| 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season | |
| League: | NHRA |
| Sport: | Drag racing |
| League Champ Name: | Champions |
| Seasonslistnames: | NHRA |
| Prevseason Link: | 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series |
| Prevseason Year: | 2023 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series |
| Nextseason Year: | 2025 |
The 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was announced on August 31, 2023.[1]
It will be the 69th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock events, marking the first time since 2018 that Pro Stock car will compete the full season.[2] There are typically 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle, ten Pro Modified, and ten Factory Stock Showdown races during the season, and the rounds which all three will compete will be announced at a later date. 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.[3]
On October 25, 2023, Camping World, which had been the title sponsor of the series since late 2020 in a four-and-a-half-year contract, and the NHRA agreed to relinquish naming rights sponsorship in renewing its NHRA professional category sponsorship while expanding to premier partner status that includes professional and sportsman series sponsorship for the next three seasons through 2026.[4] That allowed the NHRA that day to announce Mexican food producer Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. will become the new naming rights sponsor of the series.[5] Gruma will promote their Mission Foods brand, which also expands their Mission Foods Challenge to all 14 regular season rounds in 2024, unlike 2023 when the event was not scheduled for the two four-wide rounds.
On November 9, 2023, the NHRA announced Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, Virginia will return to the schedule to fill the June unannounced date that replaces Denver on the schedule. Originally planned to be a three-day event, the NHRA announced on April 2, 2024 that the event would be modified to a two-day format with three qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday. [6]
The season was originally scheduled for 21 races with one unannounced date. The unannounced date was anticipated to be held at I-70 Motorsports Park in Odessa, Missouri and would replace the Heartland Nationals event, held at Heartland Motorsports Park in Shawnee County, Kansas, which closed because of land and tax disputes between circuit ownership and the local government. The NHRA announced on March 10, 2024 that the planned Odessa round will not take place in 2024 because the drag strip, which during development was called the new Kansas City International Raceway and later Central Power Raceway, is still under construction.[7] That circuit opened April 11, 2024 for club competition, with national event suites and towers still under construction.
Schedule released August 31, 2023. Last revision March 10, 2024
| 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Schedule | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Race | Site | TV | Winners | |||||
| Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle | ||||||
| Mar 7-10 | Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals TFCO | Gainesville Raceway Gainesville, FL | FS1 | Shawn Langdon (1) | J.R. Todd (1) | Erica Enders (1) | Gaige Herrera (1) | ||
| Mar 21-24 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals | In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CA | FS1 | Justin Ashley (1) | John Force (1) | Dallas Glenn (1) | N/A | ||
| Apr 5-7 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park Chandler, AZ | FS1 | Shawn Langdon (2) | Austin Prock (1) | Greg Anderson (1) | N/A | ||
| Apr 12-14 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV | FS1 | Doug Kalitta (1) | Bob Tasca III (1) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1) | N/A | ||
| Apr 26-28 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals 4 Lanes | zMAX Dragway Concord, NC | FS1 | Justin Ashley (2) | Matt Hagan (1) | Greg Anderson (2) | Gaige Herrera (2) | ||
| May 17-19 | Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK PerformancePSCO | Route 66 Raceway Joliet, IL | FS1 | Antron Brown (1) | Matt Hagan (2) | Dallas Glenn (2) | Gaige Herrera (3) | ||
| May 31 - June 2 | NHRA New England Nationals | New England Dragway Epping, NH | FS1 | Doug Kalitta (2) | John Force (2) | Troy Coughlin Jr. (1) | N/A | ||
| Jun 7-9 | Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals | Bristol Dragway Bristol, TN | FS1 | Tony Schumacher (1) | Austin Prock (2) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2) | Gaige Herrera (4) | ||
| Jun 22-23 | Virginia NHRA Nationals | Virginia Motorsports Park Dinwiddie, VA | FS1 | Doug Kalitta (3) | Austin Prock (3) | Aaron Stanfield (1) | Gaige Herrera (5) | ||
| Jun 27-30 | Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals | Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, OH | FS1/FOX | Antron Brown (2) | Bob Tasca III (2) | Aaron Stanfield (2) | Gaige Herrera (6) | ||
| Jul 19-21 | NHRA Northwest Nationals | Pacific Raceways Kent, WA | FOX | Steve Torrence (1) | Austin Prock (4) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (3) | Chase Van Sant (1) | ||
| Jul 26-28 | DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals PSMCO | Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, CA | FOX | Antron Brown (3) | Bob Tasca III (3) | Aaron Stanfield (3) | Matt Smith (1) | ||
| Aug 15-18 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, MN | FOX | N/A | |||||
| Aug 28 - Sep 2 | NHRA U.S. Nationals 1.5 FCCO | Lucas Oil Raceway Brownsburg, IN | FS1/FOX | ||||||
| Countdown to the Championship | |||||||||
| Sep 12-15 | Pep Boys NHRA Nationals | Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, PA | FOX | ||||||
| Sep 20-22 | betway NHRA Carolina Nationals | zMAX Dragway Concord, NC | FS1 | ||||||
| Sep 27-29 | NHRA Midwest Nationals | World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway Madison, IL | FS1 | ||||||
| Oct 10-13 | Texas NHRA FallNationals | Texas Motorplex Ennis, TX | TBA | ||||||
| Oct 31 - Nov 3 | NHRA Nevada Nationals | Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV | FS1 | ||||||
| Nov 14-17 | In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 1.5 | In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip Pomona, CA | FS1 | ||||||
4 Lanes: The Nationals in both Las Vegas and Charlotte in the spring will compete with cars on four lanes.
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.
The Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge is a collaboration between NHRA and Mission Foods, introduced in the 2023 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.[8] 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:
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.
| 2024 Mission #2FAST2TASTY Challenge Schedule[9] | ||||||
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| Date | Race | Winners | ||||
| Top Fuel | Funny Car | Pro Stock | Pro Stock Motorcycle | |||
| Mar 23 | Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals | N/A | N/A | |||
| Apr 6 | NHRA Arizona Nationals | Tony Schumacher (1) | J.R. Todd (1) | Erica Enders (1) | N/A | |
| Apr 13 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Las Vegas) | Antron Brown (1) | Austin Prock (1) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (1) | N/A | |
| Apr 27 | NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (Concord) | Justin Ashley (1) | Bob Tasca (1) | Erica Enders (2) | Gaige Herrera (1) | |
| May 18 | Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance | Justin Ashley (2) | J.R. Todd (2) | N/A | Gaige Herrera (2) | |
| Jun 1 | NHRA New England Nationals | Steve Torrence (1) | John Force (1) | Dallas Glenn (1) | N/A | |
| Jun 8 | Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals | Clay Millican (1) | Austin Prock (2) | Erica Enders (3) | Matt Smith (1) | |
| Jun 22 | Virginia NHRA Nationals | Brittany Force (1) | Austin Prock (3) | Greg Anderson (1) | Matt Smith (2) | |
| Jun 29 | Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals | Doug Kalitta (1) | Austin Prock (4) | Greg Anderson (2) | Richard Gadson (1) | |
| Jul 20 | NHRA Northwest Nationals | Justin Ashley (3) | Austin Prock (5) | Aaron Stanfield (1) | Gaige Herrera (3) | |
| Jul 27 | DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals | Shawn Langdon (1) | Austin Prock (6) | Jeg Coughlin Jr. (2) | N/A | |
| Aug 17 | Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals | Antron Brown (2) | Austin Prock (7) | Greg Anderson (3) | N/A | |
| Sep 1 | NHRA U.S. Nationals | |||||
| Overall Winners | ||||||