Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races

2015 FE Race and Reunion At Beaver Springs: Thunderbolts And Classics Everywhere!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re not quite sure how Grippo actually lived through his time at the 2015 FE Race and Reunion at Beaver Springs Dragway. The guy is a Ford man to the core and...

2015 FE Race And Reunion: More Great Car Show Photos From The Event At Beaver Springs

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It is interesting how some events manage to rise above the din of the automotive world and establish roots that continue to grow year after year. There are lots of...

2015 FE Race and Reunion: An Amazing Collection Of Ford’s Mightiest Drag Beasts Of The 1960s Here!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) –  The 2015 FE Race and Reunion, while certainly drag racing oriented, also featured an all FE powered car show. The volunteer staff had a tough time selecting...

Heads Up Drag Action From Knoxville Drag Strip – Yes, That Is A Wheels Up General Lee!

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Knoxville Drag Strip is an eighth-mile track, located a few minutes north of Knoxville, in Maynardville, Tennessee. The track has been around for a...

NHRA Houston Action Photos: The Coolest Top Sportsman And Top Dragster Whips At The Event

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Among my personal favorite classes in drag racing, top sportsman and top dragster rank really high. Why? The cars are fast, unique, and each division around the...

High Flying Stock and Super Stock Action Photos From The NHRA O’Reily Auto Parts Spring Nationals In Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Here’s a little inside baseball for you. All the announcers usually fight for the mic when stockers and super stockers are coming up. Why? You know why....

NHRA Houston Pro Mod Action Photos – Some Of The Nation’s Best Getting After It At The O’Reily Spring Nationals

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was another great weekend of J&A Services Pro Mod action at the 2015 NHRA O’Reily Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Pro...

Check Out Liam Garrity’s Finest Action Photos From The March Meet 2015

(Photos by Liam Garrity) When Liam sends us photos, we’re always entertained. You see, he marches to the beat of a slightly different drummer. It’s like he was born several decades too...

More PDRA Drag Racing Photos From Rockingham!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) When you think PDRA, you think big loud crazy door slammers that make more power than anything else with doors on the planet earth or within our solar system. And for good...

PDRA Rockingham: Action, Pit Photos, The Most Powerful Door Cars In The World!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The second event of the 2015 PDRA season took place at the historic Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina last weekend and it brought out some mammoth...

Action Photos: Sportsman Cars And Testing Passes From The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Season Opener

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Last week we showed you series and today we’re back with more photos from the event featuring the sportsman racers who were there competing in various classes...

EVENT GALLERY: ChallengerFest6’s Race Day – Lots Of Thundering Elephants And Screaming Hellcats!

The Friday night parking lot car show for ChallengerFest 6 was a nice and relaxing afternoon and evening filled with barbecue and camaraderie. Saturday’s racing at Beech Bend Raceway was really...

The 2015 Houston Performance Trucks Shootout – Here’s Our Last Blast Of Action From The Race

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Well, we’re finally at the end of our run of great Wickam photos from the 2015 Houston Performance Trucks shootout at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas....

Truckin’ Photos: More Tire Smoking, Wheels Up Action From The Houston Performance Truck Shootout

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Engines are dumb. We don’t mean it like that, they’re cool and interesting but ultimately they don’t care what they are bolted into and making...