2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

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The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on August 31, 2023. [1]

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It will be the 69th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock events, marking the first time since 2018 that Pro Stock car will compete the full season. [2] There are typically 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle, ten Pro Modified, and ten Factory Stock Showdown races during the season, and the rounds which all three will compete will be announced at a later date. [1] There will be All-Star Call Out races, which are based on a format used by the Discovery television program Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings, where the drivers select their opponents in early rounds. [3]

On October 25, 2023, Camping World, which had been the title sponsor of the series since late 2020 in a four-and-a-half-year contract, and the NHRA agreed to relinquish naming rights sponsorship in renewing its NHRA professional category sponsorship while expanding to premier partner status that includes professional and sportsman series sponsorship for the next three seasons through 2026. [4] That allowed the NHRA that day to announce Mexican food producer Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. will become the new naming rights sponsor of the series. [5] Gruma will promote their Mission Foods brand, which also expands their Mission Foods Challenge to all 14 regular season rounds in 2024, unlike 2023 when the event was not scheduled for the two four-wide rounds.

On November 9, 2023, the NHRA announced Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia will return to the schedule to fill the June unannounced date that replaces Denver on the schedule. Originally planned to be a three-day event, the NHRA announced on April 2, 2024 that the event would be modified to a two-day format with three qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday. [6]

The season was originally scheduled for 21 races with one unannounced date. The unannounced date was anticipated to be held at I-70 Motorsports Park in Odessa, Missouri and would replace the Heartland Nationals event, held at Heartland Motorsports Park in Shawnee County, Kansas, which closed because of land and tax disputes between circuit ownership and the local government. The NHRA announced on March 10, 2024 that the planned Odessa round will not take place in 2024 because the drag strip, which during development was called the new Kansas City International Raceway and later Central Power Raceway, is still under construction. [7] That circuit opened April 11, 2024 for club competition, with national event suites and towers still under construction.

Schedule

Schedule released August 31, 2023. Last revision March 10, 2024

2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1]
DateRaceSiteTVWinners
Top FuelFunny CarPro StockPro Stock Motorcycle
Mar 7-10 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals TFCOGainesville, FLFS1Shawn Langdon (1)J.R. Todd (1)Erica Enders (1)Gaige Herrera (1)
Mar 21-24 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals Pomona, CA [lower-alpha 1] FS1Justin Ashley (1)John Force (1)Dallas Glenn (1)N/A
Apr 5-7 NHRA Arizona Nationals Chandler, AZFS1Shawn Langdon (2)Austin Prock (1)Greg Anderson (1)N/A
Apr 12-14 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 LanesLas Vegas, NVFS1Doug Kalitta (1)Bob Tasca III (1)Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1)N/A
Apr 26-28 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 LanesConcord, NCFS1Justin Ashley (2)Matt Hagan (1)Greg Anderson (2)Gaige Herrera (2)
May 17-19 Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance PSCO Joliet, ILFS1Antron Brown (1)Matt Hagan (2)Dallas Glenn (2)Gaige Herrera (3)
May 31 - June 2 NHRA New England Nationals Epping, NHFS1Doug Kalitta (2)John Force (2)Troy Coughlin Jr. (1)N/A
Jun 7-9 Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol, TNFS1Tony Schumacher (1)Austin Prock (2)Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2)Gaige Herrera (4)
Jun 22-23 Virginia NHRA Nationals Dinwiddie, VAFS1Doug Kalitta (3)Austin Prock (3)Aaron Stanfield (1)Gaige Herrera (5)
Jun 27-30 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Norwalk, OHFS1/FOXAntron Brown (2)Bob Tasca III (2)Aaron Stanfield (2)Gaige Herrera (6)
Jul 19-21 NHRA Northwest Nationals Kent, WAFOXSteve Torrence (1)Austin Prock (4)Jeg Coughlin Jr. (3)Chase Van Sant (1)
Jul 26-28 DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals PSMCOSonoma, CAFOX
Aug 15-18 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd, MNFOXN/A
Aug 28 - Sep 2 NHRA U.S. Nationals 1.5FCCOBrownsburg, INFS1/FOX
Countdown to the Championship
Sep 12-15 Pep Boys NHRA Nationals Mohnton, PAFOX
Sep 20-22 betway NHRA Carolina Nationals Concord, NCFS1
Sep 27-29 NHRA Midwest Nationals Madison, ILFS1
Oct 10-13 Texas NHRA FallNationals Ennis, TXTBA [lower-alpha 2]
Oct 31 - Nov 3 NHRA Nevada Nationals Las Vegas, NVFS1
Nov 14-17 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 1.5Pomona, CAFS1
  1. ↑ The Final round of the Winternationals was postponed and held at Phoenix due to inclement weather. [8]
  2. ↑ The Texas NHRA FallNationals television coverage will be based on the 2024 National League Division Series, if a Game 5 is necessary. FS1 or FS2 will be based if an early Game 5 is necessary.

