2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

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The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on July 10, 2024. [1]

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It will be the 70th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. This season will also feature the 60th anniversary of the NHRA Finals. The NHRA will host 20 events this season. Top Fuel and Funny Car will compete at all 20 events. Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle will compete at 18 and 15 events, respectively. 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. [2]

The Arizona Nationals and Winternationals have swapped positions on the schedule, otherwise the schedule remains unchanged from the 2024 season. The event at Virginia Motorsports Park will continue to use a modified to a two-day format with three qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday.

Schedule

Schedule released July 10, 2024.

2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1]
DateRaceSiteTV [3] Winners
Top FuelFunny CarPro StockPro Stock Motorcycle
March 6–9 NHRA Gatornationals TFCO Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FLFS1
March 21–23NHRA Arizona Nationals Firebird Motorsports Park Chandler, AZFS1N/A [a]
March 27–30 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CAFS1N/A [a]
April 11–13NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NVFS1N/A [a]
April 25–27NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes zMAX Dragway Concord, NCFS1
May 16–18Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance Route 66 Raceway Joliet, ILFS1N/A [a]
May 30–June 1NHRA New England Nationals New England Dragway Epping, NHFOXN/A [a]
June 6–8Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol Dragway Bristol, TNFS1
June 20–22Virginia NHRA Nationals Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VATBDN/A [a]
June 26–29Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals PSCO Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, OHFOX
July 18–20Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals Pacific Raceways Kent, WAFOX
July 25–27 DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals PSMCO Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, CAFS1
August 14–17Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, MNFOXN/A [a]
August 27–September 1 Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals 1.5FCCO Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, INFS1/FOX
Countdown to the Championship
September 11–14Reading NHRA Nationals Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, PATBD
September 19–21NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals 4 Lanes zMAX Dragway Concord, NCTBD
September 26–28NHRA Midwest Nationals World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, ILFS1
October 9–12Texas NHRA FallNationals Texas Motorplex Ennis, TXFS1
October 30–November 2NHRA Nevada Nationals Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NVFS1
November 13–16In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 1.5 In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CAFS1
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vehicle class did not compete at this event.

Additional rules for specially marked races

4 Lanes: The National events in both Las Vegas (spring only) and Charlotte 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. [4] 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.

2025 Mission #2FAST2TASTY Challenge Schedule [5]
DateRaceWinners
Top FuelFunny CarPro StockPro Stock Motorcycle
March 22NHRA Arizona NationalsN/A [a]
March 29Lucas Oil NHRA WinternationalsN/A [a]
April 12NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas)N/A [a]
April 26NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Concord)
May 17Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK PerformanceN/A [a]
May 31NHRA New England NationalsN/A [a]
June 7Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
June 21Virginia NHRA NationalsN/A [a]
June 28Summit Racing Equipment NHRA NationalsN/A [b]
July 19Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals
July 26DENSO NHRA Sonoma NationalsN/A [c]
August 16Lucas Oil NHRA NationalsN/A [a]
August 30Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
Overall Winners
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vehicle class did not compete at this event.
  2. ↑ Pro Stock Car will not participate in the Challenge at Norwalk due to the Pro Stock All-Star Call Out taking place
  3. ↑ 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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References

  1. 1 2 National Hot Rod Association, "NHRA announces 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule", Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  2. ↑ Wade, Susan. "How NHRA Is Thinking Outside the Box for Big-Money Callout Specialty Race". AutoWeek. Hearst Publications. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
  3. ↑ staff, Posted by NHRA com. "NHRA, FOX Sports release 2025 Mission Foods Series television schedule". NHRA. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ↑ ""Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge to debut during 2023 regular season"". NHRA. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Mission Tortillas Partnership NHRA"". NHRA. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
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