Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320

Drag Gallery: Pit and Action Photos From the PDRA East Coast Nationals

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The 2017 PDRA drag racing season is in full swing now with two events having been run. Our man Benoit Pigeon was on the grounds for the 2017 PDRA East Coast...

Watch Mark Micke Drive Jason Carter’s Malibu To A Blazing 3.80/208mph Pass At Tulsa

Few cars in the world of small tire drag racing have the history and backstory of Jason Carter’s Malibu. In its latest iteration the car is a twin turbocharged big block Chevy powered monster...

Watch The Menace Camaro Get Into The Wall At Ozark Raceway Park – Out Of The Groove and Out Of Control!

As much as we love small tire and radial racing around here we also have not lost an ounce of happy feeling for the large tires cars out there in the drag racing world, either. When we firs saw...

Weapon X: Follow Along As An Awesome Plan B Drag Week Build Takes Shape

(Words and photos by Robert Williams) –  (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of build stories that will follow the construction of Weapon X, a 1977 Nova that will compete in...

New Angle And In-Car Video Of The Daniel Pharris Andrew Alepa Corvette Flight In Tulsa!

Urban Hillbilly Action video has released a new video featuring the incredible flying Corvette run made by Daniel Pharris at Tulsa Raceway Park yesterday. You will see multiple angles including IN...

Watch Daniel Pharris Take Flight In Andrew Alepa’s Corvette At Tulsa Raceway Park!

Less than one week after a magical return Andrew Alepa’s Corvette took flight at Tulsa Raceway Park with Daniel Pharris behind the wheel. At the 2017 Outlaw Street Car Reunion the car waded...

Video: 50 Years of Firebird Raceway – An Amazing Look At One of Drag Racing’s True Gems

Operating a race track is one hell of a business. I tend to talk about it a fair amount here at BangShift but that’s because there are so many fallacies, myths, and misconceptions about it....

Demon Watch: Instant Inlet Temperature Drops Are Available From The Air Conditioner!

The official reveal of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is only a couple weeks away, but the teaser campaign that is doling out bits and pieces of information is still up and going. The latest update...

Watch Justin Cyrnek Make The First 4.50s Pass In MX235 History – A Thing Of Beauty

(Video credit: FreeLifeFilms YouTube Channel) – One of the most entertaining classes to watch at the 2017 Outlaw Street Car Reunion was MX235. The relatively new and hotly growing category of...

NHRA Gatornationals Action Photos: Alcohol Funny Cars and Dragsters Getting After It!

(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – If there are two classes in NHRA competition more fascinating than alcohol funny car and top alcohol dragster we’re not really sure what they...

2017 NHRA Gatornationals Coverage: Nitro Photos From The Top Fuel And Funny Car Ranks

(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – The nitro ranks had some interesting action during the 2017 NHRA Gatornationals and a rookie nearly stood the class on its head with an auspicious...

Bad News: Sacramento Raceway Property For Sale – Track Doomed In 2020?

Well this is crummy stuff to be telling you on a Tuesday. It seems that Sacramento Raceway, a track that has been in operation for more than 50 years is in some big trouble. According to a story...

NHRA Gatornationals Pro Mod Action Photos: A Wild, Record Setting Weekend In Florida

(Photos by David Whealon – DWPhotos) – It’s ON! That’s right, the 2017 J&A Service Pro Mod series is officially underway and it all got started in fine style at the...

Watch Lyle Barnett Drive Jason Digby’s Tooth Jerker Dart To Another New Leaf Spring Record! 4.19

One of the most impressive cars we have ever laid eyes on has done it again. The famed Tooth Jerker Dart has reset its own leaf spring drag racing record with a 4.19/184mph pass during the 2017...