NHRA Draws Impressive Audience for FOX Broadcast of NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – June 22, 2022 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series broadcast on the FOX network yielded impressive results on Sunday, as nearly 900,000 viewers tuned in for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals eliminations at Bristol Dragway.

FOX’s NHRA coverage of eliminations in Bristol registered 897,000 viewers on Sunday afternoon, which is an 18 percent improvement over last year’s June average for two NHRA races on FOX (761,000 viewers). The Father’s Day broadcast also peaked with 992,000 viewers.

The combined weekend audience of original airings for qualifying and eliminations action during the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals on FOX and Fox Sports 1 (FS1) totaled more than 1.3 million viewers as the 2022 season nears the halfway mark.

“We have a wonderful opportunity, across five consecutive events, to air NHRA drag racing on the FOX broadcast network, giving our largest TV audience a chance to not only sample, but to really get to know this powerful form of motorsports,” said Bill Wanger, FOX Sports EVP, Head of Programming & Scheduling. “To see it get off to a strong viewership start from Thunder Valley on Sunday is a great way to get things rolling.”

The NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals started a string of five straight races that will appear on FOX, which also includes this weekend’s Summit Racing NHRA Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, as well as the famed three-race Western Swing in July that begins in Denver and features stops in Sonoma and Seattle.

In all, the race in Bristol also opened a stretch that features eight of the next nine races appearing on FOX, including the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd in August, the prestigious Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, and the Pep Boys NHRA Nationals in Reading in September. That race at Maple Grove Raceway opens the Countdown to the Championship and is also the NFL adjacent broadcast on FOX.

The NHRA and FOX relationship began in 2016, and NHRA and FOX Sports announced a multiyear extension of their agreement last year, including expanded coverage, the NFL adjacent event during the Countdown to the Championship, and five hours of finals coverage at the NHRA U.S. Nationals over Labor Day Weekend each year.

For more information on NHRA, please visit www.nhra.com.

UPCOMING NHRA ON FOX SCHEDULE

June 23-26: Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH. SUNDAY: 3:00-6:00 P.M. ET on FOX

July 15-17: Dodge Power Brokers NHRA Mile-High Nationals, Bandimere Speedway, Denver. SUNDAY, JULY 17: 4:00-7:00 P.M. ET on FOX

July 22-24: Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. SUNDAY, JULY 24: 4:00-7:00 P.M. ET on FOX

July 29-31: Flav-R-Pac NHRA Northwest Nationals, Pacific Raceways, Seattle. SUNDAY, JULY 31: 4:00-7:00 P.M. ET on FOX

August 18-21: Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals, Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, Minn. SUNDAY, AUG. 21: 3:30-6:30 P.M. ET on FOX

August 31-Sept. 5: Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis. MONDAY, SEPT. 5: 2:00-5:00 P.M. ET on FOX

Sept. 15-18: Pep Boys NHRA Nationals, Maple Grove Raceway, Mohnton, Pa. SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 on FOX (Time TBD)

Qualifying action at each race will air on Fox Sports 1 (FS1). For the full NHRA broadcast schedule on FOX and FS1, please visit www.nhra.com.

About Camping World Holdings, Inc.

Camping World Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL, (together with its subsidiaries) is America’s largest retailer of RVs and related products and services. Our vision is to build a long-term legacy business that makes RVing fun and easy, and our Camping World and Good Sam brands have been serving RV consumers since 1966. We strive to build long-term value for our customers, employees, and shareholders by combining a unique and comprehensive assortment of RV products and services with a national network of RV dealerships, service centers and customer support centers along with the industry’s most extensive online presence and a highly trained and knowledgeable team of associates serving our customers, the RV lifestyle, and the communities in which we operate. We also believe that our Good Sam organization and family of programs and services uniquely enables us to connect with our customers as stewards of the RV enthusiast community and the RV lifestyle. With over 185 locations in 40 states, Camping World, and sister company Gander RV, have grown to become prime destinations for everything RV. For more information, visit www.CampingWorld.com.

About NHRA

Headquartered in San Dimas, Calif., NHRA is the primary sanctioning body for the sport of drag racing in the United States. NHRA presents 22 national events featuring the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series, Constant Aviation Factory Stock Showdown and Top Fuel Harley Series. NHRA provides competition opportunities for drivers of all levels in the NHRA Summit Racing Series and the NHRA Drags: Street Legal Style. NHRA also offers the NHRA Jr. Street program for teens and the Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League for youth ages 5 to 17. With over 120 Member Tracks, NHRA allows racers to compete at a variety of locations nationally and internationally. NHRA’s Youth and Education Services (YES) Program reaches over 30,000 students annually to ignite their interest in automotive and racing related careers. NHRA’s streaming service, NHRA.tv, allows fans to view all NHRA national events as well as exclusive features of the sport. In addition, NHRA owns and operates three racing facilities: Gainesville Raceway in Florida; Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park; and Auto Club Raceway at Pomona in Southern California. For more information, log on to www.NHRA.com, or visit the official NHRA pages on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.

Source: National Hot Rod Association

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