If Erica Enders can find her way to world championship No. 7 – she won her first six in 2014-15, 2019-20, and 2022-23 – she would trail only the late Bob Glidden for most Pro Stock titles. Glidden won 10 in 1974-75, 1978-80, and 1985-89.   

“It definitely would mean a lot to me,” Enders said. “I try not to get ahead of myself, by any means, and I'm so very proud of what we've accomplished up to this point. But I believe, and I know a lot of other people believe, that we're nowhere near being done yet. I'm excited about what's to come. We certainly haven't had the season leading up to this point that we had hoped for, but I did, however, get to achieve that one goal of winning the Gatornationals, which had eluded us for 21 seasons. That was a high point of our season, and now that we get into the thick of things with Indy being points and a half and then heading into the Countdown … it's usually the time that we shine.

“When my guys are against the wall, they perform, and I thrive on the pressure. We're going to put our heads down and go to work and do the best we can like we always do. And if that includes the seventh world title, if that's in the good Lord's plans, then we'll be grateful and humbled to have it. But it's going to take a lot of work. The competition's thick, but again, my money's on us.”

Enders is the winningest female driver in motorsports history.

And Enders acknowledged the talk of her competing in a Top Fuel dragster sooner rather than later is not fake news.

“It's definitely something that we've been working on behind the scenes,” Enders said. “Richard (Freeman, Elite Motorsports owner) kind of opened his mouth on WFO Joe's show a few weeks ago. There's planning going on behind the scenes. I went to the chassis shop and got fitted when we got to Indy on (Aug. 29). Things are moving in that direction. Again, I'll harp on it, but we're not going to do it unless we can do it right, with the right funding and the right group of people. Because in that class, you get into a totally different arena where you have to have a crew chief, and it is a crew chief's game. Without the right people in place, we absolutely will not explore it. Until all of those things align, I guess in a sense it is on the back burner, but we are working towards that. And I'm going to do some stuff, an alcohol car.”

Yes, you heard that right. Enders plans on making some laps in a Top Alcohol Dragster in the near future.

“This season I'm just going to go make some laps and get reacquainted with going that fast,” Enders said, adding that a Funny Car would've been her first choice.

“I want to back up and say, again, we're not 100% in until everything falls into place, but we're going to keep putting one foot in front of the other as if that's the plan. We'll see what happens.”