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Shoutout Heard ‘ Round the World
Eric Trump visit , President Trump tweet add to Elite Motorsports ’ winning weekend at U . S . Nationals
BY JOSH HACHAT
The bulk of the hundreds of congratulatory texts sent to Erica Enders ’ phone after her U . S . Nationals win had already come in .
But by the next evening , the reigning Pro Stock world champion ’ s phone again started to go wild , this time with a whole new round of congratulations .
They came in droves and in response to Enders getting a personal shout out from President Donald Trump on Twitter . It was on top of a tweet from his son , Eric , who attended the U . S . Nationals and praised Enders on her thrilling victory .
The President followed with a message of , “ Congratulations Erica . Fantastic WIN ,” leaving the three-time world champ blown away by the personal message from the President of the United States of America .
“ It ’ s still kind of surreal ,” Enders says . “ My phone started blowing up and my sister [ Courtney ] sent me a screenshot , and I didn ’ t know what to think .
“ We ’ ve accomplished an awful lot as a team
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