NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

It's only two days until the start of the 24th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Las Vegas. It's the fourth of 20 national events on the Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series 2025 schedule, and the first of not two, but three four-wide events on the calendar in 2025. It was recently annnounced that in addition to the back-to-back 4-wide events at Las Vegas and ZMax Dragway (Charlotte, NC), there will be an additional four-wide race at Charlotte during the Countdown To The Championship in September.

There's full fields in most categories, with the resurgent Pro Stock class leading the way, at 22 drivers entered. Following close behind is Funny Car, which has 19 entries, and trailing is Top Fuel that will not have a full field, as just 15 racers are on the list. The other major dragster category, Top Alcohol Dragster, has 21 racers on the list, and for a pleasant change, eight cars will be running blown, on alcohol. That's one of the largest turnouts for the supercharged variety in the class in quite a while. Sadly, in Top Alcohol Funny Car, the small fields continue, with just nine drivers entered, for a 16-car field.

In total, there are 491 racers entered, with 405 of them in the Sportsman categories. That's a pretty healthy turnout and with a good weather forecast for the weekend, there should be quite a show at The Strip. Qualifying starts on Friday morning, continues through Saturday and eliminations start early on Sunday, with the Pro classes on deck for a noon start. With just three rounds of racing required at a 4-wide race for a 16-car field, it's a fairly compact show that is schedule to finish at 3:30 pm. Unlike the fall race at Las Vegas, there won't be any qualifying under the lights.