NHRA has announced that its milestone 75th anniversary year will include a 20-race schedule for the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, featuring national events at two facilities that will appear on the schedule for the first time ever. This will be the first time NHRA has introduced a new track to its national event schedule since 2013.

The 75th anniversary season begins, unsurprisingly, at the 57th annual NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway, in Gainesville, Florida, and concludes at the 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona, California.

For the first time ever, NHRA will visit South Georgia Motorsports Park outside of Valdosta, Georgia, on May 1-3 for the sixth event of the season. That same month, Maryland International Raceway, just outside of Washington, D.C., will host the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series for the first time in its long history, as the NHRA brings its 12,000-horsepower, 340-mph Nitro machines May 29-31.

All races during the 2026 NHRA season will be aired exclusively on FOX Sports, with select events on the FOX broadcast network. For more information and ticketing information, visit NHRA.com.

2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Season Schedule

• March 5–8: 57th annual NHRA Gatornationals, Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, Florida
• March 20–22: 41st annual NHRA Arizona Nationals, Firebird Motorsports Park, Phoenix, Arizona
• April 9–12: 66th annual NHRA Winternationals, In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, Pomona, California
• April 24–26: 16th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, zMAX Dragway, Charlotte, North Carolina
• May 1–3: NHRA Southern Nationals, South Georgia Motorsports Park, Adel, Georgia
• May 14–17: 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance, Route 66 Raceway, Chicago, Illinois
• May 29–31: Inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals, Maryland International Raceway, Mechanicsville, Maryland
• June 5–7: 13th annual NHRA New England Nationals, New England Dragway, Epping, New Hampshire
• June 12–14: 25th annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tennessee
• June 25–28: 20th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Summit Motorsports Park, Norwalk, Ohio
• July 17–19: 38th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California
• July 24–26: 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, Pacific Raceways, Seattle, Washington
• August 20–23: 44th annual NHRA Nationals, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minnesota
• September 2–7: 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana
  
   

NHRA Countdown to the Championship

• September 17–20: 41st annual NHRA Reading Nationals, Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, Pennsylvania
• September 25–27: TBD
• October 2–4: 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, World Wide Technology Raceway, St. Louis, Missouri
• October 14–18: 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals, Texas Motorplex, Dallas, Texas
• October 29–November 1: 26th annual NHRA Nevada Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
• November 12–15: 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, Pomona, California

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