IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular Season Opener Delayed – Drag Strip Construction On-Going
Feb 26, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular Season Opener Delayed – Drag Strip Construction On-Going
Well this is not the start that the planners of the IHRA Summit Sportsman Spectacular series had in mind. It has been announced that the first the of the year has been rescheduled from March 9-11 to...
Lights Out 9 Action Photo Coverage: Wrecks, Thrashes, Launches, Top End Shots, and More
Feb 26, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Lights Out 9 Action Photo Coverage: Wrecks, Thrashes, Launches, Top End Shots, and More
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – The good news is that Andrew Johnson was OK after his 1955 Chevrolet hit the wall at Lights Out 9. The bad news is that the car was unable to return to racing but...
Watch The Horrendous John Force Jonnie Lindberg Crash From The NHRA Arizona Nationals
Feb 26, 2018Brian Lohnes8
The silence hung over the track like a lead curtain. You could have heard a pin drop for minutes as the NHRA Safety Safari tended to both John Force and Jonnie Lindberg after one of the scariest...
Video: Courtney Force And Deric Kramer Shake Up Final Qualifying Order At NHRA Arizona Nationals
Feb 25, 2018Chad Reynolds2
Here you go, the final qualifying order after four sessions at the NHRA Arizona Nationals in Chandler. There are tons of heavy hitters aiming at the NHRA Titles for 2018 and records are already...
Pictures! Edgewater Sports Park Should Change Their Name To Underwater Sports Park
Feb 25, 2018Chad Reynolds1
The weather this year has been strange to say the least. I just got back from a trip to North Carolina and Tennessee where it was in the 70’s and 80’s while only reaching the 50’s...
Here Are Friday’s Number One Qualifiers At The NHRA Arizona Nationals At Wild Horse Pass
Feb 25, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Here Are Friday’s Number One Qualifiers At The NHRA Arizona Nationals At Wild Horse Pass
Here are the number 1 qualifiers in Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock for Friday at the NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Chandler. Tony Schumacher also set a National...
The 1320 Video Gang Visits The Merrill Ice Drags. Drag Racing On A Lake Just Doesn’t Seem Right.
Feb 25, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The 1320 Video Gang Visits The Merrill Ice Drags. Drag Racing On A Lake Just Doesn’t Seem Right.
The Merrill Ice Drags have been going on since 1965 and bring out all kinds of ice racing craziness. But not every vehicle out there is a purpose built ice racer. In fact most of the cars, trucks,...
Lights out 9 Action Photos – More Great Photos From The Radial Tire Throwdown In Georgia
Feb 23, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – As promised, we’re back with more killer photos from Lights Out 9 No Escape! This is the baddest radial tire drag race on Earth and we were front and center...
Calder Park Drag Racing – V8s From Old And New Schools Making Noise!
Feb 23, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Calder Park Drag Racing – V8s From Old And New Schools Making Noise!
We are about a month away from starting some test and tune days at Beech Bend with the Angry Grandpa Chrysler and honestly, the weather can’t clear up soon enough for us to start getting the...
Morning Symphony: The Highest-Revving Detroit Diesel-Powered Kenworth We’ve Seen Yet!
Feb 23, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Diesels don’t rev. That’s just the truth of it. A couple of thousand RPMs and you’re in the upper limits for most oil-burners that have been produced. Four thousand RPM and...
This Cummins Powered Nova Was The Freakiest Car At Lights Out 9 And It Worked! Totally Awesome
Feb 22, 2018Brian Lohnes5
In drag racing, freaky and different usually mean fun but they also usually mean slow. Well, this Cummins powered Nova was the freakiest car at Lights Out 9 and it was anything but slow. In fact this...
Lights Out 9 Action Photo Coverage: From The Top End To The Starting Line, SGMP Was Rocking
Feb 22, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Randy McCuddy) – Now THIS is what we were talking about the other day when we mentioned that there were real photos from Lights Out 9 on the way to supplement our lame pit and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Do You Feel About Electric Hot Rods?
Feb 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart25
Forget my usual prose for once. Had you told me ten years ago that electric vehicles would be where they are today, I would have rolled out a list of suggestions for places you could go and what you...
Watch Stevie Fast Jackson Win The $50,000 Radial vs The World Prize At Lights Out 9 – His Path To Victory
Feb 21, 2018Brian Lohnes2
It was Stevie Fast Jackson, driving the famed Shadow 2.0 Camaro who drove to the $50,000 grand prize at Lights Out 9 last weekend. That’s the short story. The longer story is shown below and it...










