IHRA Plans To Pay Out $13,653,900 In 2026

FAIRFIELD, Ohio — The IHRA has introduced the purse for the 2026 Outlaw Nitro Sequence season and championship, together with the IHRA Triple Crown, which might award one driver who wins all three occasions.

The IHRA made the bulletins on its Fb web page on Saturday afternoon.

The Nitro Sequence will include eight nationwide occasions with $9 million in purses to nitro opponents and a season championship in all nitro classes.

The High Gas and Humorous Automotive champions will every earn $200,000.

The season opens March 19-21 at Darana Motorsports Park in Benson, N.C. and concludes Oct. 22-24 with the World Finals at a but to be decided location.

The IHRA Triple Crown options three standalone occasions at in style amenities with a $4,362,000 occasion payout throughout the three races. A $1 million bonus will probably be paid to any competitor who captures all three Triple Crown races.

Triple Crown races can pay $150,000 to win within the High Gas and Humorous Automotive divisions.

Triple Crown occasions will probably be run Could 22-24 at Pennsylvania’s Maple Grove Raceway, June 18-20 at Nationwide Path Raceway in Ohio and Sept. 18-20 at Memphis Motorsports Park.

As well as, the sanctioning physique introduced the return of Professional Mod Mania to Michigan’s Darana Dragway June 5-7. The occasion can pay a $275,000 Professional Modified purse.

In response to the IHRA submit, the whole payout for NHRA PRO Drag Racing courses in 2026 is to be $13,653,900.

2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro Sequence Schedule

March 19-21  Darana Motorsports Park     Benson, N.C.
April 9/11       Virginia Motorsports Park   Dinwiddie, Va.
Could 7-9          Montgomery Int’l Raceway  Montgomery, Ala.
July 9/11         Milan-Darana Dragway        Milan, Mich.
July 24-26      Empire Dragway       Leicester, N.Y.
Aug. 13-15     Darana Dragway 42  West Salem, Ohio
Oct. 8-10         Darana-Heartland Motorsports Park          Topeka, Kan
Oct. 22-24      TBA

Triple Crown

Could 22-24      Maple Grove Raceway          Mohnton, Pa.
June 18-20     Nationwide Path Raceway        Hebron, Ohio
Sept. 18-20     Memphis Motorsports Park Millington, Tenn.

Nationwide Tv

Each spherical of the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Sequence will probably be broadcast stay and free on SPEED SPORT 1, SPEED SPORT 2 and IHRA.television.  Detailed broadcast occasions will probably be launched quickly.