NHRA has outlined a revised 2026 prize money structure for Top Fuel and Funny Car competitors, pairing event-based payouts tied to qualifying participation with an $850,000 year-end championship fund.

In letters dated Feb. 26 and distributed to teams in the Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, NHRA detailed both event purse breakdowns and the season-ending points fund, along with continuation of the Nitro Touring Fund.

At events featuring four qualifying sessions, total purse money will reach $319,000. Winners can earn between $51,000 and $54,000 depending on the number of qualifying runs completed, while runners-up receive between $21,000 and $24,000.

Semi-finalists in that format earn between $17,100 and $20,100, with payouts for second-round and first-round finishers also scaling upward based on qualifying participation.

Five-session events increase the total purse to $386,000. Winners in that structure earn between $96,000 and $100,000, while runners-up receive between $26,000 and $30,000.

Qualifiers ranked 17-18 receive $7,500, and qualifiers 19-20 receive $6,500 under both formats.

NHRA will again distribute a quarterly race team fund to Top Fuel and Funny Car competitors, calculated based on the percentage of qualifying attempts made by each competitor relative to the total attempts made by the field.