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NHRA AND FOX SPORTS RELEASE TV SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING 2025 NHRA MISSION FOODS DRAG RACING SERIES SEASON
INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 13, 2024) – NHRA officials and FOX Sports announced
today the television schedule for the upcoming 2025 NHRA Mission Foods
Drag Racing Series season, which includes eight broadcasts on the FOX
broadcast network.
All 20 races, along with the NHRA All-Star Callout events in Top Fuel
and Funny Car, and the GETTRX NHRA All-Star Callout race in Pro Stock
and Pro Stock Motorcycle, will be broadcast on either FOX or FS1 during
the 2025 campaign. The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season
opens March 6-9 with the 56th annual NHRA Gatornationals at legendary
Gainesville Raceway. The race includes the NHRA Top Fuel All-Star
Callout, which will be broadcast at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 8 on
FS1 and eliminations from the season-opener airing from 7-10 p.m. the
following day.
For the fifth consecutive season, a September event in the Countdown to
the Championship playoffs will also air on FOX adjacent to an NFL
broadcast, providing NHRA to a huge audience during its playoffs. That
opportunity has repeatedly led to impressive viewership numbers,
including an average of more than 1.2 million viewers on FOX last year
during the broadcast from Maple Grove Raceway.
That marks the final race of the season appearing on the FOX broadcast
network, following a summer filled with incredible racing action on the
broadcast network. Races scheduled to appear on FOX include the NHRA New
England Nationals from New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. (June 1), the
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals from Summit Motorsports Park in
Norwalk (June 29), the Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest
Nationals from Pacific Raceways (July 20), a special showing of the
Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge from Sonoma Raceway (July 26), and the
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals from Brainerd International Raceway (Aug. 17),
leading into the world’s biggest drag race.
The prestigious 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals,
which takes place Aug. 27-Sept. 1 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway
Park, will air on both FOX and FS1, including eliminations on FOX on
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1 from the Big Go. The Funny Car All-Star
Callout will also air on FOX on Sunday, Aug. 31, ensuring two days of
coverage on FOX for NHRA’s biggest event. Eliminations will receive
five hours of coverage on Monday, starting with two hours (12-2 p.m. ET)
on FS1 before moving to FOX.
Along with the nitro Callouts, both the GETTRX NHRA Pro Stock All-Star
Callout and the GETTRX NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout will
receive special Saturday broadcasts. The Pro Stock version, which takes
place Saturday, June 28 at Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio,
will air at 3 p.m. ET that day on FS1, while the PSM Callout from Sonoma
Raceway will air at 9:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 26 on FS1.
The NHRA and FOX relationship began in 2016, and NHRA and FOX Sports
announced a multiyear extension of their agreement in 2021, including
expanded coverage, the NFL adjacent event during the Countdown to the
Championship, and extensive finals coverage at the Cornwell Quality
Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals over Labor Day Weekend each year. The
partnership has also led to numerous innovations on the broadcast in
recent years, with the NHRA on FOX team collecting numerous Telly awards
in 2024.
FOX Sports and NHRA are also scheduling NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing
Series broadcasts, as well as shows featuring the NHRA Pro Mod Drag
Racing Series across the FOX Sports networks.
NHRA races will also appear in Canada and the Caribbean through FOX
Sports Racing as well, as well as through the FOX Sports app.
For more information on NHRA, including the full 2025 schedule, please
visit www.nhra.com [1].
2025 NHRA on FOX Sports Television Schedule (all times Eastern)
March 8
NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout
Gainesville
9:00 PM
FS1
March 9
NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville
7:00 PM
FS1
March 23
NHRA Arizona Nationals
Phoenix
6:30 PM
FS1
March 30
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Pomona
6:30 PM
FS1
April 13
NHRA 4-Wide Nationals
Las Vegas
6:30 PM
FS1
April 27
NHRA 4-Wide Nationals
Charlotte
TBD
FS1
May 18
Gerber Collison & Glass NHRA Nationals
Chicago
2:00 PM
FS1
June 1
NHRA New England Nationals
Epping
6:00 PM
FOX
June 8
Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol
3:00 PM
FS1
June 22
Virginia NHRA Nationals
Richmond
4:00 PM
FS1
June 28
GETTRX NHRA Pro Stock All-Star Callout
Norwalk
3:00 PM
FS1
June 29
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
Norwalk
2:00 PM
FOX
July 20
Muckleshoot Casino Resort Northwest Nationals
Seattle
4:30 PM
FOX
July 26
Sonoma Mission 2F2T Challenge
Sonoma
6:00 PM
FOX
July 26
GETTRX NHRA PSM All-Star Callout
Sonoma
9:30 PM
FS1
July 27
Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Sonoma
4:00 PM
FS1
Aug. 17
Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals
Brainerd
3:00 PM
FOX
Aug. 31
NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout
Indianapolis
5:00 PM
FOX
Sept. 1
Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis
12:00 PM
FS1
Sept. 1
Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis
2:00 PM
FOX
Countdown to the Championship Television Schedule
Sept. 14
NHRA Reading Nationals
Reading
2:00 PM
TBD
Sept. 21
NHRA Carolina Nationals
Charlotte
3:00 PM
TBD
Sept. 28
NHRA Midwest Nationals
St. Louis
3:00 PM
FS1
Oct. 12
Texas NHRA FallNationals
Dallas
4:00 PM
FS1
Nov. 2
NHRA Nevada Nationals
Las Vegas
5:00 PM
FS1
Nov. 16
In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals
Pomona
5:00 PM
FS1
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