Additional rules for specially marked races

4 Lanes: The Nationals in both Las Vegas and Charlotte in the spring will compete with cars on four lanes.

1.5: The U. S. Nationals and In-N-Out Burger Finals will have their race points increased by 50% . Drivers who qualify but are eliminated in the first round receive 30 points, and each round win is worth 30 points. The top four receive 10, 9, 8, and 7 points, respectively, for qualifying positions, with the 5–6 drivers receiving 6 points, 7–8 drivers receiving 5 points, 9–12 receiving 4 points, and 13–16 receiving 3 points. Also, the top four, not three, drivers after each session receive points for fastest times in each round (4-3-2-1).

TF/FC/PS/PSM CO: All-Star Call Out competition for that category.

Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge

The Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is a collaboration between NHRA and Mission Foods, introduced in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. [9] The challenge spices up Saturday qualifying schedule at regular-season events. Semifinalists from the previous race compete anew, culminating in a final during the last qualifying session. Winners gain a purse, as well as bonus points.

Bonus points are awarded as follows:

Bonus points earned from the challenge will be added to a driver’s total points at the start of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

2024 Mission #2FAST2TASTY Challenge Schedule [10]
DateRaceWinners
Top FuelFunny CarPro StockPro Stock Motorcycle
Mar 23Lucas Oil NHRA WinternationalsN/A [lower-alpha 1] N/A [lower-alpha 2]
Apr 6NHRA Arizona NationalsTony Schumacher (1)J.R. Todd (1)Erica Enders (1)N/A [lower-alpha 2]
Apr 13NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas)Antron Brown (1)Austin Prock (1)Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1)N/A [lower-alpha 2]
Apr 27NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Concord)Justin Ashley (1)Bob Tasca (1)Erica Enders (2)Gaige Herrera (1)
May 18Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK PerformanceJustin Ashley (2)J.R. Todd (2)N/A [lower-alpha 3] Gaige Herrera (2)
Jun 1NHRA New England NationalsSteve Torrence (1)John Force (1)Dallas Glenn (1)N/A [lower-alpha 2]
Jun 8Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley NationalsClay Millican (1)Austin Prock (2)Erica Enders (3)Matt Smith (1)
Jun 22Virginia NHRA NationalsBrittany Force (1)Austin Prock (3)Greg Anderson (1)Matt Smith (2)
Jun 29Summit Racing Equipment NHRA NationalsDoug Kalitta (1)Austin Prock (4)Greg Anderson (2)Richard Gadson (1)
Jul 20NHRA Northwest NationalsJustin Ashley (3)Austin Prock (5)Aaron Stanfield (1)Gaige Herrera (3)
Jul 27DENSO NHRA Sonoma NationalsShawn Langdon (1)Austin Prock (6)Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2)N/A [lower-alpha 4]
Aug 17Lucas Oil NHRA NationalsN/A [lower-alpha 2]
Sep 1NHRA U.S. Nationals
Overall Winners
  1. ↑ Only one round of the challenge was completed in Pomona due to weather. The semifinal winners will share the final round purse in each category, with no bonus championship points being awarded. In Top Fuel, Shawn Langdon and Steve Torrence advanced to the final, while J.R. Todd and Austin Prock both won their matchups in Funny Car. The Pro Stock winners were Erica Enders and Dallas Glenn.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Vehicle class did not compete at this event.
  3. ↑ Pro Stock Car will not participate in the Challenge at Route 66 due to the Pro Stock All-Star Call Out taking place
  4. ↑ Pro Stock Motorcycle will not participate in the Challenge at Sonoma due to the Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Call Out taking place

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