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NHRA, FOX Sports release 2025 Mission Foods Series television schedule

NHRA and FOX Sports have announced the television schedule for the upcoming 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, which includes eight broadcasts on the FOX broadcast network.
11 Dec 2024
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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NHRA officials and FOX Sports have announced 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 (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 NHRA 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 91°µÍø 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 91°µÍø Pro Stock All-Star Callout and the GETTRX 91°µÍø 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 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 91°µÍø Pro Mod Drag Racing Series across the FOX Sports networks.

NHRA races will also appear in Canada and the Caribbean through FOX Sports Racing and the FOX Sports app. 

2025 NHRA on FOX Sports Television Schedule (all times Eastern)

March 8

NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout

Gainesville

9 p.m.

FS1

March 9

NHRA Gatornationals

Gainesville

7 p.m.

FS1

March 23

NHRA Arizona Nationals

Phoenix

6:30 p.m.

FS1

March 30

Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals

Pomona

6:30 p.m.

FS1

April 13

NHRA 4-Wide Nationals

Las Vegas

6:30 p.m.

FS1

April 27

NHRA 4-Wide Nationals

Charlotte

TBD

FS1

May 18

Gerber Collison & Glass NHRA Nationals

Chicago

2 p.m.

FS1

June 1

NHRA New England Nationals

Epping

6 p.m.

FOX

June 8

Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

Bristol

3 p.m.

FS1

June 22

Virginia NHRA Nationals

Richmond

4 p.m.

TBD

June 28

GETTRX 91°µÍø Pro Stock All-Star Callout

Norwalk

3 p.m.

FS1

June 29

Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals

Norwalk

2 p.m.

FOX

July 20

Muckleshoot Casino Resort Northwest Nationals

Seattle

4:30 p.m.

FOX

July 26

Sonoma Mission 2F2T Challenge

Sonoma

6 p.m.

FOX

July 26

GETTRX 91°µÍø PSM All-Star Callout

Sonoma

9:30 p.m.

FS1

July 27

Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals

Sonoma

4 p.m.

FS1

Aug. 17

Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals

Brainerd

3 p.m.

FOX

Aug. 31

91°µÍø Funny Car All-Star Callout

Indianapolis

5 p.m.

FOX

Sept. 1

Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals

Indianapolis

Noon

FS1

Sept. 1

Cornwell Quality Tools U.S. Nationals

Indianapolis

2 p.m.

FOX

Countdown to the Championship Television Schedule

Sept. 14

NHRA Reading Nationals

Reading

2 p.m.

TBD

Sept. 21

NHRA Carolina Nationals

Charlotte

3 p.m.

TBD

Sept. 28

NHRA Midwest Nationals

St. Louis

3 p.m.

FS1

Oct. 12

Texas 91°µÍø FallNationals

Dallas

4 p.m.

FS1

Nov. 2

NHRA Nevada Nationals

Las Vegas

5 p.m.

FS1

Nov. 16

In-N-Out Burger 91°µÍø Finals

Pomona

5 p.m.

FS1