Back in 2021, Josh Hart turned plenty of heads in his inaugural NHRA Top Fuel season, finishing 11th in the points standings and winning two races in a limited slate.

Hart returned in 2022 to climb all the way up to seventh in the final points standings racing full-time and had two runner-up finishes and a 22-22 elimination-round record.
Despite the improvement, Hart knows he can be even better.

 
As a past Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Pro Jr. Dragster world champion, Amber Franklin knew what it would take to win a world championship in her first full season of $hameless Racing Pro 632 competition. The second-generation PDRA champion used a combination of determination, consistency, and strong performances to clinch the 2022 Pro 632 world championship. 
 
Franklin’s Pro 632 career started at the last two races of the 2021 season. When she raced to the final round at both events, Franklin and her team’s goals changed from merely making decent passes and winning a round or two to winning races and pursuing the 2022 championship. 

It's been a long time coming for John Durden, but on Sunday afternoon at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the Californian finally drove his hot rod to victory at the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals presented by FuelTech and Summit Racing Equipment. After earning top qualifier honors Friday in the Precision Turbo presented by Energy Manufacturing Pro Mod class, Durden took his '59 Corvette to the Winner's Circle.

"I've been close three times," Durden said Monday. "We work hard and enjoy coming out. (SCSN Promoter) Mel Roth has treated me well and gave us a great race track. It's the biggest event on the West Coast to win and this is the one I cared most to win. Thank you to Mel and the PSCA crew!"

The Pacific Northwest was well-represented when it came to holding the big checks at the end of the day. Rian Hayward out of Marysville, Wash., not only took the MagnaFuel Outlaw 10.5 victory, his lap of 3.852 seconds at 192.25 mph blistered the existing track record for the class. The run was good enough to beat fellow Washingtonian Art Raz's 4.247-second run at 149.13 mph.

The Funny Car Chaos Championship series presented by Spell Paving Services and Wulff Pumps is ready to rumble into another season of heads up, run whatcha’ brung Funny Car drag racing in 2023. The excitement shared by racers and fans of the now seven-year-old Funny Car Chaos concept has evolved into an all-out barnstorming tour of funny cars spanning the Southwest and Midwest regions from Louisiana to Illinois. Over 90 funny car teams participated in Chaos events in 2022, and although most would have never guessed it possible, series founder Chris Graves fully expects to welcome over 100 teams in the 2023 campaign with the buzz of new teams coming out and the addition of two new host facilities to the geographical footprint.

While the 18th running of the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals presented by FuelTech and Summit Racing Equipment was still going at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was big news when next year's date was announced.

For years, racers and fans have kicked off their holiday season by coming to Sin City the weekend prior to Thanksgiving to be a part of drag racing's biggest bucket list event. Next year, SCSN moves up a month to Oct. 18-22, 2023.

The mission has been clear from the start.

Operation: Fill the Box, a non-profit effort headed up by Brian and Lisa Losness of Boise, Idaho, had the goal to send 1050 care packages to National Guard soldiers. The soldiers are with Task Force Rattler, which is currently deployed to both Kuwait and Syria. 

In the final round of qualifying at the COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals 18 presented by FuelTech and Summit Racing Equipment, John Durden laid down a pass of 5.683 seconds at 253.90 mph to take the Precision Pro Mod Top Qualifier. The San Juan Bautista, Calif. native edged past Friday's provisional pole sitter Bret Williamson's 5.6960-second lap.

Second-generation Mountain Motor Pro Stock driver Johnny Pluchino continues to make his mark on the class, as he clinched his second Professional Drag Racers Association (PDRA) Liberty’s Gears Extreme Pro Stock presented by AED Competition world championship. The 2022 title is Pluchino’s fourth PDRA world championship and the team’s fifth, adding to his two titles in Pro 632 and his father John’s 2016 Extreme Pro Stock championship. 

At the completion of Day 1 of the 18th Annual COMP Cams Street Car Super Nationals presented by FuelTech and Summit Racing Equipment, Bret Williamson stood atop the Precision Turbo Pro Mod standings. After two rounds of qualifying, the Gilroy, Calif-native earned the provisional pole with a pass of 5.696 seconds at 260.61 mph.
 
Fellow Californian John Durden had the next-best qualifying pass with a lap of 5.826 seconds at 252.90 mph.

Multi-time NHRA Top Fuel champion Antron Brown has a fondness for ducks. They remind him a lot of himself.

Well, to be exact, January 2008 were his most duckish moments.

Brown transitioned from Pro Stock Motorcycle racer to Top Fuel driver in pretty much the same fashion as a duck takes to water.