Fri, 13 Feb 2026, 10:59 AM NHRA and FOX Sports Announce TV Schedule for NHRA's 75th Anniversary Season

Courtesy of NHRA Communications

INDIANAPOLIS - 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.

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                        Valdosta      7 PM      FS1
May 17    Gerber Collison & Glass NHRA Nationals         Chicago       5 PM      FS1
May 31    NHRA Potomac Nationals                         Budds Creek   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