Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, Gallery
50th Cobra Jet Reunion: The History, The Cars, The Horsepower, and The People Were At Norwalk
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – More photos of cool and historic Cobra Jet powered Fords from the massive 50th Cobra Jet Reunion a couple of weeks ago. Joe Grippo was in his glory both racing his...
Watch Hot Rod Drag Week Here: 2018 Live Streaming Coverage Starting From Atlanta Today
It is that time of the year again, time to tune in and watch some of the most interesting, weird, wild, and fast street legal cars in the world compete at four tracks in five days and pound pavement...
Thirteen Years After: Photos, Personal Memories, And Botched Coverage Of Drag Week 2005 – How That Event Led To BangShift Existing
Some mistakes you can never escape and this is one of them. For whatever reason, while I was on the road covering Hot Rod Drag Week in 2005 for CompetitonPlus.com, I got hung up on the idea that...
Quaint Old Video: This Look Back At The 2006 Pump Gas Drags Seems Appropriate Today
As you are reading this, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2018 has kicked off and more than 400 of the most awesome and fast street cars from all over the world are at Atlanta Dragway. Before Drag Week...
Street Car Super Nationals Las Vegas To Run 4-Wide In November LIVE On BANGshift!
While at this year’s Spring Fling Million dollar bracket race in Las Vegas, at the newly 4-wide converted race track, we talked about just how cool it would be to run a race on the 4 lanes with...
Retro Pro Mod Video: Watch The Pro Modified Action From The 2004 US Nationals – Loads Of Fun Action!
Last weekend at Indy the E3 Spark Plugs pro mod category provided some of the most incredible action of the entire event. There were upsets, there were notable non-qualifiers, and there were loads of...
50th Cobra Jet Anniversary Celebration Photos: Norwalk Was Brimming With Ford Horsepower
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It was the coolest gathering of Ford people, card, and history that anyone had ever seen and our man Joe Grippo was on the scene to check it out. The 50th Cobra Jet...
Salinas, Todd, Gray, And Krawiec On The Top Spots At The Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals So Far!
The Big Go, NHRA’s most prestigious and coveted event is underway in Indianapolis and all eyes are on qualifying for the NHRA Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals. A win here is career making,...
Daniels Makes History By Winning The NHRA Dodge HEMI Challenge For The Third Year In A Row!
August 31, 2018, Brownsburg, Indiana – Jimmy Daniels wrote his name in the NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge record books, defeating No. 1 qualifier Gary Wolkwitz in the final round to become the first...
Wolkwitz Takes NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge Pole At U.S. Nationals, Daniels qualifies No. 2!
(Words and Photos Courtesy of MOPAR.com) – Gary Wolkwitz raced his vintage Super Stock 1968 Dodge Dart to the top spot during qualifying for the NHRA Dodge HEMI® Challenge, the popular...
Huge Industry News: Race Winning Brands Acquires Dart Machinery – The Power House Gets More Power!
This is HUGE aftermarket news. The title says it all. Race winning brads acquires Dart Machinery. Dick Maskin’s company has been one of the most innovative, hardcore, and respected operations...
Fast Friends: Krista Baldwin Inks Raybestos Powertrain and McLeod Racing For US Nationals
Krista Baldwin is a third generation drag racer and a stout one at that. Her grandfather is Chris Karamesines, her dad is the late Bobby Baldwin, and she has exhibited the family genes in the seat of...
30 Year Time Machine: Watch The TNN Broadcast Of The 1988 NHRA US Nationals
It’s only fitting that on the first day of the 1988 NHRA US Nationals we take a look back to the event that was run on the same track 30 years ago. The 1988 race was interesting because of the...
