| 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season | |
|---|---|
| League | NHRA |
| Sport | Drag racing |
| League champions | TBA (Top Fuel) TBD (Funny Car) TBA (Pro Stock) TBD (Pro Stock Motorcycle) |
The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on July 10, 2024. [1]
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 & Winternationals switched spots on the schedule besides that the schedule was unchanged from the 2024 season. The event at Virginia Motorsports Park will have a modified to a two-day format with all 3 qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday similar to the prior season.
The 2025 season is the first since 1971 to begin without John Force behind the wheel of a Funny Car, [3] as he is still recovering from his crash in Virginia in 2024, with Jack Beckman running the PEAK Funny Car full time for the season. Tony Schumacher also began the season without a ride, as he joined Rick Ware Racing a few days before the Gatornationals, leaving little time to put a team together for him at the event. [4] Blake Alexander joined Chad Green Motorsports in Funny Car, starting a second team under CGM, to be shared with Hunter Green. [5] Replacing him on Jim Head's team is former Pro Mod driver Spencer Hyde. [6] JCM Racing announced an all-female nitro team made up of Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström in Funny Car and Top Fuel, respectively. [7] Part-time driver Bobby Bode III began the season in DeJoria's former car, [8] it is unknown if the move will be permanent. In Pro Stock, Greg Stanfield announced a full-time return driving for Elite Motorsports.
the schedule was released July 10, 2024.
| 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1] | |||||||||
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| Date | Race | Site | TV [9] | Winners | |||||
| Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle | ||||||
| March 6–9 | Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals | Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, Florida | FS1 | Antron Brown (1) | Chad Green (1) | Dallas Glenn (1) | Gaige Herrera (1) | ||
| March 21–23 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | Firebird Motorsports Park Chandler, Arizona | Shawn Langdon (1) | Paul Lee (1) | Greg Anderson (1) | N/A [a] | |||
| March 27–30 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals TFCO | In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, California | Clay Millican (1) | Jack Beckman (1) | Greg Anderson (2) | N/A [a] | |||
| April 11–13 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada | Tony Stewart (1) | Austin Prock (1) | Dallas Glenn (2) | N/A [a] | |||
| April 25–27 | American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes | zMAX Dragway Concord, North Carolina | Shawn Langdon (2) | Austin Prock (2) | Dallas Glenn (3) | Matt Smith (1) | |||
| May 16–18 | Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals Presented By PEAK | Route 66 Raceway Joliet, Illinois | Tony Stewart (2) | Jack Beckman (2) | N/A [a] | Gaige Herrera(2) | |||
| May 30–June 1 | NHRA New England Nationals | New England Dragway Epping, New Hampshire | FOX | Brittany Force (1) | J.R Todd (1) | Greg Anderson (3) | N/A [a] | ||
| June 6–8 | Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals | Bristol Dragway Bristol, Tennessee | FS1 | Steve Torrence (1) | Ron Capps (1) | Greg Anderson (4) | Richard Gadson (1) | ||
| June 20–22 | American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals | Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, Virginia | FOX | Justin Ashley (1) [b] | Austin Prock (3) | N/A [a] | Gaige Herrera (3) | ||
| June 26–29 | Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals PSCO | Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, Ohio | Justin Ashley (2) | Austin Prock (4) | Cory Reed (1) | John Hall (1) | |||
| July 18–20 | Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals | Pacific Raceways Kent, Washington | Shawn Langdon (3) | Matt Hagan (1) | Dallas Glenn (4) | Gaige Herrera (4) | |||
| July 25–27 | DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals Presented By PowerEdge PSMCO | Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, California | FS1 | Doug Kalitta (1) | Austin Prock (5) | Greg Stanfield (1) | Richard Gadson (2) | ||
| August 14–17 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minnesota | FOX | Doug Kalitta (2) | Austin Prock (6) | Greg Anderson (5) | N/A [a] | ||
| August 27–September 1 | Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals 1.5FCCO | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana | FS1 and FOX | Justin Ashley (3) | Austin Prock (7) | Erica Enders (1) | Gaige Herrera (5) | ||
| Countdown to the Championship | |||||||||
| September 11–14 | NHRA Reading Nationals Presented By Nitro Fish | Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pennsylvania | FS1 | Shawn Reed (1) | Cruz Pedregon (1) | Dallas Glenn (5) | John Hall (2) | ||
| September 19–21 | NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals 4 Lanes | zMAX Dragway Concord, North Carolina | FS1 | Justin Ashley (4) | Austin Prock (8) | Dallas Glenn (6) | Richard Gadson (3) | ||
| September 26–28 | NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, Illinois | FS1 | ||||||
| October 9–12 | Texas NHRA FallNationals | Texas Motorplex Ennis, Texas | FOX [c] | ||||||
| October 30–November 2 | NHRA Nevada Nationals | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada | FS1 | ||||||
| November 13–16 | In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 1.5 | In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, California | |||||||
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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.
The Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is a collaboration between NHRA and Mission Foods, introduced in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. [12] 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. At the U. S. Nationals (Monday finals), the event takes place on Saturday.
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 [13] | |||||
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| Date | Race | Winners | |||
| Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle | ||
| March 22 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | Shawn Langdon (1) | Ron Capps (1) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1) | N/A [a] |
| March 29 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals | Shawn Langdon (2) | Jack Beckman (1) | Matt Hartford (1) | N/A [a] |
| April 12 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas) | Doug Kalitta (1) | Spencer Hyde (1) | Dallas Glenn (1) | N/A [a] |
| April 26 | American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals (Concord) | Doug Kalitta (2) | Austin Prock (1) | Matt Hartford (2) | Richard Gadson (1) |
| May 17 | Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals Presented By PEAK | Shawn Langdon (3) | Matt Hagan (1) | N/A [a] | Gaige Herrera (1) |
| May 31 | NHRA New England Nationals | Doug Kalitta (3) | Jack Beckman (2) | Matt Hartford (3) | N/A [a] |
| June 7 | Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals | Tony Stewart (1) | J.R. Todd (1) | Aaron Stanfield (1) | Gaige Herrera (2) |
| June 21 | American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals | Steve Torrence (1) | Daniel Wilkerson (1) | N/A [a] | Brayden Davis (1) |
| June 28 | Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals | Doug Kalitta (4) | Daniel Wilkerson (2) | ASCO [b] | Gaige Herrera (3) |
| July 19 | Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals | Shawn Langdon (4) | Austin Prock (2) | Dallas Glenn (2) | John Hall (1) |
| July 26 | DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals Presented By PowerEdge | Brittany Force (1) | Ron Capps (2) | Dallas Glenn (3) | ASCO [b] |
| August 16 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Shawn Langdon(5) | Jack Beckman(3) | Greg Anderson(1) | N/A [a] |
| August 30 | Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals | Doug Kalitta (5) | J.R. Todd (2) | Greg Anderson (2) | Richard Gadson (2) |
| Overall Winners | Doug Kalitta | Matt Hagan | Greg Anderson | Gaige Herrera | |