Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
2018 NHRA Auto Club World Finals Photos: Sportsman Action From Hardcore Thursday At Pomona
Nov 09, 2018Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Wes Allison) – It is the beginning of the end of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing season with the kick off of the 2018 NHRA Auto Club World finals at Auto Club Raceway in...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: A Turbocharged 13B Rotary And A Sequential Trans Make This An 8-Second Street Car
Nov 09, 2018Brian Lohnes1
There’s someone about old, vintage Japanese cars that we dig around here. The styling is reminiscent of American muscle cars, their power plants were mostly weaklings but sometimes cool, and...
Watch Robert Hight’s Crazed Trip Into The Net At The 2017 NHRA World Finals
Nov 09, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Robert Hight’s Crazed Trip Into The Net At The 2017 NHRA World Finals
Robert Hight enters the 2018 NHRA World Finals as the second runner in the fuel funny car points chase. If you think that worries him one bit, you missed the memo on what he did in 2017. The murky...
Watch The 1980 NHRA World Finals From Ontario Motor Speedway Right Here – Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock
Nov 08, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The 1980 NHRA World Finals From Ontario Motor Speedway Right Here – Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock
The 1980 NHRA season was one for the books and the World Finals that year, held at the cavernous Ontario Motor Speedway was a real hum dinger of a drag race. Coming into the event the top fuel race...
Mike Janis Grabs First NHRA Pro Mod Championship As Sidnei Frigo Wins Vegas Finals!
Nov 07, 2018Darr Hawthorne3
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – Mike Janis won his first E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by J&A Service world championship at the season ending event during the NHRA...
Tough Landing Video: Watch Mike Freeman’s Ultra Street Mustang Have A Concrete Meeting At No Mercy 9
Nov 07, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Tough Landing Video: Watch Mike Freeman’s Ultra Street Mustang Have A Concrete Meeting At No Mercy 9
Radial tire drag racing is an exciting thing for many, many reasons. The performances are one, the monster wheelies, are another, and the unpredictability is a strong one as well. The fact is that in...
Wild Drag Racing Video: This Pass From The Fall Coffeyville Street Drags Event Is Nuts
Nov 07, 2018Brian Lohnes7
We love the Coffeyville Street Drags. The events in the small town happen with the blessing and support of the local government and they have started to draw out some of the wildest cars in the...
Vintage NHRA Video: The 1993 Winston Finals At A Revamped Pomona Were A Blast
Nov 07, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage NHRA Video: The 1993 Winston Finals At A Revamped Pomona Were A Blast
Auto Club Raceway Pomona which was known in 1993 as Pomona Raceway stands as one of the great pillars of drag racing in the USA. Yes, the track’s usage is severely limited because of how the...
Nitro-Splosion Video: Watch A Blown, Fuel Burning Big Block Explode With Fury At The Top End
Nov 06, 2018Brian Lohnes3
There’s no more efficient way to level an engine than using high volumes of nitromethane fuel. Seriously, nothing else will do the job as properly in terms of speed and absolutely destruction...
Photo Collection: The Sportsman Spotlight And Action Photos From Las Vegas’ NHRA Toyota Nationals!
Nov 05, 2018Darr Hawthorne1
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, in conjunction with the NHRA Toyota Nationals, held the next to the last event in the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series of...
Watch The 1988 NHRA World Finals Right Here – Underdogs vs Heroes!
Nov 05, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The 1988 NHRA World Finals Right Here – Underdogs vs Heroes!
I look toward the 2018 NHRA Auto Club Finals with a bit of a jaundiced eye each year. The event is always big fun, full of action, and followed by some rockin’ parties but it is the last race...
Randy Merick Takes The $50,000 Elite 16 Pro Mod Win! Jonas Aleshire Takes MWPM Championship! No Splits Here!!!
Nov 04, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Randy Merick Takes The $50,000 Elite 16 Pro Mod Win! Jonas Aleshire Takes MWPM Championship! No Splits Here!!!
The Elite 16 $50,000 Pro Mod Race at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis Texas was an amazing event that brought a new level of fun and excitement to Pro Mod drag racing, and featured the biggest purse in...
Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship
Nov 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Mike Janis Win The 2018 NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Modified National Championship
This was one of the most electrifying years in the history of the pro mod class while those monsters have been running with the NHRA. 18 years have passed since a simple exhibition and the evolution...
2018 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Nitrous, Turbos, and Blowers Galore
Nov 02, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on 2018 PDRA World Finals Action Photos: Nitrous, Turbos, and Blowers Galore
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with more Benoit Pigeon photos from the 2018 PDRA World Finals. This race was the culmination of a long season of hard fought drag races and the...