INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 11, 2025) – Heading into its 75th anniversary season, NHRA has announced the full category schedule for all racing classes that will compete in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series national events during the highly anticipated celebratory 2026 campaign.   Along with the full category schedule, NHRA also announced purse increase payouts of nearly 15 percent at national events for racers in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series

In advance of NHRA’s 75th Anniversary celebration in 2026, NHRA has created commemorative new logos for each of its seven geographical divisions, the first update to iconic logos in decades and one that represents a unified design without losing the individuality that racers and fans have associated with their home divisions for decades. Each of the logos still continue the division’s familiar mottos – “We Are #1 for Division 1; Second to None” for Division 2; “Land of the Wi

Now that the 2025 season has closed we invite all of you to come out and celebrate the accomplishments of all our Division Champions. We will also induct three nominees into the NHRA Northeast Division Hall of Fame. Curt Lashure, Max Nailer and Jay Blake will enter into the Hall of Fame in 2025 for all their accomplishments and support of drag racing. The banquet will be held on Saturday February 7, 2026, with cocktail hour starting at 5:30 pm. Doors open at 5:00PM As with