Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Sponsoring C7 And COPO Shootout Classes At 2014 Holley LS Fest
We’re here at the 2014 Holley LS Fest and by the time you read this, McTaggart will be blasting photos on the track and in the pits. Lohnes will be in the tower excitedly yelling about the drag...
2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals: Action Photos From From The Sensational Event At Cecil County Dragway
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It has only taken a few years for the Yellow Bullet Nationals to establish itself as one of the premier small tire/radial drag races in the world. The event has fed on...
Drag Racing Hall Of Famer John Farkonas Dies – Team Owner Of And Creative Engineer On The Chi-Town Hustler
It is hard, if not impossible to find photos of John Farkonas on the internet. He was not a glory hound or a guy who wanted anything more than to put his considerable mental talents to work making...
Here’s What Tom Bailey’s Bringing For Drag Week 2014 – Can The Defending Champ Double Up?
When Tom Bailey and right hand man Steve Morris took the top honors at Hot Rod Drag Week last year, they did so in a pretty non dramatic fashion. After trading blows with Dave Ahokas on day one in...
Drag Week Live Broadcast Starts Monday! Also, What Do YOU Think The Winning Average Will Be In The Unlimited Class?
We know that lots of you our there have been waiting for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and we’re among you! With less than a week before the event kicks off, many competitors are still trying to...
Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge
For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...
Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
In terms of the yearly Drag Week news cycle, we have entered the “wait list” portion of the program. What does that mean? Well there are lots of guys signed up and thrashing to get their...
Drag Week 2015: Hot Rod Announced That Unlimited Drag Week Class Will Remain Unlimited – No Restrictions Coming
That’s not a typo in the title….we’re talking about next year’s even already. The Hot Rod crew is cranking the hell out of the Drag Week news today! We told you about the...
Hot Rod Drag Week Shootout Format And Details Announced – There’s A Cool Plot Twist Involved
I’ve been getting a ton of emails and messages asking about a rumored heads-up shootout at Drag Week and while I had some idea it was coming, I kept my yapper shut. Last night Freiburger posted...
South Georgia Motorsports Park Seized By Georgia Officials Due To Non-Payment Of Taxes – Track To Remain Open
Well no one saw this coming. South Georgia Motorsports Park, the circle track and drag racing facility that has served as a hub of small tire activity over the last several years has been seized by...
Aeromotive And Elite Motorsports Team Up To Fuel Erica Enders-Stevens 2014 Pro Stock Championship Hopes
Erica Enders-Stevens is coming into the 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals as one of the strongest contenders in the always tight pro stock division of professional drag racing competition. She...
CLICK HERE: To Watch The Saturday REPLAY Of Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under The Arch From St Louis!
Plus we expect that the new quickest and fastest door slammer passes ever will be eclipsed AGAIN tonight. We’ve already seen 5.52 and 270 mph runs, and Saturday promises to be even better!...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH The Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy At The Arch – Saturday Action Starts At 4:30 Central
We’ll be LIVE and FRRREEEEEEEEEEE as always, starting this Thursday evening at 5pm right here at BangShift.com for the first ever Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy at the Arch”...
Fact Is Crazier In Fiction: The Time The Winged Express Bumped Don Garlits And The Got Petitioned Out Of The Top Fuel Class
There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...