Erica Enders’ hopes of a third straight NHRA Pro Stock championship took a big hit when she failed to qualify for Sunday’s four rounds of eliminations of the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway in suburban Charlotte. It’s a far different situation than what Enders did in this race last year, when she went all the way to victory lane. Saturday’s DNQ marks the first time she has failed to reach the final eliminations since the 2010 season-ending event at Pomona, California. “It’s no secret, this year has been a struggle for us,” Enders said in a media release. “Someone just asked me how you bounce back from something like this and I said it’s with the best guys in the world, and that’s what
The changes on Austin Dillon’s pit crew for the playoffs might have seemed relatively inconsequential and minor: a new rear-tire carrier and jackman. For the Richard Childress Racing driver, who lives 5 minutes from the team’s headquarters, these aren’t nameless faces but close friends. “I’m in that pit department probably more than I am anywhere in the shop.” Dillon said during an episode of the NASCAR on NBC podcast released Thursday.
While he’ll miss the remainder of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season recovering from concussion-like symptoms, Dale Earnhardt Jr. still has to feed his need for speed – and he did Friday. Earnhardt was an interested observer during the first of two days of qualifying for the NHRA’s Carolina Nationals drag race at zMAX Dragway, across the street from a place Earnhardt is more familiar with: Charlotte Motor Speedway. Needless to say, and no matter how he tried to just blend in, Earnhardt obviously drew a lot of attention.
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