2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season
League	NHRA
Sport	Drag racing
League champions	TBD (Top Fuel) TBD (Funny Car) TBD (Pro Stock) TBD (Pro Stock Motorcycle)
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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 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

The schedule was released July 10, 2024. The television schedule for the Reading and Charlotte 2 will be determined after the 2025-26 NFL schedule is released. The weekend where Fox has a single game will be the one broadcast on Fox, the other week where Fox has a doubleheader is the one the race that weekend airs on FS1. Ennis will be determined FS1 or FS2 pending an MLB Division Series if Game 5 is necessary.

2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule [1]
Date	Race	Site	TV [3]	Winners
				Top Fuel	Funny Car	Pro Stock	Pro Stock Motorcycle
March 6–9	NHRA Gatornationals TFCO	Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FL	FS1
March 21–23	NHRA Arizona Nationals	Firebird Motorsports Park Chandler, AZ	FS1				N/A [a]
March 27–30	Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals	In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CA	FS1				N/A [a]
April 11–13	NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes	Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV	FS1				N/A [a]
April 25–27	NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes	zMAX Dragway Concord, NC	FS1
May 16–18	Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance	Route 66 Raceway Joliet, IL	FS1			N/A [a]
May 30–June 1	NHRA New England Nationals	New England Dragway Epping, NH	FOX				N/A [a]
June 6–8	Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals	Bristol Dragway Bristol, TN	FS1
June 20–22	Virginia NHRA Nationals	Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VA	FS1			N/A [a]
June 26–29	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals PSCO	Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, OH	FOX
July 18–20	Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals	Pacific Raceways Kent, WA	FOX
July 25–27	DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals PSMCO	Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, CA	FS1
August 14–17	Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals	Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, MN	FOX				N/A [a]
August 27–September 1	Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals 1.5FCCO	Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, IN	FS1/FOX
Countdown to the Championship
September 11–14	Reading NHRA Nationals	Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, PA	TBA
September 19–21	NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals 4 Lanes	zMAX Dragway Concord, NC	TBA
September 26–28	NHRA Midwest Nationals	World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, IL	FS1
October 9–12	Texas NHRA FallNationals	Texas Motorplex Ennis, TX	FS1
October 30–November 2	NHRA Nevada Nationals	Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV	FS1
November 13–16	In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 1.5	In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CA	FS1
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.

• All cars will qualify on each lane as all four lanes will be used in qualifying.
• Three rounds with cars using all four lanes.
• In Rounds One and Two, the top two drivers (of four) will advance to the next round.
• The pairings are set as follows:
  • Race One: 1, 8, 9, 16
  • Race Two: 4, 5, 12, 13
  • Race Three: 2, 7, 10, 15
  • Race Four: 3, 6, 11, 14
  • Semifinal One: Top two in Race One and Race Two
  • Semifinal Two: Top two in Race Three and Race Four
  • Finals: Top two in Semifinal One and Semifinal Two
• Lane choice determined by times in previous round. In first round, lane choice determined by fastest times.
• Drivers who advance in Rounds One and Two will receive 20 points for each round advancement.
• In Round Three, the winner of the race will be declared the race winner and will collect 40 points. The runner-up will receive 20 points. Third and fourth place drivers will be credited as semifinal losers.

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:

• Winner (3)
• Runner-up (2)
• Quickest losing semifinalist (1)

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]
Date	Race	Winners
		Top Fuel	Funny Car	Pro Stock	Pro Stock Motorcycle
March 22	NHRA Arizona Nationals				N/A [a]
March 29	Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals				N/A [a]
April 12	NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas)				N/A [a]
April 26	NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Concord)
May 17	Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance			N/A [a]
May 31	NHRA New England Nationals				N/A [a]
June 7	Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
June 21	Virginia NHRA Nationals			N/A [a]
June 28	Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals			N/A [b]
July 19	Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals
July 26	DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals				N/A [c]
August 16	Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals				N/A [a]
August 30	Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals
Overall Winners
Vehicle class did not compete at this event. Pro Stock Car will not participate in the Challenge at Norwalk due to the Pro Stock All-Star Call Out taking place Pro Stock Motorcycle will not participate in the Challenge at Sonoma due to the Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Call Out taking place

References

1. 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 November 1, 2023.
3. staff, NHRA com. "NHRA, FOX Sports release 2025 Mission Foods Series television schedule". NHRA. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
4. "Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge to debut during 2023 regular season". NHRA. January 19, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
5. ""Mission Tortillas Partnership NHRA"". NHRA. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

External links

• Official website