Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
New Look, New Organization For Clay Millican In 2019 – Unfinished Business Tour Kicks Off This Week
NHRA top fuel fan favorite and 2018 third place top fuel finisher Clay Millican is back for 2019 and he’s back with a new look and a new organization. The new look comes from the fresh colors...
Blake Alexander Becomes Youngest Nitro Funny Car Team Owner In NHRA Drag Racing – 12 Race Season On Tap
At 30 years old, Blake Alexander is set to live our a lifelong dream during the 2019 NHRA drag racing season as he’ll be operating his own nitro funny car team. Alexander send a shockwave...
She Gone: Courtney Force Announces Retirement From NHRA Funny Car Category – Winningest Female Funny Car Driver Ever
The announcement came on social media first, fittingly. Courtney Force has retired from her job of racing nitro funny cars for John Force Racing. Courtney steps away form the seat (but not from the...
New York’s Lancaster Dragway Future In Limbo – Owner Vows To Sell Facility, Will Not Reopen For Racing Without New Ownership
In what has become a sadly recurring tale for Lancaster Dragway located outside of Buffalo, New York, an owner’s outlook for the facility may see its gates closed forever. Owner Gordon Reger...
Steve Matusek Announces Partnership With Garrett Turbochargers For 2019 Season
This is great news for our pal Steve Matusek as he has announced a major partnership with Garrett Turbochargers for his 2019 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod campaign. While Matusek’s name is linked...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Our Second Load Of Images From This Event
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool Joe Grippo photos of the 2019 Indoor National Dragfest which did two really important things. Firstly it pulled drag racing enthusiasts...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Awesome Cars, History, and More!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – It’s January, it’s cold, it’s snowing and the dragstrips will be closed for at least a few more months, pretty bleak times for drag racers for sure....
Fresh Catch: This Group Of Drag Racing Ads For Cars, Races, and Exhibition Machines Sums Up 1967 Nicely!
It has bee a while since I cracked the vault open and grabbed a fresh set of cool, historic, and old drag racing magazine ads our for everyone to see. These scans are all from 1967 and they are all...
Aeromotive Named the Official Fuel System for Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School
It is always neat when two great teams get together for their mutual benefit. In this case it is the team at Aeromotive and the team at Frank Hauley’s Drag Racing School. This is a great deal...
Mid-West Pro Mod Series Is Adding Two New Classes: Top Sportsman And Top Dragster, To 2019 Season!
In an announcement yesterday evening, Keith Haney announced a couple of new additions for the 2019 Mid-West Pro Mod Series. We’ve been working in close proximity with MWPM since early on,...
US-60 Drag Strip Spring Nationals Show and Shine Photo Coverage – Not All Of ‘Em Shine But They Are All Neat!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Nostalgia drag racing and some show-n-shine normally accompany each other and the Nostalgia Nationals is no different. One thing US-60 does is allow the...
Goodguys Need Camaros: Enter Your 1969 Camaro To Be Part Of The Most Elite Group In The Model’s History This July
You don’t need to be Albert Einstein or an automotive historian to know that 1969 is the 50th Anniversary of the ’69 Camaro, one of the most iconic cars that has been produced in the...
Hit Job: Straight Axle Mafia Action And Pit Photos From US60 Drag Strip
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Straight-Axle Mafia (henceforth referred to as SAM) has a pretty steady core of racers that we see nearly every time we attend an even they support. ...
Breaking: Heartland Motorsports Park Owner Threatens To Close, Raze, and Move Facility Over Tax Issues
Chris Payne is the owner of Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas. He was the guy that came in and saved what is one of the nicest racing facilities in the country from what was going to be a...