LEAH PRUETT & ERICA ENDERS Ready for Desert Showdown at Arizona Nationals

February 20, 2026

• LEAH PRUETT is back to challenge the Top Fuel heavyweights at Phoenix, where defending champ Doug Kalitta and his teammate Shawn Langdon dominated last season. With Tony Stewart fresh off his 2025 regular-season championship and veterans like Tony Schumacher looking to reclaim glory, PRUETT has her work cut out for her in what promises to be a loaded field.
• Six-time Pro Stock champion ERICA ENDERS headlines the Elite Motorsports squad ready to take down the KB Titan Racing juggernaut of Greg Anderson and Dallas Glenn. Anderson won at Phoenix last year while Glenn claimed the world title with eight victories, but ENDERS and her Elite teammates Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Aaron Stanfield aren’t backing down from the challenge.
• The March 20-22 race at Firebird Motorsports Park kicks off as the second event of NHRA’s 75th anniversary season, complete with commemorative tickets, rally towels, and appearances from four-time champion Don Prudhomme. Both PRUETT and ENDERS will be gunning for those special Diamond Wally trophies as they look to make early-season statements in the desert.

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