herself for the ensuing celebration. “Going against Chris in the second round, it’s two of my favorite guys to beat in the same day (in Anderson and McGaha), so I was just thrilled for our entire organization. Her reaction time of 0.019 over McGaha’s 0.050 was enough to keep her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro in front with a 6.597 at 209.69 mph to a losing 6.593 at 210.08 mph. McGaha is another rival of Enders, with an equally colorful history of past encounters as well.īut Enders got the last laugh, as she proved deadly on the tree enroute to a holeshot win. With that monumental win behind her, she just had one more round win to clinch a third championship: the quarterfinal match up against Chris McGaha. It was a great drag race.” Erica Enders Securing the championship We went out there and they gave us all they had, and today it ended in our favor. I’ve said it before that I would rather race someone like him first round. I found it bit interesting (the qualifying games), but it is what it is. “It was the race of the year for me, so I couldn’t be more proud. The crowd and her team on the starting line went wild in celebration. In a career-defining round win, Erica defeated Greg Anderson with a 6.570 ET at 210.41 mph, to his losing 6.575 at 210.31 mph. Both thundered down the track side-by-side, but Enders would come up with the win light by a mere 16 inches. They left the line with nearly identical reaction times – Erica with a 0.017 and Anderson a 0.016. Both had previously won in Pomona, Enders in 2014 and Anderson six times previously. The tension could be felt throughout the crowd as the two foes pulled to the starting line. “That guy has hated losing to a girl since the day I first set foot out here and I plan to keep it that way,” Erica Enders, via Critical Round wins in EliminationsĮveryone was talking about the epic first round match up of the NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Not at all intimidated, Enders spoke at the top end following qualifying that she and Anderson have a long history of controversial encounters. ![]() 15 position, in hopes to send Enders home first round and give his Summit Racing teammates a chance at the Championship. In what many viewed as a calculated move, rival Greg Anderson strategically placed himself at the bottom of the qualifying ladder in the No. 1 qualifying spots in the countdown, and has qualified second at the last two races, would again earn the No. The suspense and drama began in qualifying. It was down to the wire for Pro Stock driver, Erica Enders, battling to claim her third NHRA Pro Stock World Championship. The stakes were high coming into the closing race of the NHRA season.
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