It was announced today that Elite Motorsports, already the largest team in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA), has purchased the Top Fuel program of Josh Hart.
Elite Motorsports team owner, Richard Freeman, has signed an agreement with Hart to acquire his entire Top Fuel operation at the end of the 2025 season, marking a major step for Elite Motorsports to expand into the nitro categories.
“We’ve talked about this for a long time, even bought a Top Fuel car in the past with the hopes of getting into nitro, but it didn’t play out,” Freeman said. “Now it feels like the right time. We are actively pursuing sponsorships and partners but also looking for the right people and team to run the program once we are fully funded. It’s going to happen and I’m excited about the possibilities.”
Elite Motorsports’ venture into Top Fuel is just the next step for the wildly successful camp that already helps to field up to nine Pro Stock entries in the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series, an entry in the JHG Mountain Motor Pro Stock class, a Congruity Pro Mod entry and a Competition Eliminator program. Elite also proudly supports an array of Lucas Oil NHRA Sportsman entries.
“This is all made possible thanks to the people and partners we already have,” Freeman continued. “This team is successful because we are a family, that family is just looking to expand, but we aren’t leaving anything behind and we aren’t going to move forward if we don’t have the right assets in place, but by the end of 2025, I think we will.”As the NHRA Countdown to the Championship begins this week at Maple Grove Raceway with the NHRA Reading Nationals, Freeman and the Elite Motorsports team are focused on finishing the 2025 season strong while preparing for the possibilities of the future.
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