Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Watch 24-Year Old Craig Epperly Win Nitro Funny Car In His First Career Start At Columbus 1981

There will be many rookie debuts in the professional ranks of NHRA drag racing this year and it will be fun to watch people both young and old achieving the dream of running a pro level class....

John Andretti Has Died At 56 – Incredibly Diverse Driving Career, Tireless Fundraiser, Well Loved Man

We were very saddened to hear of the passing of John Andretti, a man who stands as one of the most diversified race drivers in modern history, who stands as a well loved man by virtually everyone...

Fire Is Bad: NAPA NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team Experiences Trailer Fire, To Miss Pre-Season Testing

There are tough ways to start a racing season and TOUGH ways to start a racing season. This would be more the latter than the former. Ron Capps, Rahn Tobler, and the entire NAPA nitro funny car team...

Strip For Sale: North Star Dragway In Denton, Texas Is Up For Grabs – Premier Eighth-Mile Track Does Not Come Cheap

Well, I’ll apologize right off the bat to the person who tipped me off to this news recently because I lost the message but I did remember the content. North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas is...

2020 Grand National Roadster Show Photo Coverage: More Images Of The Coolest, Most BangShifty Stuff At The Show

(Photos by Wes Allison)- Now THIS we can get into! Here’s our second load of photos from the 2020 Grand National Roadster Show in Southern California and boy is it full of cool stuff. This...

Paul Lee Picks Up Global Electronic Technology As Major Sponsor Of NHRA Nitro Funny Car Team

The NHRA news is coming hot and heavy this week as the season opening Winternationals are set to take over the headlines next week. Today it’s Paul Lee dropping some knowledge on a great new...

Drag Racing Cinema: This 2019 US Nationals Video Is An Incredible And Beautiful Look Inside The Race

Now THIS is some drag racing cinema. It is insulting to call this a “video” because it is so much more than that. A wonderful, intense, professional, comprehensive, and unflinching look...

Breakout: Antron Brown and Don Schumacher Racing Announce Formation Of AB Motorsports – First Step For Brown As Team Owner

While the NHRA off-season news has been more of a drip than a torrent in 2020, the floodgates have opened over the last couple of days and at the top of the wave was this blockbuster announcement...

Holley EFI Dominates At US Street Nationals – Stevie Fast Claims Record, Effectively Races Himself In Final Round

So get this. Stevie Jackson and his guys have been in every final round of ever race they have entered (NHRA, and outlaw/drag radial) since the 2019 NHRA US Nationals in August. This is even more...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown Tells The Inside Story Of The Formation Of AB Motorsports, Jason Line Talks Pro Stock, More!

This is a neat episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast because the guests and the topics are pretty juicy. There’s Antron Brown who just yesterday announced that he has formed AB Motorsports which...

Viva Orange! Watch This Stick Shifted, Turbocharged, Four-Cylinder Brazilian Chevette Run 8s At 170 In Brazil

As the drag racing scene in America begins to slowly wake from its winter slumber, the boys and girls in the Southern Hemisphere continue to kill it with their cool cars and trucks. In this video we...

He’s Back: Shawn Langdon Will Wheel Connie Kalitta Tuned DHL Top Fuel Dragster In 2020 NHRA Action

The speculation has been out there for a couple of months but we need speculate no more as Kalitta Motorsports has announced their driver lineup for 2020. Shawn Langdon who has been driving the...

Tom Bailey Destroys Street Car Record – 5.773/259.66 – Bring On 260-mph!

Know what Tom Bailey did after running 5.77/259.66 in the quarter mile at Bradenton Motorsports Park? He drove down the street in the same car to snag lunch for he and Steve Morris. Bailey has taken...

Watch This Pontiac Wheelie Into The Fog At Lights Out 9 – Craziness!

We are just a few weeks away from Lights Out 11 and it always makes me start to think about my memories from some of the previous events I have done in this incredible series. Lights Out 9 was a...