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INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 13, 2026) – Coming off a standout season that
included the most-watched race in NHRA history, NHRA officials and FOX
Sports released the television schedule for the upcoming 2026 NHRA
Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, a year that also celebrates
NHRA’s 75th anniversary.
All 20 races, along with the NHRA All-Star Callout events in Top Fuel
and Funny Car, and the GETTRX NHRA All-Star Callout races in Pro Stock
and Pro Stock Motorcycle, will be broadcast on either FOX or FS1, as
well as the FOX One app, during the milestone 2026 campaign.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season opens March 5-8 with
the 57th annual Amalie NHRA Gatornationals at legendary Gainesville
Raceway. The race includes the Right Trailers NHRA Top Fuel All-Star
Callout, which will be broadcast live at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 7
on FS1.
Live eliminations from the season-opener will air from 12-3 p.m. ET. It
is one of several ideal timeslots that serve as a lead-in or lead-out
with additional motorsports programming.
For the sixth straight season, an event in the Countdown to the
Championship playoffs will also air on FOX adjacent to a professional
football broadcast, presenting another huge potential audience during
the NHRA playoffs. This past season, NHRA scored its most-watched
telecast on record during the Texas NHRA FallNationals, drawing an
average of 2.065 million viewers on FOX for Sunday’s eliminations
coverage from Texas Motorplex.
That will close out races airing on the FOX broadcast network, following
a spring and summer filled with incredible racing action. Races
currently scheduled to appear on FOX include the inaugural NHRA Potomac
Nationals at Maryland International Raceway (May 31), the NHRA New
England Nationals at New England Dragway (June 7), the Summit Racing
Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Motorsports Park (June 28) and the
Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals from Pacific Raceways
(July 26).
The world’s biggest drag race, the prestigious 72nd annual Cornwell
Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, which takes place Sept. 2-7 at Lucas
Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, will air on both FOX and FS1, including
eliminations on FOX on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 7. In 2025, finals
coverage from The Big Go drew 1.036 million viewers, marking the
most-viewed live U.S. Nationals telecast in NHRA history
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 professional football 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 2025.
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 One app.
For more information on NHRA, including the full 2026 schedule, please
visit www.nhra.com [1].
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2026 NHRA on FOX Sports Television Schedule (all times Eastern)
March 7
Right Trailers Top Fuel All-Star Callout
Gainesville
4 PM
FS1
March 8
Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville
12 PM
FS1
March 22
FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals
Phoenix
6:30 PM
FS1
April 12
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals
Pomona
6:30 PM
FS1
April 26
NHRA 4-Wide Nationals
Charlotte
7 PM
FS1
May 3
NHRA Southern Nationals
SGMP
7 PM
FS1
May 17
Gerber Collison & Glass NHRA Nationals
Chicago
5 PM
FS1
May 31
NHRA Potomac Nationals
MIR
3 PM
FOX
June 7
NHRA New England Nationals
Epping
3 PM
FOX
June 14
Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals
Bristol
3 PM
FS1
June 28
GETTRX NHRA Pro Stock All-Star Callout
Norwalk
11 AM
FS1
June 28
Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals
Norwalk
7 PM
FOX
July 18
Sonoma Mission 2F2T Challenge
Sonoma
9:30 PM
FS1
July 18
GETTRX NHRA PSM All-Star Callout
Sonoma
10:30 PM
FS1
July 19
Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals
Sonoma
10 PM
FS1
July 26
Muckleshoot Casino Resort Northwest Nationals
Seattle
4 PM
FOX
Aug. 23
NHRA Brainerd Nationals
Brainerd
TBD
TBD
Sept. 6
NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout
Indianapolis
7 PM
FS1
Sept. 7
Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis
12 PM
FS1
Sept. 7
Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals
Indianapolis
2 PM
FOX
Countdown to the Championship Television Schedule
Sept. 20
NHRA Great Lakes Nationals
Martin
2 PM
FS1
Sept. 27
NHRA ANationals at The Rock
Rockingham
3 PM
FS1
Oct. 4
NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals
St. Louis
TBD
TBD
Oct. 18
Texas NHRA FallNationals
Dallas
TBD
TBD
Nov. 1
NHRA Nevada Nationals
Las Vegas
5 PM
FS1
Nov. 15
In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals
Pomona
5 PM
FS1
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