Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
2017 FE Race and Reunion Coverage: More Classic and Muscle Bound Fords From Beaver Springs
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – If you wanted a break from the on-track action, the midway had Jay Brown’s FE Power and Barry Robotnick’s Survival Motorsports and their bad ass parts...
NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Features Tough Nitro Funny Car Field And A First Timer
The oldest major event in the Pacific Northwest, the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor Opener returns to Boise, Idaho this weekend, May 5-7. This year’s Ignitor commemorates 50 years of racing at Firebird...
2017 FE Race and Reunion – Beaver Springs Was Bristling With Killer Ford Powered Hot Rods
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Hardcore. That’s what this weekend was, totally hardcore. Imagine a drag race and car show event centered around a single engine family that’s been out...
Dodge’s New “Brotherhood Of Muscle” Ads Are The Tire Smoking Anthesis To Lincoln’s Horrid Campaign
When we saw the release about Vin Diesel being brought in by Chrysler to head their “Brotherhood of Muscle” ad campaign we kind of cringed. Between the name and the whole announcement it...
Crummy News: Kanawha Valley Dragway Is Closing Until Further Notice – New Buyers Supposedly Lined Up
A long running West Virginia drag racing institution has hit the skids and we are sad to report that Kanawha Valley Dragway is closing until further notice. Since last fall the operators of the track...
Relive The Fun Of The 1981 NHRA Southern Nationals With This Cool TV Broadcast Of The Event
This weekend the NHRA completes its first “threefer” of the year with the 2017 running of the vaunted Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. The triumvirate of races...
Dead Drag Strip File: Shuffletown Dragway, North Carolina Then and Now (Video and Photos)
The 127th drag strip I have ever been to (living or dead) is displayed here before you. Shuffletown Dragway in North Carolina is one of the most eerie abandoned strips I have ever been to because...
NHRA 4-Wide Nationals Pro Mod Action Photos: History Made, Castellana Wins
(Photos by David Whealon – DW Photos) – Mike Castellana and Frank Manzo earned the first J&A Service Pro Mod Wally at the 4-Wide Nationals last weekend and boy did they earn it. As...
Big Winner! Steve Matusek Breaks Through For First Career National Event Victory In Pro Mod
Everyone loves to see their friends succeed and that’s why we were smiling doubly wide two weekends ago at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas watching our pal Steve Matusek capture a win in...
2017 Dusty Rose Comeback Tour: Southwest Heritage Racing Association
(Words by Bad Brad Klaassen, photos by Kenny South, Dusty Rose and Bad Brad Klaassen) – Let’s go back to September 17, 2016, at Tulsa Raceway Park’s, Nostalgia Nitro Nationals and a...
2017 NHRA Spring Nationals Through The Lens Of Charles Wickam – (Part 1)
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was one heck of a weekend in Houston just a few days ago and thankfully our man Charles Wickam was on the scene to capture the images we know you wanted to see...
Redemption No Prep In Houston: Action And Pit Images Featuring The Small Tire Heroes At The 2017 NHRA Spring Nationals
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When the NHRA announced that they would be having a select group of Shannon Morgan’s Redemption No-Prep cars at the 2017 Spring Nationals at Royal Purple...
Coffeyville Street Drags Postponed Until May 13th, Due To Weather
Because of severe weather in the area, and the expectation that it will continue through Saturday’s schedule Coffeyville Street Drags, the event has been postponed until May 13th. Stay tuned...
The Baytown Rumble: Elite Motorsports and Gray Motorsports Crews Brawl In Texas
Well, it got weird in Houston. A long simmering feud between Alex Laughlin’s racing operation and Gray Motorsports boiled over and resulted in the Elite Motorsports and Gray Motorsports crews...