By SEMA News Editors
NHRA Announces New Bonus for Regular Season Champion, $25M Overall Purse
The NHRA will award $25 million in purse and payouts to teams during the 2025 national event schedule, including a new bonus payout for regular-season champions ahead of the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
The multi-million dollar payout includes 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, as well as 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, and other incentive programs.
It also includes the payout for a regular-season championship, which will be introduced this year and will be awarded to the regular-season points leader in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. NHRA is set to award almost $400,000 of additional purse to the regular season champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, contributing to the $25 million up for grabs this year during the 2025 season, NHRA officials said.
For more information, visit nhra.com.
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ALT Sports Data, World Racing Group Announce Sports-Betting Partnership Ahead of 2025 Season
World Racing Group has entered into a new partnership with ALT Sports Data, a San Diego-based leader in trading and consumer data for action, motor, alternative and emerging sports, that will enable regulated sports betting on some dirt-track racing properties, including the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, the World of Outlaws Late Model Series, the American Sprint Car Series and the Super DIRTcar Series.
Through this partnership, ALT Sports Data will leverage official data feeds to deliver pre-race and live betting products to sportsbooks worldwide. ALT Sports Data will utilize the World of Outlaws (WoO) official data to offer up-to-the-minute odds and an array of traditional wagers and prop bets, designed to enhance fan engagement and expand the global reach of dirt track racing, the sanctioning body said in a statement announcing the partnership.
Betting will be available in jurisdictions where approved starting with the first night of World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car action at Volusia Speedway Park's Federated Auto Parts DIRTcar Nationals on Wednesday, February 5.
For more information, visit worldofoutlaws.com.