Richard Freeman, the owner of Elite Motorsports, confirmed to Competition Plus he will be competing in the Pro Stock class at the SpringNationals Friday through Sunday in Houston.

“We are short some numbers of cars and cars have pulled out and we have a new car we have struggled with a little bit and we are going to do a little testing,” Freeman said. “This is absolutely for fun, and I want to have a good time. I’m not planning on running any more races.”

There are 16 Pro Stock drivers entered to compete in the 16-car field at the SpringNationals.

According to Freeman, the last time he raced a Pro Stock car in an NHRA national event was Sept. 23, 2012 at the Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex in Dallas. He qualified No. 11 at 6.606 seconds and proceeded to beat Ron Krisher and Rodger Brogdon in the first two rounds of eliminations before being ousted in the semifinals by Erica Enders-Stevens.

The same Enders-Stevens who is driving for Freeman now and is the reigning Pro Stock world champion.

Freeman will be a teammate to Enders-Stevens, and Drew Skillman in Houston. Brogdon also runs Elite Motorsports engine power.

Freeman said he will be driving a 2015 Camaro at Houston, the same car Enders-Stevens drove at the Gatornationals (March 12-15) in Gainesville, Fla. Enders-Stevens qualified No. 7 in Gainesville and was upset by Jimmy Alund in the first round.

“We just need some time with it,” Freeman said about the car he’s driving. “I just want to shake this thing down so we can learn something, scuff some tires in for the rest of the guys and see if we can take somebody out in the process. This car should be something of the future and something we have tried some new things on, and I think it is going to be big for us down the road.”
 

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