About Jim
2024 Funny Car Driver
Independent Jim Campbell Racing
DRIVER INFO
DOB: December 29, 1962
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA
Residence: Huntington Beach, CA
Height/weight: 5’8″, 155 lbs.
Marital status: Single
Hobbies: Surfing, Flying, Snowboarding
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2022
- Career-best speed 324.43 (July 23 – Sonoma, CA)
- Career-high E.T. 3.920 (November 11 – Pomona, CA)
- Career-best speed 319.67 (June 4 – Epping, NH)
2021
- Finished career-high 10th in points
- Advanced to semifinals at Pomona 1
- Set career-best E.T. at Dallas
2020
- Raced to one quarterfinal
- Qualified for nine events
- Finished 12th in points (funny car)
2019
- Advanced to one quarterfinal
- Qualified for 19 events
- Ran a career-best speed in Seattle
2018
- Drove for Jim Dunn for the second year in a row
- Qualified in the top half of the field twice (Richmond and Brainerd)
2017
- Competed in his first full-time Funny Car season and qualified for 23 of 24 events
- Raced to two semifinal appearances (Phoenix and Denver)
- Recorded a career-best speed at Atlanta
2016
- Competed in his first season in Funny Car
- Qualified for 11 of the 12 events he competed in on the season
- Raced to a quarterfinal round appearance at Las Vegas 1
- AAA Road to the Future Award nominee (video)
2015
- Licensed in Nostalgia Funny Car at Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School
- Upgraded license in Nitro Funny Car at Famoso Raceway
"NITRO JIM"
- CAREER BEST ELAPSED TIME (E.T.) 3.920
- CAREER BEST SPEED 324.43 MILES PER HOUR (MPH)
- 2022 6th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2021 5th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2020 FINISHED 12TH FOR THE SEASON
- 2020 4th YEAR DRIVING FOR JIM DUNN / JIM DUNN RACING
- 2019 QUALIFIED 19 OUT OF 24 NHRA NATIONAL EVENTS
- 2018 TOP 1/2 OF FIELD RICHMOND AND BRAINERD RACES
- 2017 COMPETED IN 1ST FULL TIME SEASON
- 2017 QUALIFIED 23 OUT OF 24 NHRA NATIONAL EVENTS
- 2017 RACED TO 2 NHRA NATIONAL SEMIFINALS
- 2017 RECORDED CAREER-BEST SPEED IN FUNNY CAR