New York, NY – September 22, 2005 – NHRA Pro Stock Drag Racer Erica Enders has made her mark on the NHRA numerous amounts of times. This time it is a bit different. Erica Enders has left not just a mark but a gash in the Pro Stock Division of the NHRA with her win in the first round in the TOYO Tires U.S. Nationals. Erica joins Lucinda McFarlin as the only woman to win a round of competition in NHRA's Pro Stock category.

Along with her groundbreaking win, Enders was recently profiled in TIME Magazine with the focus on being a role model to children. You also may have seen her in the #1 viewed TV movie on the Disney Channel about her life called "Right On Track." The movie has been repeated more than 100 times earning viewership in excess of 50 million. Recently 1.5 million kids voted to make the movie “Most Awesome Sports Movie of the Year.” Here are a few major accomplishments Erica has achieved which make her extraordinary:

-Erica Enders is a 21-year old woman who happens to be the youngest and one of 5 women in NHRA history.

-Erica is the first woman to compete in Pro Stock since 1993

-Erica is the only woman to qualify in the top-half of a Pro Stock field (Sonoma, Calif. 2005)

-Erica is the only woman to qualify for a 16-car-field at the U.S. Nationals which is the NHRA’s equivalent to the Indy 500 or Daytona 500. Shirley Shahan qualified for the 32-car field in 1971 at no. 31.

-Erica has now qualified nine times for NHRA Pro Stock Races (all in 2005), more than all the other women who have competed in the category, COMBINED (since 1971).

Enders is also an amazing role model when it comes to her faith. Her inspirational aspect of her life have drawn millions by her association of RIDERS for CHRIST which is where she attends church and fellowships with other “riders.” She has taken her faith and Christianity to help the world of teens as she teaches the message of her faith.