Flav-R-Pac Frozen Fruits and Vegetables, which is owned by Frank Tiegs, will be a primary sponsor on Robert Hight’s Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car this season.

In addition to flying their colors on Brittany Force’s Top Fuel dragster for half the season, Flav-R-Pac has stepped up to take on four races with the three-time Funny Car champion. Hight will field the Flav-R-Pac / Cornwell Tools / AAA Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car to open the 2023 season at the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway in Florida, March 10-12.

“I’m extremely excited for the opportunity to race the Flav-R-Pac colors. Frank Tiegs, who owns Flav-R-Pac and Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist on Austin Prock’s dragster, has been a major part of the John Force Racing family over the last several years. I think it really says something about how well the partnership is working to have him take on an additional car with us for four races,” said Hight, President of John Force Racing. “I look forward to celebrating with him in the winner’s circle and maybe even getting a double up with Brittany in her Flav-R-Pac dragster. That would be huge.”

Brian Corradi is one of those crew chiefs who can get the most out of any situation. During testing last weekend in Gainesville, Fla., he was busy getting the most out of his driver - Antron Brown. 

However, the task was not to get more performance out of Brown, as he understands Brown already drives at peak performance. It's Brown's spare time that Corradi wants to improve the bottom line. 

Brown spends a healthy amount of his time in the pits during the events mixing up the Matco Team's fuel for the day, and as Corradi sees it, this chore takes up more of the boss' time than it should. 

Along with the incredible on-track action to kick off the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, the hallowed grounds of famed Gainesville Raceway will feature five of the most historic cars from legendary driver “Big Daddy” Don Garlits in a special “Swamp Rat Alley” section at the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals.

NHRA and Garlits, one of the most iconic drivers in drag racing history, have teamed up for the “Swamp Rat Alley” inside the Hot Rod Junction featuring six famous Garlits cars. The cars will be on display throughout the weekend at Gainesville Raceway, giving fans the unique chance to check out some of the most historic cars driven by one of the legends in the sport. Garlits will also be on hand throughout the weekend at Gainesville Raceway to meet with and sign autographs for fans.

Gaige Herrera is so new to the Vance & Hines team that his name isn't even lettered on the hauler when it rolled into Gainesville Raceway for this week's testing. And to hear his mentors speak, the drag racing world will soon know his name very well... lettered or not. 

"I think Gaige is going to help us understand some things," multi-time champion Eddie Krawiec, who is both a teammate and mentor to Herrera. "I think he's at the top of the class, like elite riders. He is really good."

At least in Krawiec's assessment, the most immediate comparison he draws is Joey Gladstone, a rider who, like Herrera, came from an outlaw bike background. 

NHRA rising star Josh Hart and his wife Brittanie introduced their new son, Banks Nicolas Hart, to the world and NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series community this week in a series of social media posts.

“We are beyond excited to become ‘Hart party of four’ with the addition of Banks to our crew,” said Hart. “Brittanie and I thought the timing was right to welcome Banks to our family through adoption and we could not be more thrilled. This was a decision we have been praying on for some time and God blessed us with Banks at the perfect time.”

Brittanie added, "Our hearts are full and we are so grateful for the love and support we have already received from the racing community. We have been blessed to be able to welcome Banks into our family and our hearts are bursting with love."

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series officially opens its 2023 season this weekend at Orlando Speed World Dragway and fans will be able to watch for free on the NHRA YouTube page.

It’s part of a comprehensive coverage plan for the upcoming divisional season, as NHRA will stream 37 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series divisional races on either NHRA.tv or the NHRA YouTube page for free during the 2023 campaign.

All 21 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series events this year can also be viewed on NHRA.tv and is available for $149.99 for the entire season or $24.99 per national event.

Top Fuel superstar Antron Brown had just finished mixing fuel for his next run during a private test session at Gainesville Raceway. He started walking towards his Matco Tools dragster, then stopped and looked left. The 11,000 horsepower race car is his occupation, but lately, the car on his left has become his high-speed fling. 

Manny Buginga's Pro Modified entry was parked under the canopy alongside Brown's dragster in an alliance of sorts. 

Brown, the two-wheeled standout who became a Top Fuel champion, has been acting on his doorslammer impulses lately, driving Buginga's PRO275 drag radial car most recently at Bradenton's U.S. Street Nationals. 

When the 2023 NHRA season-opening Gatornationals gets underway, last year’s NHRA Rookie of the Year Camrie Caruso will have plenty of new to deal with – starting with a new team KB Titan Racing engine program.

However, one thing that will stay the same for Caruso is she will have longtime marketing partners, Florida-based Right Trailers, along for the ride, starting with them being her primary sponsor at the Gatornationals, March 9-12 in Gainesville, Fla.

Caruso also will be wearing a Right Trailers branded firesuit and her Pro Stock team will wear Right Trailer crew shirts. 

There's one thing Andrew Hines has yet to grasp since he assumed the role of full-time crew chief, and it's different from the kind of challenge one would think. Sure, as a rider, he checked almost every box of knowledge, straddling his Harley-Davidson by winning six series championships and 56 national events, the most in the class.

As a crew chief, he still has one unmastered detail.

"I've been joking with everybody; I still don't know where to stand on the starting line," Hines admitted. "After being on the bike and knowing my position there for so many years, I'm like a butterfly bouncing around all over the place; I just don't know where to go.