After making his NASCAR début in the 2022 Truck race at Knoxville, Tyler Carpenter will return to the team for Bristol Dirt.
Veloce Racing’s Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor led the ten teams in the two Free Practices of the 2023 Extreme E season.
Polaris’ RZR Factory Racing programme will have a trio of young drivers in Brock Heger, Cayden MacCachren, and Austin Weiland.
Jenson Button will make his NASCAR Cup début at Circuit of the Americas for Rick Ware Racing, where he will race against Kimi Räikkönen, followed by starts at Chicago and Indy.
Dirt late model star Jonathan Davenport will make his NASCAR début in April’s Cup race at Bristol Dirt for Kaulig Racing.
Arturo Merzario, best known for his cowboy hat and saving Niki Lauda from his 1976 German GP crash, will race in the Dakar Rally’s adjacent Dakar Classic in 2024.
Anthony Alfredo will return to the NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond and another to-be-announced race for Live Fast Motorsports, run by his Xfinity owner B.J. McLeod.
William Byron, who dominated the NASCAR Truck Series in 2016 with Kyle Busch Motorsports as a Toyota team, will return to the now-Chevrolet outfit at Bristol, Darlington, and North Wilkesboro.
The 3.4-kilometre Extreme E season opener in Saudi Arabia will take competitors down a straight along the Red Sea coastline.
Kimi Räikkönen’s second NASCAR Cup Series race will come at a venue he is more than familiar with: Circuit of the Americas.
Hendrick Motorsports’ #17 Xfinity Series car will race at Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Watkins Glen, and Darlington with their Cup drivers William Byron, Alex Bowman, and Kyle Larson.
Besides a new driver pairing in RJ Anderson and Amanda Sorensen, Chip Ganassi Racing will feature a new red/grey/black livery for the 2023 Extreme E season.
Argentinian touring car veteran Leonel Larrauri plans to enter the Dakar Rally in 2024 for the first time since 2018, likely once again in an SSV. He will run his home country’s Desafío Ruta 40 beforehand.
After a difficult start to the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity season, Garrett Smithley has joined up with DGM Racing’s #91 for this weekend at Phoenix and plans to run more races with the team.
NASCAR Cup and occasional Truck team Spire Motorsports will now have an Xfinity Series division that will run six races in 2023 with Carson Hocevar.
IMSA favourite Jordan Taylor will finally get to race in the NASCAR Cup Series as he fills in for the injured Chase Elliott at Circuit of the Americas.
After being an Extreme E reserve driver in 2022, Fraser McConnell will join reigning champion X44 for 2023 season alongside the returning Cristina Gutiérrez. Carlin has also partnered with X44.



