Yahoo Autos NHRA Champ Erica Enders, Sister Courtney Give NASCAR a Look
Sisters Erica and Courtney Enders recently used an off-NHRA Pro Stock weekend to experience NASCAR at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill.
“We were welcomed with open arms,” said Erica Enders, NHRA’s five-time Pro Stock champion who had VIP passes for the weekend. “It was really neat to see Kenny Wallace, Clint Bowyer and Rusty (Wallace) and all these people that just walked up to me and Courtney and knew who we were and asked how our stuffs going.”
At one point the duo decided to check-out the fan experience behind the grandstand to compare it to the NHRA’s midway. Erica even shopped at the merchandise trailers to determine how she could “up my game.”
“It was definitely a learning experience in all aspects,” Enders said. “People that say NASCAR is silly, they just need to go to a race because it was really impressive. We bought like 300 neon shirts that Courtney and I saw on Instagram that we really wanted. Then we went to the Heritage trailer. We wanted to buy like ‘Raise Hell, Praise Dale (Earnhardt)’ shirts. Courtney loved Jeff Gordon growing up so we were looking for really cool 24 gear. We had a blast.
“I was like, ‘Man! Why didn’t I choose to go turn left?!’”
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NHRA Top Fuel competitor Leah Pruett secured her first No. 1 qualifier position of the season at Bristol Dragway during the Thunder Valley Nationals, but the weekend came close to starting in a more disastrous fashion.
