Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight

Mid-West Pro Mod Series Changes Season Opener To Texas Motorplex

Following an impressive display of cooperation between track operators and promoters, the Frankenstein Engine Dynamics LLC Mid-West Pro Mod Series (MWPMS) has officially moved its Mar. 2-3, 2018...

WELD Racing Returns To The NHRA Midway – Hitting The Drags? Stop By!

Good news for anyone out there in the market for high performance wheels. WELD Racing returns to the NHRA midway in 2018. The company will have representation on site to give you technical...

Back to 24: NHRA Replaces Englishtown With Virginia Motorsports Park For 2018 Season

The National Hot Rod Association announced yesterday that the 2018 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series tour would once again visit Dinwiddie, Virginia’s Virginia Motorsports Park. This event will be...

The 2018 Holley LS Fest West Registration Is Open! Do You Want To Be Part Of The Fun In Las Vegas?

Enough moping about the cold weather, it’s time to start gearing up for the fun that is to be had in 2018, and one of the events that many should be looking forward to is Holley’s LS Fest...

Bad News: Raceway Park Will Cease Drag Racing Operations – The End Of Englishtown Appears To Be Nigh

BangShift.com has learned that Raceway Park will cease racing operations in 2018. This is unhappy news to say the least. At this point our understanding is that there will not be a 2018 drag racing...

PDRA Drag Racing News: Tyler Crossnoe announced as PDRA Track Prep Director for 2018 Series

It is always cool when you see your friends do well and that’s the case with this news as pal of ours Tyler Crossnoe has been announced as the PDRA track prep director for the 2018 season....

Chris McGaha Announces Full Time Return To NHRA Pro Stock – Hires Adam Hornberger As Crew Chief

If you are a fan of Chris McGaha and his pro stock team, you’ll be seeing a lot more of them in 2018 than you did in 2017. After a limited schedule last season, the Texas based team will be...

Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final – Do The Guys Pull Off The Impossible?

Well here we are. This is Behind The Ropes Part 7: The Final. When the weekend began this was a team that was literally making check out passes to make sure their car was not going to fall apart...

Video: The Story Of Stevie Fast Jackson As Told By Stevie Fast Jackson (Part 1)

If there is one man that dominated headlines across the sport of drag racing in 2017, it was Stevie Fast Jackson. While some people know his background and roots, many do not know where this guy came...

Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance – A Great Weekend Takes A Turn For The Epic

This is Behind The Ropes Part 6: Survive And Advance. By now if you have been watching the videos you know that I called the majority of the action at this race during eliminations in the alcohol...

1960s Gasser Great Jack Merkel Has Died – Stopped Ohio George With A Small Block ’65 Nationals

If we were to measure the passing of racing legends in a drumbeat it would sure seem that the cadence is quickening these days. New York based gasser legend Jack Merkel has passed. Merkel rose to...

Behind The Ropes Part 5: By A Nose – After A Huge Round One Upset Can The MBR Team Steal Another One?

We’re back with part five of seven in the Michalek Brothers Racing team series called Behind The Ropes. We have seen the team struggle, we have seen them qualify and we have seen then rack up...

Big News: Nitro Revival To Be Held During Laguna Seca Spring Classic – Historic Drag Cars Mingle and Cackle With Legendary Racers

If you haven’t heard of the Steve Gibbs created Nitro Revival yet, we’re wondering where you’ve been! This is an event that Steve and a group of truly driven enthusiasts that love...

The Strip At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Is Going 4-Wide. Here’s The Progress So Far

The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been under the knife for the past several weeks as construction is going on to expand the facility from two dragstrip lanes to four. Like their sister track...