Spotlights | October 26, 2026

Northwest Sponsor Finance Provides Financing for Racing & Performance Holdings

Refinancing will continue to support Taglich and the business with product innovation and collaboration across its established brands

 
Northwest Sponsor Finance (“NSF”), a Division of Northwest Bank, is pleased to announce its support of Taglich Private Equity (“Taglich”) with the refinancing of its existing platform, Racing & Performance Holdings.
 
Racing & Performance Holdings is a leading portfolio of performance aftermarket brands serving automotive enthusiasts, engine builders, racers, and professional customers. The Company’s family of brands includes Air Flow Research, SCAT Enterprises, RaceTec Pistons, Vortech Superchargers, Andrews Products, and Procar Seating. Across its brands, Racing & Performance Holdings offers a broad range of high-performance products, including cylinder heads, crankshafts and connecting rods, forged pistons, camshafts, centrifugal superchargers, and performance seating. With decades of engineering and manufacturing experience across its portfolio, Racing & Performance Holdings is focused on delivering innovative, high-quality products to the automotive and powersports performance markets.
 
The refinancing will support Racing & Performance Holdings’ continued growth initiatives, including product innovation, expanded collaboration across its portfolio and continued organic growth.
 
“We are excited to partner with the Northwest Sponsor Finance team as we continue to execute our growth strategy through product innovation, the development of integrated multi-product kits, and coordinated cross-selling efforts across our portfolio of brands. By enabling our sales organization to introduce our collective set of brands into existing distribution channels, we see significant opportunities to accelerate organic growth and expand wallet and market share,” said Will Morris, Racing Performance Holdings CEO and Taglich Partner. “The Northwest team was very easy to work with and was highly responsive, collaborative, and demonstrated a strong understanding of both our business and the broader industry. We appreciate their support throughout the process and look forward to building a long-term partnership together.”
 
“We look forward to supporting Taglich and Racing & Performance Holdings’ management as the team builds on its strong position in the performance automotive aftermarket and executes on its strategic growth initiatives in the years ahead,” said Chris Buehler, Principal of Northwest Sponsor Finance. “I am pleased to reconnect with the Taglich team as their Racing and Performance Holdings platform consists of highly respected brands with differentiated market positions. We believe the business is well positioned for continued success,” added Dan Delgadillo, Managing Director, Northwest Sponsor Finance.
 
The transaction underscores NSF’s commitment to supporting sponsor-backed platforms as well as its understanding of lower middle-market financing dynamics and structures.
 
Moore & Van Allen served as counsel to Northwest Sponsor Finance and Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar P.C. served as counsel to Racing & Performance Holdings.

About Northwest Sponsor Finance

Northwest Sponsor Finance, with offices in Chicago and Columbus, Ohio, provides senior secured cash flow loans to private equity-backed lower middle-market companies throughout the United States. Northwest Sponsor Finance offers products that support the acquisition, recapitalization and growth investment efforts of private equity firms operating in the lower middle market and focuses on companies that generate EBITDA between $2 million and $15 million. Northwest Sponsor Finance is a generalist group concentrating on asset-lite business models in the business and consumer services, consumer products, asset-lite manufacturing, and value-added distribution sectors.

 

About Taglich Private Equity

Taglich Private Equity (“TPE”) is focused on investing in the lower middle-market and specializes in recapitalizations, management buyouts, and majority equity investments, targeting manufacturing, business services and consumer products companies. Taglich prides itself on finding sound investment opportunities, leveraging a business’ strengths, identifying new market opportunities and providing strategic support to capable management teams. Since inception in 2001, Taglich has invested more than $650 million, funded primarily with capital provided by Taglich Brothers, Inc., a brokerage firm and registered investment advisor managing capital in both public and private investments. Taglich primarily looks to partner with management teams that can take advantage of our expertise and background in order to optimize their company’s growth potential and create long term value.

For more information, please contact:
 
Dan Delgadillo, Managing Director
Northwest Sponsor Finance
(404) 434-4020 mobile
 
Bob Joyce, Vice President
Northwest Sponsor Finance
(847) 220-2409 mobile
 
Chris Buehler, Vice President
Northwest Sponsor Finance
(513) 324-4948 mobile

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