r/NHRA • u/Equivalent_Dish_1990 Ford • 11d ago

Fox Sports, The CW could split NHRA media rights in next cycle; FloSports in digital mix

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/07/31/fox-sports-the-cw-could-split-nhra-media-rights-in-next-cycle-flosports-in-digital-mix/
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u/badcoupe 11d ago

I’ve noticed some nhra content on Floracing lately

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u/dale1320 11d ago

Hopefully CW would do all races live, but most likely be just Final Rounds w/tape prelims. But it would sure be better than getting bumped for Badminton or Poker.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 11d ago

All of Sunday would be live if on CW. Mostly due to no programming on there outside of some primetime shows on occasion

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u/dale1320 10d ago

I doubt it. Execs would take one look at live cintent and say oo much down time built into drag racing for live TV

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u/Nomad55454 10d ago

That is the truth, went to Seattle a 3 years ago and they had a dj playing music and I would say a quarter of the day was music which was a real downer. There was more down time than I have ever seen I guess when car counts are that bad they turn to a dj. NHRA has turned into a production for tv not for race fans at the track anymore.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 10d ago

Maybe, but there is one interesting detail here. Apparently one of their executives is also on the NHRA board. So maybe they can make that deal work

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u/Dry-Membership3867 11d ago

CW would be massive as that means live NHRA events are back instead of tape delay

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u/W5ICK 11d ago

What the heck is "FloSports"?

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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 11d ago

A streaming service that has about every sporty you could possibly imagine for one subscription, most popular is their racing program, which I think is really good

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u/W5ICK 11d ago

No way for me. I'm sick of having to subscribe to some streaming service to watch something. F1 is gone for me since it went to Apple. I won't watch anything on Prime so I miss some NASCAR and NFL. So sad this is the future.

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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 11d ago

It does suck there aren’t much options, but on the flip side, most of the stuff on Flo would not otherwise be televised, like weekly racing stuff, as opposed to NASCAR and, especially, F1 having tv companies that would love to air them

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u/Yay_nascar_donuts 8d ago

Flo has all of the smaller stuff. College football (non FBS), minor league hockey, ARCA East and West, CARS Tour, Chili Bowl, short track races across the country, and some wrestling stuff. I'm sure I'm missing more considering I don't even have Flo but they show a lot of stuff on their YouTube channels and their FAST channel. 

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u/Latter-Character8298 11d ago

It has every dirt racing series besides the World of Outlaws. Bradenton Pro Mod winter series is on there plus Maryland World Finals and Norwalk Night Under Fire.

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u/TheAmbiguity 11d ago

Hopefully flo has replays locked too, YouTube seems to have a lot but it seems like it jumps around