NHRA Pro Stock Legend Erica Enders Lashes Out at Cheetos-Eating Critics

Five-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Erica Enders has deleted her social media apps from her phone.

Enders took that step because “I want to strangle the idiots on the Internet that have no clue what they’re talking about.”

“At the same time, it’s what comes with living in a fishbowl,” Enders continued. “They sit on their couch and eat Cheetos and they watch us race. They think they can be a Monday morning quarterback when we’re doing all that we can.”

Instead of allowing herself to be drawn into social media’s dark side, Enders is relying on a positive mental attitude to turn around her dismal season. It’s something her father, a former positive mental attitude coach, taught her and her sister Courtney.

“We didn’t have to go sit in any seminars,” Enders said. “It was pounded into our heads since we were little kids. So being mentally strong and mentally tough is a huge benefit, but there’s the other side of it where some mornings you wake up and you really have to talk yourself into it.”

After six events this season, the 39-year-old Enders found herself in a position she hadn’t experienced since she was building her career. She possessed no victories and had advanced out of the first round only twice.