ELITE MOTORSPORTS ADDS STANDOUT SPORTSMAN RACERS TO PARTNERSHIP UMBRELLA

WYNNEWOOD, OK – Elite Motorsports has expanded their footprint to include five sportsman racers who will compete in the 2025 season with company branding on their rides. These representatives include four-time Stock world champion Monty Bogan, former Pro Stock racer Vincent Nobile, Alcohol Dragster icon Jackie Fricke and sisters Taylor Nobile and Tori Iacono.

“Each of these drivers are more than qualified to represent Elite Motorsports. I’ve known all of them for years now and watched their programs grow. Our team, myself, Erica [Enders], the Coughlins, the Stanfields, we all come from Sportsman racing. Supporting these drivers, it makes sense for us,” said Richard Freeman, owner of Elite Motorsports, a successful NHRA Pro Stock team and your source for high quality motorhome, trailers, semis, toterhomes, engines, parts and more. “We’re looking to expand our footprint and increase awareness for Elite. As part of the Elite Motorsports family now, these racers will help showcase the brand throughout the eastern portion of the U.S.”

Monty Bogan, who is coming off a victory at the SCAG Power Equipment PRO Superstar Shootout, has been racing for 35 years and in the process has picked up over 200 divisional and national event wins. His first national event win came in 1995 and has made way for over 40 more.

“They call it Elite for a reason, they are the best,” said Bogan who races in the Southeast Division (Division 2). “For them to get behind my team, it’s phenomenal. I really believe it will improve the program tremendously.”

Five-time and reigning East Regional Champion Jackie Fricke is a nine-time national event winner and 18-time regional event winner in Alcohol Dragster. She was runner-up for the Alcohol Dragster national championship in 2021 after racing to 12 final rounds only to come up one point short. Last year, she came in third in the championship points chase, one point out of the No. 2 spot.

“I’m super excited to represent Elite Motorsports and hope that we can help grow their business and John Fink, my car owner, will be able to utilize Richards’ connections. I think it’s a really good fit,” said Fricke who won her first national event in 2016 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania and is Taylor and Tori’s aunt. “We’ve really invested the time and resources to try to make sure this is our most successful season. Coming so close last year, it stung, it was the second time. Hopefully third time is the charm.”

Vincent Nobile is returning to familiar territory with an Elite Motorsports partnership. Vincent raced to 13 victories in Pro Stock, a handful of those coming under the Elite Motorsports banner.

“Richard has always helped me out in my racing career. When my Pro Stock days ended in 2018, he gave me one-off chances to race a Pro Stock car, we even made it to the finals in Atlanta. So, to have him come on board now, I really appreciate it,” said Nobile who will be competing in the eight-race Mountain Motor Pro Stock series and as well as Super Comp in the Northeast Division (Division 1) in 2025.

Vincent’s wife, Taylor Nobile, will also represent Elite Motorsports in 2025. Taylor was awarded the 2018 Image of Youth award in Division 1, an honor presented for exemplary achievements, support and dedication to NHRA Drag Racing.

“I’m very excited to have Elite on board. Vincent has been part of the Elite family before, so I’ve known Richard for a while and last season I got to know Erica [Enders] too,” said Taylor, a Super Street racer with four Division 1 wins who also has one national event win in Super Comp. “Elite is a family and since we’re all racing as a family, that’s just as important to us as the support and experience they bring to our program.”

Tori Iacono is entering her third season in Super Comp in 2025 and looking to grab her first win. As a Jr. Dragster driver, she picked up four divisional wins and earned the Atco Dragway track championship in 2017. She, like her family, races in the Northeast Division (Division 1).

“I’ve known Richard for a couple years and my family has a good relationship with him. Even before this partnership, Richard always supported us, watching on the starting line,” Iacono said. “Elite Motorsports is a super awesome organization. Being surrounded by good racers, I mean Erica Enders is a badass, and having Elite on our cars, that means something. They really are Elite for a reason and it’s cool to be part of that.”

While the 2025 NHRA National Event schedule is set to kickoff March 7-9 at Gainesville Raceway with the NHRA Gatornationals, the 2025 NHRA Southeast Division (Division 2) season begins Feb. 21-22 at Orlando Speed World Dragway, the Northeast Division (Division 1) starts May 22-25 at Maple Grove Raceway and the East Region starts competition at Gainesville Raceway Feb. 28-March 1.