Alex Laughlin is not new to the NHRA or winning big events but he is new to Jim Dunn Racing as the team’s Funny Car driver in 2023. Laughlin, who has succeeded at every level he has competed at in drag racing, will bring a wealth of talent and young energy to the historic team. Team Manager, Jon Dunn, announced the new driver at this year’s Performance Racing Industry (PRI) tradeshow in Indianapolis.

The team’s first order of business will be to get Alex a crossover license from Top Fuel Dragster to Nitro Funny Car prior to next season’s opening Camping World Drag Racing Series event at Gainesville, Florida in March.  The team will get Alex fitted for the Funny Car and then schedule a testing and licensing session for its new driver.  Alex has already had a chance to visit the team’s shop in California and spend time with Hall of Fame team owner and former Funny Car driver, Big Jim Dunn. 

NHRA has released the 2023 schedule for the NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, as well as specialty classes and all Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series categories competing at NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series national events next year.

The NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series will open in Gainesville, the first of 10 races in the 2023 campaign. The action-packed class will race at the four-wide event in Charlotte and make its debut at both Route 66 Raceway in Chicago and also New England Dragway in Epping.

Those two first-time appearances are part of a five-race stretch that also includes a return trip to Bristol and an event in Norwalk, before a break until Brainerd. After a race in St. Louis, the season finale will also move back to Las Vegas in late October.

Drag racer Lenny Lottig is taking the next step in his career.

After completing in a full season in the 2022 NHRA Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown and finishing fourth in the points, Lottig was satisfied with his results.

Now in 2023, Lottig is going to drive in the Factory Stock Showdown class again and will compete in the new Factory X class.

Richard Freeman is returning to his Pro Stock roots.

Freeman, who in 2008 got his Pro Stock racing start in the large displacement arena, announced on Tuesday, December 6, he will return to the arena. 

Freeman's Elite Performance purchased J.R. Carr’s Mountain Motor Pro Stock program. Mountain Motor Pro Stock machines come in at over 820 cubic inches and can put out close to 2,000 horsepower. This acquisition adds two new vehicles to the Elite fleet. Five-time NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series Pro Stock titleist Erica Enders will pilot one of these powerful machines while Richard Freeman will drive the other. 

During the 2022 season, five-time Pro Stock champion Erica Enders used a Chevrolet Camaro to mow down the competition. 

Enders drove to thirteen final rounds, ten of which she won en route to the world championship. 

In 2023, Enders intends to mow the field with a different piece of equipment.

Drag racing can be volatile, and insuring your assets should be a no-brainer. Navigating the process can sometimes be challenging for those who need help understanding the procedures and policies.

When one buys a motorsports insurance policy, does it cover the race car in competition? What about the support equipment like the tractor-trailer, toterhome, or stacker? Does this fall under one's home, auto, or business insurance policies?

Motorsports Insurance specialist Sean Schwartz believes the best starting point for insuring one's team should be focused on those things responsible for getting the team to the track.

Last year, NHRA nitro racers got their chance to call out one another for big money.,

Next year, the “Stock” divisions will get their turn. The NHRA announced the formation of the NHRA All-Star Callout events of the Pro Stock and Pro Stock Bike events. This announcement was made as the NHRA revealed the schedule for the two categories in the 2003 season.

The 2023 campaign starts with the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals, kicking off what will be the 72nd season of racing in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. Both Top Fuel and Funny Car will compete at all 21 races at standout tracks across the country, giving race fans the chance to experience the amazing thrills and the intense action of the 11,000-horsepower nitro categories. Pro Stock will take part in 18 events, while Pro Stock Motorcycle will appear at 15 races.

The 2022 Drag Illustrated 30 Under 30 issue, highlighting the brightest and most promising young people in drag racing, is now available in digital form, Drag Illustrated announced today. Print copies will hit subscriber mailboxes starting this week. Copies will also be available at the Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show, Dec. 8-10, in Indianapolis. 
 
The honorees who appear on the 2022 DI 30 Under 30 list will be celebrated at a special press conference at the PRI Show in the PRI Content Creator Zone on Friday, Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. ET. 

Drag Racing history was on the center stage in Southern California this past weekend as the Lions Automobilia Foundation inducted their first Hall of Fame class on Saturday night with a sold-out event. Additionally, the winners of the last drag race held at the famed drag strip on the weekend of its 50th anniversary.

The special awards dinner, a suit-and-tie event, featured some of drag racing's most iconic names and personalities in attendance. Among those in attendance were "TV" Tommy Ivo, Roland Leong, Steve Gibbs, Carl Olson, and Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, one of the inaugural inductees.