# 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on July 10, 2024.
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.
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, 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. Blake Alexander joined Chad Green Motorsports in Funny Car, starting a second team under CGM, to be shared with Hunter Green. Replacing him on Jim Head's team is former Pro Mod driver Spencer Hyde. JCM Racing announced an all-female nitro team made up of Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström in Funny Car and Top Fuel, respectively. Part-time driver Bobby Bode III began the season in DeJoria's former car, it is unknown if the move will be permanent. In Pro Stock, Greg Stanfield announced a full-time return driving for Elite Motorsports.

## 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 :
| Date | Race | Site | TV | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners |
| Date | Race | Site | TV | Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle |
| March 6–9 | NHRA Gatornationals | Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FL | FS1 | Antron Brown (I) | Chad Green (I) | Dallas Glenn (I) | Gaige Herrera (I) |
| March 21–23 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | Firebird Motorsports Park Chandler, AZ | FS1 | | | | N/A |
| March 27–30 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals $^{TFCO}$ | In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CA | FS1 | | | | N/A |
| April 11–13 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals $^{4Lanes}$ | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV | FS1 | | | | N/A |
| April 25–27 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals $^{4Lanes}$ | 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 | |
| May 30–June 1 | NHRA New England Nationals | New England Dragway Epping, NH | FOX | | | | N/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 | |
| 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 |
| August 27–September 1 | Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals $^{1.5}$ $^{FCCO}$ | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, IN | FS1/FOX | | | | |
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| September 11–14 | Reading NHRA Nationals | Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, PA | TBA | | | | |
| September 19–21 | NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals $^{4Lanes}$ | 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 | | | | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vehicle class did not compete at this event. ||||||||

### Schedule Changes

* Pomona 1 and Phoenix swapped dates from the 2024 season, making Phoenix the 2nd race of the year and Pomona 1 the third.

### 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. 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 :
| Date | Race | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners |
| Date | Race | Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle |
| March 22 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | | | | N/A |
| March 29 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals | N/A | | | N/A |
| April 12 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas) | | | | N/A |
| April 26 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Concord) | | | | |
| May 17 | Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance | | | N/A | |
| May 31 | NHRA New England Nationals | | | | N/A |
| June 7 | Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals | | | | |
| June 21 | Virginia NHRA Nationals | | | N/A | |
| June 28 | Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals | | | N/A | |
| July 19 | Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals | | | | |
| July 26 | DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals | | | | N/A |
| August 16 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | | | | N/A |
| August 30 | Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals | | | | |
| Overall Winners | Overall Winners | | | | |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vehicle class did not compete at this event. ↑ Top Fuel will not participate in the Challenge at Pomona due to the Top Fuel All-Star Call Out taking place ↑ 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 ||||||