Tue, 15 Nov 2022, 11:27 AM NHRA and Fox Sports Release TV Schedule for 2023 Nhra Camping World Drag Racing Series Season

Courtesy of NHRA Communications

INDIANAPOLIS - Starting with a must-see FOX broadcast to open the 2023 season in Gainesville, NHRA and FOX Sports today announced the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series schedule for the upcoming season.

All 21 races, plus the two Pep Boys NHRA All-Star Callout events, will be broadcast on either FOX or FS1, including eight broadcasts on the FOX broadcast network. That starts with the highly-anticipated 2023 season-opener, the 54th annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville, where eliminations will be showcased on FOX starting at 12 p.m. on Sunday, March 12.

For the third straight year, a race in the Countdown to the Championship will also air on FOX adjacent to a FOX NFL broadcast in September, putting NHRA on a huge platform during its playoffs. That exciting opportunity led to the biggest audience in NHRA history in 2022, as the playoff broadcast from Maple Grove Raceway averaged more than 1.6 million viewers with a peak of 2.8 million.

Following the NHRA Gatornationals, the next FOX broadcast takes place during the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park on Sunday, June 25, kicking off a string of four straight races on FOX. That includes the entire three-race Western Swing in Denver (July 16), Seattle (July 23), and Sonoma (July 30), with another FOX broadcast taking place on Aug. 20 for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd.

The 69th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, the world's most prestigious drag race, will air from Indianapolis on both FOX and FS1, including five hours of eliminations on FOX on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4 to give fans extensive coverage from the Big Go.

Ten early-season broadcasts will also enjoy a motorsports or USFL lead-in or will lead into a motorsports event, while the pair of exciting Pep Boys NHRA All-Star Callout events will receive featured coverage on FS1 in 2023. The Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, which takes place during the season-opening Gatornationals, will air on FS1 on March 12, while the Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout, which takes place during the can't-miss U.S. Nationals, will be shown on Sunday, Sept. 3 on FS1.

The eight-car shootouts in the nitro categories returned in 2022 and included the top drivers in the sport competing for big money and bragging rights in a unique callout format.

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 five hours of finals coverage at the 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 six prestigious Telly awards in 2022.

FOX Sports and NHRA are also scheduling NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series broadcasts, as well as shows featuring the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon 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.

2023 NHRA on FOX Sports Television Schedule (all times Eastern)

March 12  Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout                Gainesville   10:30 AM, FS1
March 12  AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals                   Gainesville   12:00 PM, FOX
March 26  NHRA Arizona Nationals                                 Phoenix       7:00 PM, FS1
April 2   Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals                         Pomona        7:00 PM,  FS1
April 16  NHRA Four-Wide Nationals                               Las Vegas     9:30 PM, FS1
April 30  NHRA 4-Wide Nationals                                  Charlotte     6:00 PM, FS1
May 21    Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance  Chicago       10:00 PM, FS1
June 4    NHRA New England Nationals                             Epping        10:00 PM, FS1
June 11   NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals                          Bristol       7:00 PM, FS1
June 25   Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals                 Norwalk       4:00 PM, FOX
July 16   Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals           Denver        4:00 PM, FOX
July 23   Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals                    Seatte        4:00 PM, FOX
July 30   Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals                            Sonoma        4:00 PM, FOX
Aug. 13   Menards NHRA Nationals presented by PetArmor           Topeka        3:00 PM, FS1
Aug. 20   Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals                               Brainerd      3:00 PM, FOX
Sept. 3   Pep Boys NHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout               Indianapolis  4:00 PM, FS1
Sept. 4   Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals                Indianapolis  12:00 PM, FS1
Sept. 4   Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals                Indianapolis  4:00 PM, FS1

Countdown to the Championship Television Schedule

Sept. 17  Pep Boys NHRA Nationals                                Reading       2:00 PM, TBD
Sept. 24  NHRA Carolina Nationals                                Charlotte     2:00 PM, TBD
Oct. 1    NHRA Midwest Nationals                                 St. Louis     3:00 PM, FS1
Oct. 15   Texas NHRA FallNationals                               Dallas        3:00 PM, FS1
Oct. 29   NHRA Nevada Nationals                                  Las Vegas     5:00 PM, FS1
Nov. 12   In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals                            Pomona        4:00 PM, FS1

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