ERICA ENDERS -- INDIANAPOLIS PREVIEW
(http://www.moparspeed.com/) (http://www.moparspeed.com/) ERICA ENDERS DON SCHUMACHER RACING DODGE STRATUS R/T _WWW.MOPARSPEED.COM_ (http://www.moparspeed.com/) _WWW.SHOERACING.COM_ (http://www.shoeracing.com/) (http://www.moparspeed.com/) TRACK STATS… 52ND ANNUAL MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS/O’REILLY RACEWAY PARK * Finished 11th at O’Reilly Raceway Park in 2005, was defeated by Rickie Smith in the first round. * Enters this weekend’s event ranked 13th in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Series points race. PRE-EVENT QUOTE… Erica Enders On her second career U.S. Nationals as a professional: "Indy is a lot of fun, and it's a really long race since it is spread out over four days. You really have to focus." "I'm excited to participate there as a member of Don Schumacher Racing and under the Mopar umbrella. It's going to be really neat to see all of their fans that come out for the U.S. Nationals." On Performance: "Goals are always high. We've been struggling a little bit, but the team has been testing in Indy this week, and we seem to have some of our problems solved." "They have picked up three-mph and a couple hundredths (of a second) in the testing that they have done the past couple days. That is huge in Pro Stock, with how competitive this class is. It's very exciting, and it gives us a lot of confidence heading into the race." 2006 STAT TRACKS… * Has made one semi-final round appearance in 2006. * Has made five quarterfinal and five first round appearances. * Earned No. 1 qualifier honors at Heartland Park Topeka in May. * Won/Loss Record for 2006 stands at 10/12. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS… * Has made three semi-finals, six quarterfinal and 14 first round appearances to date. * Enders has earned one No. 1 qualifier positions in her career. * Won/Loss record stands at 18/25 entering the Indianapolis event. TV SCHEDULE… ESPN2 Schedule Sept. 2 11:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Qualifying Sept. 3 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Qualifying Sept. 3 11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. Qualifying Sept. 4 12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Eliminations Sept. 4 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Eliminations Sept. 7 3:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m. Repeat Eliminations POST-EVENT RECAP… * Post event information can be found at _www.moparspeed.com_ (http://www.moparspeed.com/) after each event. The weekly e-zine is updated each Monday with all the latest news about Team Mopar and Erica Enders. MEDIA CONTACT… Misha Geisert J.R. Thompson Company/Mopar 317-432-4110 Cellular _MoparPR@aol.com_ (mailto:MoparPR@aol.com) AT-TRACK CONTACT… Will Truitt Don Schumacher Racing 317-340-8866 Cellular _willtruitt@earthlink.net_ (mailto:willtruitt@earthlink.net) PHOTO REQUESTS… Darren Jacobs J.R. Thompson Company/Mopar 248-553-4566 Phone _djacobs@jrthompson.com_ (mailto:djacobs@jrthompson.com)