The Female Racer of the Year category received 58 nominations and 583 votes for the Horsepower & Heels Women of the Year Awards. This category had an early front-runner, with a few solid challengers through out, but was able to hold strong until the close.
2015 Female Racer of the Year – Erica Enders
Horsepower & Heels is proud to announce the winner of the 2015 Women of the Year Female Racer category – NHRA Pro Stock World Champion, Erica Enders!
It’s hard to argue what a monumental season Erica Enders had in 2015. Fresh off her first NHRA World Championship title in 2014, she went on to reset many records with nine event wins in Pro Stock, cinching her back-to-back Pro Stock World Championship in Vegas with lethal reaction times and consecutive hole-shot victories.
She’s announce a new major sponsor for 2016, and hopes to defend her dominant reign in Pro Stock for the upcoming season.
Runner Up – Janette Thornley
NHRA Harley Davidson Pro Fuel World Champion, Janette Thornley was your Female Racer of the Year Runner-Up for the 2015 Horsepower & Heels Women of the Year Awards.
Female Racer of the Year Nominees
- Haley James
- Kayli Barker
- Heather Carter
- Leah Pritchett
- Elaine Larsen
- Jamie Elrod
- Michele Abbate
- Emily Shapiro
- Kathy Fisher
- Melanie Salemi
Alexis DeJoria- Audrey Worm
- Amy Tate
- Jenna Haddock
- Lizzy Musi
- Dina Parise
- Courtney Force
- Kassidy Kreitz
- Hannah Newhouse
- Kendra Adams
- Julie Meehan
- Nellie Kitterman
- Katherine Legge
- Kennady Jones
- Jennifer Cleminson
- Bridgett Davis
- Mirinda Miles
- Sara Price
- Valerie Clements
- Rhiannon Allison
- Jennifer Rice Brooke
- Madelyn Marconi
- Leilani Tindall
- Cassie Simonton
- Madyson Mulligan
- Kenzie Ruston
- Tiana Berkeley
- Amy Ruman
- Jean Price
- Mia Tedesco
- Alex Taylor
- Sandra Carter Beal
- Gabrielle McDonald
- Becca Monopoli
- Samira Rached
- Cassie Gannis
- Karen Stoffer
- Michelle Furr
- McKenna Haase
- Brittany Force
- Danica Patrick
- Christine Nielsen
- Maddy Ryan
- Kristin Casey
- Michelle Martel
- Jenny Tinmouth
Female Crewmember of the Year 2015
There isn’t a more passionate racer then Janette Thorney Foss. So proud of how she never gives up