Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Watch Justin Martin And His Nova Make The Quickest Limited Drag Radial Run In History 4.09!
Justin Martin was a solid player in the Limited Drag Radial category of competition at Diamond Pistons No Mercy last weekend. The car was rattling off numbers in the low ‘teens despite the...
Don Garlits Picks His Six Favorite Swamp Rats And Tells Us Why!
As much as Don Garlits was defined by his slew of amazing performances on the track during his career, he was also defined by his cars. There were a total of 37 machines that carried the...
‘Splosion Video: Mark Oswald Suffers A Titanic Boomer At The Texas Motorplex Circa 1990
This weekend, Mark Oswald will be crew chiefing the Matco U.S. Army top fuel dragster of Antron Brown but in 1990 he was a kid driving the Ford Motorcraft nitro funny cars and doing a fine job of it....
BARRIER BROKEN: Turbinator Becomes First Wheel Driven Car To Break 500mph!
Yesterday was one of the most incredible days in land speed racing and the storied history of the Bonneville Salt Flats. Dave Spangler, driving the Team Vesco Turbinator became the first human being...
Goodbye, Jimmy: New England Based Drag Racing Legend Jimmy King Has Died – 1971 Gatornationals Winner, Great Guy
In crummy news today, we are sad to report on the passing of New England drag racing legend Jimmy King, driver of the famed King and Marshall top fuel dragster and later their El Diablo nitro funny...
Mark Williams Enterprises Rear End Options Offer Convenience, Options, Quality, and Engineering – Why Consider Anyone Else?
Mark Williams Enterprises is known for a host of effective, hardcore, and high quality products. They are really, really well known for their rear axles and the associated components that they have...
Drag History Video: Here’s the Broadcast Of The 1988 IHRA Texas Nationals – The Weekend The 5-Second Barrier Fell
They’re just numbers. They are just digits on a slip of paper or on a scoreboard. That’s what the world sees. That’s what people who have never measured themselves against time,...
Watch Andrew Johnson’s Short Flight And Hard Landing At No Mercy 8 – Car Came Back And Raced!
Andrew Johnson had one of the most interesting weekends of any Radial vs The World competitor at No Mercy 8 in 2017. Why? It was the first time he had ever bolted radials to his car that normally...
Geoff Turk Pockets Win & NMCA Championship In His Mopar Dodge Drag Pak Challenger!
(Photos Courtesy of MOPAR Media Relations) – Geoff Turk made history when he drove his Dodge Challenger Drag Pak to the first 7-second clocking in the history of drag racing for a factory...
No Mercy Week: Take A Look Back At DeWayne Mills’ $50,000 Payday In PTC Radial Vs The World!
As you read this racers and vendors are stacking up at South Georgia Motorsports Park for No Mercy. This is the wild Donald Long promoted radial tire drag race that features classes like x275,...
Watch Robert Hight’s Explosive Final Round Win From The AAA Insurance Nationals At Gateway Motorsports Park
It was an incredible and scary finish to the nitro funny car category as Robert Hight took his AAA sponsored Chevrolet Camaro across the finish line at the sponsor’s race just before the car...
Video: Final Qualifying Results From The AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals in St. Louis.
This weekend’s AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals have been filled with drama and excitement. With more Pro Mods on the grounds than we’ve seen in forever, plus some of the best Top Fuel,...
Hot Take: Kye Kelly Selling All Of His Stuff And John Gaydosh’s Departure From NHRA Pro Stock Are Ironically Linked
(Submitted by Frank Welsh) – Editor’s note: Reader Frank Welsh sent us this well crafted editorial with a look at the recent announcement that Kye Kelly is selling all of his stuff and...
