Richard Freeman had long thought about potentially fielding a nitro entry in NHRA competition, but it was an unlikely conversation that pushed him into action.It was a few years ago at Pomona that Freeman and his six-time Pro Stock champion, Erica Enders, approached NHRA President Glen Cromwell about her driving...

Leah Pruett checked her watch and noted that in a few hours, it would be time to stop talking and start doing. And what would Pruett be doing? Hitting the throttle of her NHRA Top Fuel dragster for a run in race weekend competition at Gainesville Raceway. For the last...

A new era in NHRA Top Fuel competition is taking shape as three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and NHRA Top Fuel winner Tony Stewart, 12-time Top Fuel event winner Leah Pruett, and Elite Motorsports owner Richard Freeman formally unveiled the next evolution of their partnership: a powerful, business-driven Top Fuel...

Six-time NHRA Pro Stock World Champion Erica Enders shares her journey from a career-defining victory at the Gatornationals to her plans for a comeback in 2025. Speaking at EPARTRADE’s 5th Annual Race Industry Week, Enders opens up about her love for Pro Stock racing, her Elite Motorsports team's challenges, and...

In this edition of EPARTRADE's ‘5 Questions with Racing Industry Executives’, we talk to Mark Melling (pictured above on the left, with Richard Freeman, owner of Elite Motorsports, and driver Erica Enders), the fourth-generation leader of Melling Manufacturing.[Note: The interview was completed and first published before the coronavirus pandemic.]Melling has...

Two-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion Erica Enders, driver of the Elite Motorsports Chevy Camaro, is the K&N Horsepower Challenge Fan Vote winner and will fill the No. 8 starting spot in the Pro Stock bonus event."Our fans have proved, once again, to be the best in all of motorsports,"...

Erica Enders drives the Elite Motorsports Chevy Camaro and claimed her second NHRA Pro Stock world championship with nine victories and 11 final-round appearances during the season. She has 21 career victories, which is the most by any female Pro Stock driver, and is now second on the all-time female...

Top Fuel driver Antron Brown and Pro Stock racer Erica Enders are in position to earn world championship titles Sunday as both drivers raced to No. 1 qualifying positions Saturday at the NHRA Toyota Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tommy Johnson Jr. (Funny Car) and Jerry...

Erica Enders became the winningest female in a single season in NHRA history with her victory in Pro Stock Sunday at the AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals. Richie Crampton (Top Fuel), Del Worsham (Funny Car) and Jerry Savoie (Pro Stock Motorcycle) were also victorious at the 22nd of 24 events...

We've always been gratified that auto racing is one of the few sports where there's no gender divide, and the National Hot Rod Association is on the cutting edge of this "no balls, no problem" philosophy. But it took Erica Enders-Stevens to become the first woman to win the overall...