Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Video: Here’s 7-Things About The Sport of Drag Racing You May Not Have Known!
Feb 27, 2019Brian Lohnes4
It is impossible to know everything, right? I mean my kids seem to know everything and at the ripe old ages of 10 and 12, that makes sense. Me? I don’t know everything, not even on the topics...
Drag History: This Story Documenting The History Of Richmond Dragway Is Awesome
Feb 26, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag History: This Story Documenting The History Of Richmond Dragway Is Awesome
Drag racing is a sport that we know and love around here, especially its history as it pertains to tracks that have withstood the shifting stands of time and continue to operate today. Richmond...
Improving Weather For 35th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals Eliminations!
Feb 24, 2019Darr Hawthorne4
(Photos by Sandra Alberti and Bob Snyder) – Weather is improving for eliminations for the 35th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. The 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag...
Cold And Wet Weather Welcomes NHRA Arizona Nationals Racers!
Feb 23, 2019Darr Hawthorne1
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder, Sandra Alberti, Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – More cold, freezing temperatures met the Professional classes at the Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals at...
Setting Up The 35th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals – Before Burning Nitro!
Feb 21, 2019Darr HawthorneComments Off on Setting Up The 35th Annual NHRA Arizona Nationals – Before Burning Nitro!
NHRA’s 2019 Mello Yello drag racing season began a couple of weeks ago with the Pomona Winternationals where Doug Kalitta, Robert Hight and Bo Butner grabbed the Wallys for their efforts in the PRO...
Watch The 1988 Superbowl of Drag Racing Right Here – The Firebird Raceway Pre-Season Test Match Race Was Rocking!
Feb 21, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The 1988 Superbowl of Drag Racing Right Here – The Firebird Raceway Pre-Season Test Match Race Was Rocking!
So as you are reading this, pretty much every single NHRA nitro team is descending upon what is now known as Wildhorse Pass Raceway for the 35th running of the national event there. Phoenix is also...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Two New Episodes Uploaded – Radial Racing and Profiles In Grit and Guts
Feb 21, 2019Brian Lohnes1
So one of the functions that came along with my new job at NHRA was the creation and execution of a drag racing podcast that covers the inside world of straight line motorsports competition....
Lights Out 10 Coverage: The x275 Class Provided One Heck Of A Show As Well, Here’s Every Elimination Run!
Feb 20, 2019Brian Lohnes1
While the Radial vs The World category dominates headlines during the Lights Out 10 weekend, the x275 category is not too far behind it with drama and action on the track. The cars are running on a...
Lights out 10 Action Video: This Video Recap Shows You Every Pounding Eliminations Run In Succession
Feb 18, 2019Brian Lohnes3
Lights Out was insane. They all are. Every flipping time a DuckX production is executed at South Georgia Motorsports Park, the drag racing world pays very close attention and for good reason. The...
2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Extravaganza: Our Last Blast Of Photos From Drag Racing’s Season Opener
Feb 18, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on 2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Extravaganza: Our Last Blast Of Photos From Drag Racing’s Season Opener
People go to the drags for a multitude of reasons. They go to see the cars, they go to see the thrash, they go to see the competition, but at the end of the day they all go to see the people. The...
Save The Link: 2019 Hot Rod Drag Week – Are You Ready To Go?
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
The annual party of the quarter-mile street-driven freaks that is known as Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is approaching again. For everyone who wanted an East Coast-biased Drag Week, this year...
2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Images From The Pits At The First Race Of 2019
Feb 15, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on 2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Images From The Pits At The First Race Of 2019
The NHRA Winternationals not only represent the first race of the year for drivers, more importantly the Winters represent the first race for the crew men and women who provide the backbone and...
2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals: A Flurry Of Fuel Cars On The Strip
Feb 14, 2019Brian Lohnes1
It was a chilly weekend at the 2019 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals with temperatures barely escaping the 50-degree range during the day. The result of this was a race track that proved to be tricky...
Kalitta, Hight And Butner Start The NHRA Mello Mello Season With Wins At Winternationals!
Feb 13, 2019Darr HawthorneComments Off on Kalitta, Hight And Butner Start The NHRA Mello Mello Season With Wins At Winternationals!
(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Sandra Alberti) – It was a long weekend and a Monday to complete the season-opening 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented...