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NHRA Awards Banquet 2019

November 22, 2019 //  by Horsepower & Heels

Drivers and crew of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series gathered to celebrate their 2019 season ending at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. Drivers traded their fire suits for formal attire for the NHRA Awards Banquet 2019 event. Check out these photos from the Mello Yello carpet!

Erica Enders – Pro Stock

Erica Enders at the 2019 NHRA Banquet with sister Courtney.

Erica Enders (on right) took home the 2019 Pro Stock World Championship, making her a “thrEEtime” champion.

Leah Pritchett – Top Fuel

Leah Pritchett (right) finished the season in the fourth position in points for Top Fuel.

Angie Smith – Pro Stock Motorcycle

Angie Smith and her Elite Motorsports Denso Auto Parts EBR finished the Pro Stock Motorcycle 2019 season eighth in points.

Angelle Sampey – Pro Stock Motorcycle

Angelle Sampey finished the season seventh in points for Pro Stock Motorcycle on her Screamin’ Eagle Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson.

Karen Stoffer – Pro Stock Motorcycle

Karen Stoffer finished the 2019 Pro Stock Motorcycle season fourth in her White Alligator Racing Suzuki.

Megan Meyer – Top Alcohol Dragster

Megan Meyer celebrated winning the 2019 NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster championship.

Category: Heel ClicksTag: Angelle Sampey, Angie Smith, Erica Enders, Karen Stoffer, Leah Pritchett, Megan Meyer, NHRA

Victory Motorcycle driver Angie Smith eager to return

December 14, 2015 //  by Horsepower & Heels

Victory Motorcycle driver Angie Smith ready for 2016Victory Motorcycle driver Angie Smith is eager to return to NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle competition in 2016.   The husband-wife power team of Angie and Matt Smith introduced the Victory Motorcycle brand to the NHRA Mellow Yellow drag racing series competition this season, after Victory began looking for a way to get into the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle class in late 2014.   They met with a handful of teams before settling on the championship-winning pair.

Tough transition for Victory Motorcycle driver Angie Smith

But pioneering a new build and combination isn’t without its difficulties and challenges, as the team worked hard to develop the new Victory Pro Stock Motorcycle program.    Angie struggled early in the season with the aerodynamics of the new smaller fairing on the Victory race-prototypes.   At one of the first test sessions with the new bike, the team discovered that the Victory’s smaller fairing proVictory Motorcycle Angie Smith duced much higher wind resistance, with Angie’s hand actually blowing off the handlebars on one of her early runs, overpowering her slight build.  She kept control and stayed on the bike, but her confidence suffered.

An NHRA-approved midseason adjustment to the bodywork alleviated some of the wind resistance that the team was fighting, also helping to put the Victory more on par to the other manufacturers in the class in performance and speed.

“It took a while to get my confidence back,” she said. “But toward the end of the season, I was doing a lot better. I think in 2016 we’re going to be really, really good.”

As the season progressed, so did the confidence of Angie Smith.    She began the season at the bottom of the Pro Stock Motorcycle ladder, with a DNQ at the 4-wide Nationals and 7 total #16 qualifying starts.    But midseason, during the Western swing, their tireless efforts would begin to turn around, netting her a #11 qualified position for the Bandimere event and a season-best #8 effort in Maple Grove.

We are 100 percent behind this deal,” Angie said. “There’s no 9-to-5, 40-hour work week. We’ve been putting in all of out time to make this program better because we want to make Victory happy and we want to be happy as racers. We want this partnership with Victory Motorcycles to last a lifetime. We want to get as many people as we can riding Victory Motorcycles. The best way to do that is win because that shows everyone how great these motorcycles are.”

Though she encountered a rocky start in 2015, Smith is no novice to the Pro Stock Motorcycle ranks.   Angie is one of just 15 women in NHRA’s 64-year history to claim a national event trophy, and her crew chief/husband Matt says she will be adding to her career total in 2016.

She’s come a long way over the last couple of years,” he said. “The 2015 season was kind of a setback for her, mainly because of how the wind affects her on the Victory. She’ll be a lot better in 2016. We’ve just got to get her some more laps. She’ll be good next year.”

Category: Women in Racing NewsTag: Angie Smith, Drag Racing, NHRA, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Women Racing

Ladies of NHRA Red Carpet 2015

November 17, 2015 //  by Horsepower & Heels

It’s the end of the season, and that means the annual 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Awards Ceremony has arrived!   All of our favorite stars of the NHRA series gathered Monday after the finals in Pomona to Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Vineland for a year-end banquet and the crowning of the 2015 champions.   This formal event is always a crowd favorite, because we get the rare chance to see our favorite personalities outside their fire suits and crew uniforms, dressed to the nine in formal attire.

For 2015, the ladies didn’t disappoint, hitting the NHRA Red Carpet all looking stunning.   Check out their red carpet fashion below!

Ladies of NHRA Red Carpet 2015

Leah Pritchett and Angie Smith on NHRA Red Carpet
Top Fuel’s Leah Pritchett and Pro Stock Bike’s Angie Smith

Erica Enders on NHRA Red Carpet
Pro Stock World Champion Erica Enders

Courtney Force and Graham Rahal on NHRA Red Carpet
Funny Car driver Courtney Force and fiance, open wheel driver Graham Rahal

Angie Smith Karen Stoffer on NHRA Red Carpet
Pro Stock Bike’s Karen Stoffer and Angie Smith

Brittany and Courtney Force on NHRA Red Carpet
Top Fuel driver Brittany Force with sister Courtney.

Alexis DeJoria Jesse James on NHRA Red Carpet
Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria, husband Jesse James, and sister.

Jenna Haddock at the NHRA Red Carpet year end banquet
Top Fuel driver Jenna Haddock and husband Terry

WHO WORE IT BEST? Ladies of NHRA Red Carpet – Vote in Comments below!

Video: Awards Ceremony    |  Last year’s Ladies of NHRA 2014 Red Carpet Album 

Category: Featured, Heel ClicksTag: Alexis DeJoria, Angie Smith, Brittany Force, Courtney Force, Drag Racing, Erica Enders, Karen Stoffer, Leah Pritchett, NHRA, Women Racing

Ladies of NHRA on the Red Carpet

November 19, 2014 //  by Horsepower & Heels

Its always nice to see my favorite ladies of NHRA on the red carpet for the annual NHRA Year-End Banquet and Awards Ceremony.    We don’t get enough chances to see them outside their fire suits or sponsor crew uniforms.   But make no mistake, these ladies are as fashion-forward as they come!    They all look absolutely stunning in their formal attire.  Safe to say, all of these ladies are my #WCW #WomanCrushWednesday

Ladies of NHRA on the Red Carpet 2014

Leah Pritchett at the NHRA Banquet
Leah Pritchett and husband Gary

Courtney Force at NHRA Banquet
Courtney Force and boyfriend Graham Rahal

Erica Enders Stevens at NHRA Banquet
Erica Enders-Stevens and husband Richie

Brittany Force at NHRA Banquet
Brittany Force and friend

Angie Smith at NHRA Banquet
Angie Smith and husband Matt

Video of the Mello Yellow Awards Ceremony

Photos: NHRA

Let’s hear your comments:   Who wore it best?

Category: Women in Racing NewsTag: Angie Smith, Brittany Force, Courtney Force, Erica Enders, Leah Pritchett, NHRA, Women Racing

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