Massive 40-Plus Car Nitro Field Awaits Fans at Ford Performance NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas

Penultimate race of 2024 season & Countdown to the Championship to feature 20 cars in Top Fuel and 21 Funny Cars at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

LAS VEGAS, NV – October 22, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – On one of the brightest stages in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, fans will be able to see the largest nitro field at The Strip at

Las Vegas Motor Speedway in nearly a decade at next week’s 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals.

Heading into the race, there are currently 20 Top Fuel dragsters and 21 Funny Cars on the entry list, with the combined 41 nitro entries the most for the fall Las Vegas race since the 2015 season. This adds another thrilling element to the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals, offering fans the opportunity to see an abundance of 11,000-horsepower, 330-mph nitro machines in action in Las Vegas.

Add in the championship implications, a wealth of specialty classes and the memorable Las Vegas atmosphere, and the fifth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs promises to be one of the biggest races of the 2024 NHRA season.

Fans can witness the 40-plus nitro cars in action during a pair of qualifying sessions on both Friday and Saturday, leading into a can’t-miss Sunday of eliminations at the Ford Performance NHRA Nationals, where the intensity will be at a fever pitch in Sin City.

Last season, Mike Salinas (Top Fuel), Robert Hight (Funny Car), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Gaige Herrera (Pro Stock) all won in Las Vegas. This year’s race will be broadcast on FS1, with elimination coverage at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 3.

Along with a huge field in the nitro categories, fans will be able to see nearly 20 cars in Pro Stock, as well as the Pro Stock Motorcycle category and the final race of the 2024 season in the Congruity NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by LearnEV+, Johnson’s Horsepowered Mountain Motor Pro Stock and Holley EFI Factory X.

Top Fuel’s Justin Ashley moved into the points lead following his Dallas win, as he’ll take a 44-point advantage over Antron Brown into Vegas. Ashley is looking for his first world title, but also will have to deal with the likes of Shawn Langdon and Steve Torrence, who are 76 and 88 points back, respectively, as well as Tony Schumacher, Brittany Force, Clay Millican and Tony Stewart.

In Funny Car, Austin Prock has a chance to clinch his first world championship with a big weekend in Las Vegas. He currently leads John Force Racing…