Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320

Progress For A Drag Strip On Long Island, New York? Seems Like It

It has been years since Long Island Dragway in Hampton, New York closed its doors and with it, left drag racing fans with no other option but to head to places like Atco and Englishtown. Since then...

Football?! Nah, Watch The 1991 NHRA Winternationals Right Here!

Apparently today there’s a sporting contest going on between two cities. Many people seem to be highly interested in said contest and are clogging up the roads, airwaves, and internets with...

It’s Official: World Series Of Drag Racing Back At Cordova August 25-27

    In a Saturday afternoon news release, IRG Sports + Entertainment, the parent company of the IHRA has announced that the World Series of Drag Racing will return to its rightful home at...

2017 US Street Nationals Action Photos: Wheelies, Radials, Coffins, More!

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Benoit Pigeon is about as hardcore a pro mod guy as we have ever met. The last couple of days we have been featuring his pro mod photos from the US Street Nationals...

Challenger Demon To Come With Crate Full Of 18 Components – Tools, Performance Parts, Track Pack

Well the latest Challenger Demon video has dropped and with it the release from Dodge on what the heck it all means. This latest video is called “Crate” and in it we see a Stig like guy...

NHRA Pro Mod Schedule Expands To 12 Races – J&A Service Returns – TV Ratings Soar – Video!

It has been a killer couple weeks of news for the NHRA Pro Mod world. Firstly as was announced at the end of the 2016 season, the J&A Service Company will be back as the title sponsor of the...

Fitting: A Mopar Captures Leaf Spring Record – Watch Lyle Barnett Crush It In A Turbocharged, Predator Headed Dart

I have had the good fortune to see many an impressive run at the drags over the span of my life but I am not sure I have ever been so impressed as I was the moment I saw Lyle Barnett run a 4.29 at...

US Street Nationals Pro Mod Action Photos Part 2 – More Killer Cars On The Run

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more US Street Nationals action photos from the pro mod category. As we told you yesterday this race is the culmination of a week (and...

2017 US Street Nationals Coverage: Pro Modified Action Photos From Bradenton

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We were fortunate to have Benoit Pigeon on the scene at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida to blast photos of the 2017 US Street Nationals as they happened....

Banrstormin’: A Weekend With The Outlaws

(Lead image credit: SpeedVideo.com) – I’m not going to lie, rolling into Bradenton Motorsports Park last weekend felt pretty damned good. It isn’t like it has been a great while...

Watch Mark Woodruff Crash In The Pro Drag Radial Warz Final At The US Street Nationals

There are a couple of wild finals at the 2017 US Street Nationals and we have both of them on the blog for you today. The Limited Drag Radial final saw one car blow up and the other wheelie through...

Cool News: Motormania’s IHRA Live Stream Now To Be Delivered On ESPN3 – Sportsman Action!

Yesterday the IHRA announced that their sportsman drag racing series would be live streamed on ESPN3. We were hoping that our pals at MotormaniaTV still had the duty of making the shows happen and...

Watch The Absolutely Wild Limited Drag Radial Final From The US Street Nationals

I spent last weekend in Bradenton, Florida at Bradenton Motorsports Park announcing the 2017 US Street Nationals. This event really is interesting in because it is the culmination of what is a week...

Watch Ziff Hudson Nearly Become The First Man To The 3s On A 275 Tire Before He Let The Fire Out

We love those round numbers in drag racing. Breaking a performance barrier is always cool but never so cool as to when it is through the bottom of one time increment and into the next. There’s...