Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
PROCK SETS SINGLE-SEASON NO. 1 QUALIFIER RECORD IN FUNNY CAR; B. FORCE, ANDERSON & HERRERA ALSO TAKE TOP SPOTS AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 2, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock broke John Force’s record for most No. 1 qualifiers in a single season on Saturday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway,...
B. FORCE, PROCK, ANDERSON & M. SMITH GET PROVISIONAL NO. 1 POSITIONS AT FORD PERFORMANCE NHRA NATIONALS
LAS VEGAS (Nov. 1, 2024) – With John Force returning to the track on Friday for the first time since his crash in June, team drivers Brittany Force and Austin Prock both went to the top in Top Fuel...
Thunder Slug: The Story Of The 1,000hp Sunbeam Slug And The Men Who Built It Is Awesome
The leviathan nature of early land speed record cars is the stuff of lore. The fact that took 1,000hp made from a pair of massive engines in a vehicle more than 30 feet long to achieve the first...
IHRA News: Kenny Nowling Appointed President of the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA). Big Plans For 2025 And Beyond!
HOUSE SPRINGS, MO USA — October 21, 2024 — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) is proud to announce the appointment of Kenny Nowling as the new President, effective immediately. The...
Watch A Young Mickey Thompson Tell His Own Story And Talk About Going 400mph In This 1962 Television Interview
Decades after his untimely death, the hot rodding world still idolizes Mickey Thompson. Why? Oh likely because he is one of the greatest hot rodders who ever lived. A man of boundless ideas and...
Audio Gold: Listen To These 1960s Drag Strip Radio Ads From Indiana’s Chandler Raceway Park
Now this is some magically awesome stuff. You are about to listen to a collection of several drag strip ads from Indiana’s Chandler Raceway Park. These were made back in the early and middle...
The NHRA Mission Drag Racing Champion Chase ALL COMES DOWN TO POMONA: IN-N-OUT BURGER NHRA FINALS SET TO CROWN CHAMPIONS!
POMONA, Calif. (Oct. 16, 2024) – The stage is set to crown champions in the 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and all the excitement takes place at the 59th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA...
Drag Strip Time Travel: This Footage From Edgewater Sports Park In The Early 1970s Is Fantastic
Now here’s the good stuff! You are going to travel back in time to the early 1970s at Ohio’s Edgewater Sports Park to see a load of great cars attacking the historic track’s...
A Trip Back In Time: This Incredible Drag Racing Film Shows Guys Like Connie Kalitta, EJ Potter, The Arfons Boys and Others As Kids!
Just when you think you have seen it all! The amazing thing about video footage like this is that it mimics the whole “barn find” car deal because when someone drags some incredible thing...
ASHLEY, HAGAN, J. COUGHLIN JR. & HERRERA COLLECT KEY PLAYOFF WINS AT TEXAS NHRA FALLNATIONALS RESULTS, ACTION, AND MORE!
– Ashley moves into Top Fuel points lead – Hagan wins in Dallas for second straight year – Coughlin slips past longtime rival Anderson in PS...
Incredible Video: If You Love 1960s Super Stock Drag Racing You’ll Freak When You Watch This Video
Jim Amos of Bee-On Video has been producing some of the best vintage drag racing videos for as long as we can remember. One of his newest is a feature length piece on Super Stock racing in the 1960s....
A Window Into History: This Video From 1966 At New England Dragway Shows Off Two Infamous Funny Cars
This is a cool video for a bunch of reasons. The first is that it was shot at New England Dragway at one of the first “big” events they had at the facility during the short opening...
These 1960s Race Car Classified Ads From The Back Of National Dragster Will Make You Smile AND Cry – Awesome Stuff
I have a pretty decent collection of old drag racing books, magazines, and newspapers. It gets bolstered every now and again by my friend Mike Williams who provides me with “treasures”...
