NHRA Pro Stock Drivers are Lining Up for K&N Horsepower Challenge

NHRA Pro Stock driver Greg Anderson won the K&N Horsepower Challenge in 2016

Greg Anderson won the K&N Horsepower Challenge last year. Anderson was making his 12th appearance in the K&N Horsepower Challenge and beat teammate Jason Line in the final race with a pass of 12.336 seconds at 89.67 mph.

“It’s so much fun racing this race, you don’t have to worry about points, you don’t have to worry about screwing up or anything; you just go have fun and try to win the big cash,” Anderson said. “Fifty grand is big to us. It’s huge. It’s obviously the biggest payday we can make a year.”

The runner-up receives $10,000. The two semifinalists win $3,000 apiece. The No. 1 qualifier at each NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock event wins an additional $3,000 bonus.

NHRA Pro Stock driver Jason Line was the runner-up in the K&N Horsepower Challenge in 2016

"It's the top eight drivers and cars in the Pro Stock class going after the biggest payday the NHRA offers so it's a very important race to be a part of," Enders said. "We didn't qualify on points because we had a down year performance-wise in 2016 but we're back in our trusted Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro and feel as though, given a chance, we can make a serious run at this race title.”

Enders won the K&N Horsepower Challenge in 2014 and 2015. She was the runner-up in 2013. Anderson won the Pro Stock event at the NHRA Arizona Nationals in February. Enders lost in the first round to Shane Gray.

“My fans have proven to me time and time again to be the best in any sport anywhere. They have always been so supportive of me and I love them so much for always having my back,” Enders said. “It would be huge if everyone takes a moment and goes to vote for me to run this year's race. I won't let them down.”

NHRA Pro Stock driver Erica Enders is a two-time winner in the K&N Horsepower Challenge

In addition to Anderson, Line, and Enders, Chris McGaha, Drew Skillman, Gray, Allen Johnson and Vincent Nobile were in the K&N Horsepower Challenge field last in 2016.

“This class is as strong as it ever was,” Anderson said after winning the NHRA Pro Stock event in Arizona. “We got new blood in the sport, in the class right now. It’s just I think every race I had today was decided by less than a foot. You just don’t get better racing than that. It’s fantastic out there.”

The next event in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals in Florida from March 16-19.