Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
Boychuk, Bealko, Kile, Moller win IHRA Nitro Jam Mardi Gras Nationals
Photos by Chris Simmons – Courtesy of IHRA Communications IHRA was forced to postpone qualifying for the Nitro Jam Mardi Gras Nationals due to rain and wet condition and, with continued...
March 9th Was The 83rd Birthday of the Ford V8!
We’d be remiss if we didn’t recognize one of the coolest gearhead birthdays in the world. On March 9th 1932 the first Ford V8 engines began rolling off the production line in Dearborn,...
Exclusive: In-Car Footage From the Dart and Chevelle Crash At The 2015 March Meet!
We’ve managed to obtain in-car footage of the accident that took out a Dart and a Chevelle at the 2015 March Meet. Riding along with Will Matsch inside the Dart, you can see Dave Jones’...
March Meet 2015 Wreckage Sequence – Big Doorslammer Contact And The Curse Of The Front Page?
Two machines competing in the Hot Rod class at the 2015 Good Vibrations March Meet were involved in a pretty hardcore wreck on Friday. The red Chevelle reportedly suffered some sort of mechanical...
Breaking News: One Driver Charged In Fatal Chatsworth, California Street Race Has Appeared On Street Outlaws
(Lead image credit: TMZ.com) – In a turn of events that no one could have scripted, TMZ.com is reporting that one of the drivers involved in the fatal street racing crash that happened in...
Jiffy-tite Is Now The Official Quick-Connect Fluid Fitting Of The IHRA
BangShift LIVE Broadcast Sponsor Jiffy-tite is proud to announce that they have been named the Official Quick-Connect Fluid Fittings of the IHRA. With lightweight, precision machining, and effortless...
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs
More news is coming out about the Chatsworth street racing crash that killed two people and injured one. Friends of Henry Gevorgyan have indicated that he was not driving the Ford Mustang that lost...
Wow! New Dragster Enters The Chase For 200mph On Batteries – Melanie Troxel To Drive Machine – Quest For 200 Reborn
In all great technological pursuits there are differences of approach, opinion, direction, and design. Sometimes these differences are small enough to be worked through and sometimes these...
Watch 1979 NHRA Top Fuel Champ Rob Bruins And His Wife Get Stopped And Held At Gunpoint By Police Because Of A Typo
And the hits just keep on coming for highway patrol officers these days. This time we’re on the highway in Las Vegas, Nevada and we’re watching 1979 NHRA Top Fuel champion Rob Bruins and...
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: What We Know And How The Community Is Responding
The scene played out exactly as you’d expect it to: a highly worked over Nissan GT-R in the right lane, a Shelby Mustang with a reported $100,000 in modifications in the left lane, a crowd of...
Holley Announces Sponsorship of Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals – Lutz, VerSchave, Hundreds More To Participate
Holley has announced their sponsorship of the drag racing portion at the 2015 Tri-Five Nationals which will be held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky August 14-15, 2015. The event is...
Indiana Loses A Strip – Can The Eighth Mile At Chandler Motorsports Park Be Saved?
The drag strip at Chandler Motorsports Park in Indiana has been open for more than 50 years but as recent news tell us, the hometown drag strip will no longer be opening its gates for drag racers to...
NHRA Sends Letters Announcing License Revocation To Street Outlaws TV Cast – Competition Licenses To Be Revoked If Participation Continues
The NHRA has sent strongly worded letters to virtually everyone who is appearing or has recently appeared on the hit Discovery Channel television show Street Outlaws. This show follows the exploits...
Lancaster National Speedway And Dragway Renews IHRA Sanction, Revives Weekly Quick 16 Program
Two great pieces of news for drag racers in the Buffalo, New York area today as the reinvigorated Lancaster National Speedway and Dragway has announced that they have renewed their longstanding...