Erica Nocita

Erica started her drag racing career by competing in bracket races with her street car, a 1964 SS Chevelle, racing against the local track heroes. She soon began winning and gaining the respect of "The Boys" she was racing against and not only holding her own but beating some of the best racers around. Erica soon moved up to the point of needing her NHRA competition license so it was off to Pomona and Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School. She licensed in her dad's 1966 big block Nova and began attracting a lot of attention with her skill behind the wheel and consistently quick reaction times. Known as "The Fastest Girl at Irwindale" with and 1/8 mile e.t. of 5.67 @ 120 mph, opportunity knocked when GM Racing approached her to pilot the soon to be released 2005 Chevy Cobalt. After the car was debuted at the SEMA show in Las Vegas in 2004, Erica took delivery of the car in early 2005 and didn't waste any time getting up to speed winning her first race i n May, a Summit Racing Series event, against all V8 cars! Erica and her ECOtec powered Cobalt have proven to be a winning combination with NHRA national event wins and an NHRA National Championship in 2006.

Team: Dalcorp Racing

Crew Chief: Pat Selders

Tuner: Andy Kolb

Career Highlights

• Summit Series Pro Street Champion - May 2005

• NHRA National Event win, West Palm Beach, Fla. - 2006

• NHRA National Event win, Englishtown, N.J., - 2006

• #1 Qualifier, Denver - 2006

• Best Appearing Car, NHRA Fall Event, Englishtown, N.J., 2006

• NHRA Quick 16 Eastern Division Champion, 2006

• Ran fastest time of 9.62 @ 151 mph in Englishtown, N.J. driving a Chevy Cobalt owned by CSI Racing in 2006.

• Ran career best in the Dalcorp Racing Cobalt of 9.99 @ 153 mph, at Pomona, 2007

• Poster Car in Turbo Magazine, November 2007.

• Runner up in 2007 Western Division Points Championship - NHRA Quick 16

• Runner up in IDRC "Quick" class, June 2009

• Know as "The Fastest Girl at Irwindale" with a 5.67 e.t. @ 120 mph driving a 500 cu. in. 1966 Chevy Nova

Erica Nocita's 2005 Chevy Cobalt Information

Sponsors

• Good Neighbor Pharmacy
• Crow Safety Gear
• AVComm Communications
• Chicago Title Insurance - Chris Shevlin
• PetroSpecs/BG Oil Products
• Bonaco

Personal Information and Notes

• Born November 30, 1983
• Residence in Sierra Madre, California
• Single
• Enjoys off road racing, cooking, event planning for the family business, fishing and her dog, Scobes.