NHRA announces $25million 2025 National Event season

[Mike Schwartz]

NHRA has announced they will pay out $25 million during the 2025 season. The funds will include the following items:

• The event purse for drivers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series on the national event tour.
• The year-end championship purse for the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
• Payouts for the All-Star Callout races in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
• The Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in the four Professional categories.
• Other incentive programs.
• The payout for a regular-season championship, which will be introduced this year and will be awarded to the regular-season points leader[s] in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. (Est.$400k)

No further details were disclosed.

[Ed Carpenter]

and sportsman get nothing??.

[1320racer]

The funds will include the following items:

The event purse for drivers in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series on the national event tour.

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

and sportsman get nothing??.

The announcement mentions National event purses. Sportsman Championships and the LODRS were not mentioned.

[NHRA1926]

In NHRA's executive's eyes, Sportsman racers get the "Privilege" of spending their hard earned money at their national event to be part of the big show. And in return, they get to receive less for winning a national event then they do at a divisional race. Still trying to figure out how this happens. There is surely a lot more money coming in at a national event, then a divisional race. So why is the payout less for sportsman racers at the national events? Then the waiting starts for the contingency money, IF you hound them enough for it. It's getting harder and harder to justify why we do this, but we do.

[1320racer]

The NHRA knows you are not only showing up but you want them to increase the quotas so more of you can show up and race for pittance. But wait, as some have stated here, you don’t race for money so therefore the winner’s purse is meaningless.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

The NHRA knows you are not only showing up but you want them to increase the quotas so more of you can show up and race for pittance. But wait, as some have stated here, you don?t race for money so therefore the winner?s purse is meaningless.

I dont race for the money. Racing is a hobby for me. I build grocery stores for my income. It is nice once in a while to grab a bit of their cash when I get a good finish. I dont consider myself a "hitter" but I am good enough to win on a good day and have done that. I have a small collection of "Walley's and Iron Man trophies.

[1320racer]

Again, if you don?t race for money, it doesn?t matter what the winner?s purse is. You?re racing for fun.

[Dan Bennett]

Originally Posted by NHRA1926

In NHRA's executive's eyes, Sportsman racers get the "Privilege" of spending their hard earned money at their national event to be part of the big show. And in return, they get to receive less for winning a national event then they do at a divisional race. Still trying to figure out how this happens. There is surely a lot more money coming in at a national event, then a divisional race. So why is the payout less for sportsman racers at the national events? Then the waiting starts for the contingency money, IF you hound them enough for it. It's getting harder and harder to justify why we do this, but we do.

I may be wrong and/or things have changed but the tracks are responsible for the divisional payouts and the NHRA pays nationals. Another reason why so many tracks are having trouble staying in business.

[CMcAllister]

$25M for 21 races? So $1.2M per. Not exactly Earth shaking...

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall when ND had such information shown years ago - mid 90s - it was normal to see total event purses at just over $1M. The page would show the numbers for every class.

More cars showing up then, too. Entry fees were ~$260. Contingencies were substantial. $1 was worth double today's dollar.