Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
Speed Week LIVE Audio Feed Link Here – Listen To All The Action and Keep Up With The Stories
We’re late on the trigger with this one but there’s a live audio feed of the announcers at Speed Week. You can listen to it by clicking the link below. This is absolutely the best way to...
Bad News: Three People Were Killed In A Shooting At Great Lakes Dragaway On Sunday
We take no pleasure in relaying news like this from a drag strip. Three people were killed in a shooting at Great Lakes Dragaway on Sunday. The historic track in Union Grove, Wisconsin was hosting an...
The Scoop! Danny Thompson Hammers Streamliner To 435mph! All Saturday Record Qualifiers Here
Here’s The Scoop! This is the place where we’ll post all of the cars that qualified to make a record run at the Bonneville Salt flats each day during Speed Week. There were 10 cars that...
Unveiled: Jeff Lutz’s “The ’57” Chevrolet – It’s One Wicked Mother!
Here’s a fun story: a couple of days ago I got to see the wrong end of the security team at Beech Bend. I had made plans to be down there to shoot photos of the Rustic Nail & Co. Dodge on...
Bad News: Irwindale’s Dead And The Last Date of Racing Has Been Announced
So as good as it was to see the news about Onondaga Dragway reopening we have to deliver the crummy news that the Irwindale Events Center has been given its death warrant. January 31, 2018 will be...
Great News: Onondaga Dragway Is Set To Reopen After Four Years Of Dormancy!
Here’s some good news from the world of drag racing. Onondaga Dragway, the historic drag plant that served as the career starting point for legendary announcer Jon Lundberg and was a place that...
Big News! Doug Chandler, Husband Of Late Terry Chandler Extends Infinite Hero and Make A Wish Deals Through 2020
Big NHRA news was released by Don Schumacher Racing yesterday with the announcement that Doug Chandler, husband of the late Terry Chandler has extended the Make-A-Wish and Infinite Hero “giving...
Take A Video Tour Of The Scrappers Top Fuel Team’s Pit Area – The Most Insane Top Fuel Pit In Drag Racing History
If you are a fan of NHRA top fuel racing you have undoubtedly heard the name Mike Salinas in 2017. The owner of the “Scrappers” racing team, Salinas has entered the top fuel area in a big...
Wow! Byron Dragway Seeking New Ownership – Historic Track Home Of Many Great Events
The house that Ron Leek built is seeking new ownership. Byron Dragway in Byron, Illinois is on the market. The track has been open for more than half a century and has been a hotbed of innovation and...
2017 Meltdown Drags Coverage: We Just Cannot Stop Ourselves – More Photos!
(Words and photos by Bad Brad Klaassen) – So, if you’ve been following along, you’ve read about and seen what an amazing time is to be had by anyone that attends the Meltdown Drags just...
Mike Bowman Wins $100,000 World Series of Pro Mod! Turbocharged Californian Slays Them All!
(Photo credit: Drag Illustrated) – Mike Bowman showed up at Denver in his turbocharged Chevelle Pro Mod with a plan. That plan was to win the richest purse in the history of the Pro Modified...
Menholt Wins Aeromotive Wild Card Shootout at World Series of Pro Mod
(Photos by Joe McHugh, Words by Nate Van Wagnen of Drag Illustrated) Montana’s Derek Menholt earned the Aeromotive Wild Card Shootout win at the inaugural Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro...
Check Out The Massive Monti Fitzgerald Double Wheelstand From NHRA Sonoma Last Weekend
The NHRA has embarked on an interesting program in 2017, inviting various different racing groups from around the sport of drag racing to put on exhibitions at select races across the country. The...
It’s Over: Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park Has Been Sold And Will Be Demolished
Back in May we told you that Kanawha Valley Motorsports Park was closing and the owners were getting aggressive in their efforts to sell the property. Well the property sold and sadly it was not to a...