2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
| 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season | |
|---|---|
| Season | |
| Races | 19 |
| Start date | March 9 |
| End date | November 2 |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion | Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) Austin Prock (Funny Car) Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) |
| Rookie of the Year | Spencer Hyde (Funny Car) |
The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season was the 70th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition.
The season was announced on July 10, 2024. This season featured the 60th anniversary of the NHRA Finals. The NHRA hosted 20 national events, with 19 hosting professional classes, with the NHRA Finals being exclusively for lower-tier sportsman classes due to weather. Top Fuel and Funny Car competed at 19 national events. Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle will compete at 17 and 16 events, respectively. There was 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.
The Arizona Nationals & Winternationals switched spots on the schedule besides that the schedule was unchanged from the 2024 season. The event at Virginia Motorsports Park will have a modified to a two-day format with all 3 qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday similar to the prior season.
The 2025 season is the first since 1971 to begin without John Force behind the wheel of a Funny Car, as he is still recovering from his crash in Virginia in 2024, with Jack Beckman running the PEAK Funny Car full time for the season. Force would later announce his retirement from driving on November 13, 2025, during the NHRA Finals. Tony Schumacher also began the season without a ride, as he joined Rick Ware Racing a few days before the Gatornationals, leaving little time to put a team together for him at the event. Blake Alexander joined Chad Green Motorsports in Funny Car, starting a second team under CGM, to be shared with Hunter Green. Replacing him on Jim Head's team is former Pro Mod driver Spencer Hyde. JCM Racing announced an all-female nitro team made up of Alexis DeJoria and Ida Zetterström in Funny Car and Top Fuel, respectively. Part-time driver Bobby Bode III began the season in DeJoria's former car. In Pro Stock, Greg Stanfield announced a full-time return driving for Elite Motorsports.