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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 Monty Bogan, former Pro Stock racer Vincent Nobile, 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. “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.”

Bogan, who is coming off a victory at the Division 2 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series season opener, has been racing for 35 years and in the process has picked up numerous wins in multiple sanctions.

“They call it Elite for a reason, they are the best,” said Bogan, who races in both Comp and Super Stock. “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 Top Alcohol Dragster. She was runner-up for the 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 Finke, my car owner, will be able to utilize Richard’s connections. I think it’s a really good fit,” said Fricke, who won her first national event in 2016 at Maple Grove Raceway 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. Nobile 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 final 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, as well as Super Comp in the Northeast Division in 2025.

Nobile’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.”

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.

“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.”