Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320

Alexis DeJoria Will Retire From NHRA Drag Racing At The Close Of The 2017 Season

NHRA funny car driver Alexis DeJoria has announced her forthcoming retirement from the sport of NHRA drag racing at the end of the 2017 season. The driver of the Tequila Patron funny car has had a...

IHRA Ends Class Racing Changes Format To Sportsman Bracket Program – Summit Racing Equipment To Sponsor

Well this is big news in the world of drag racing and it isn’t exactly good. After leaving the world of professional heads up drag racing a couple of years ago, IHRA has now announced that they...

Watch No Mercy 8 LIVE Right Here Along With The Event Schedule – The Radial Tire War Is Going To Be Fought At SGMP

Well we have been talking about it for days and now it is here. No Mercy 8 will be going on from today all the way until Sunday at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Thanks to our friends at MotorMania...

Watch This Budget Built, Powerglide Equipped, Turbo LS Mustang Wound Feelings At The Roll Races

Roll racing on airport runways is becoming ever more popular these days. Owners of supercars, hypercars, and modified machines love the style of competition that is easier on drivetrain parts than...

Show Coverage: The First Ever Virginia Museum Of Transportation Racin’ and Roddin’ Show Ruled!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On September 23 the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke held it’s first drag racing themed car show. Racin’ and Roddin’ is a departure from...

This Drone Footage Of The Shadow Crash From No Mercy 7 Is Stunning – No Mercy 8 Is This Week!

Starting today, you’ll be able to watch all of the live streaming action from No Mercy 8 at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Duck X Productions will once again be throwing the last massive...

Watch The Massive Marty Stinnett Mustang Wreck At No Mercy 7 – He Walked Away

On Wednesday, I’m going to catch a ride down to Valdosta, Georgia for No Mercy 8, the massive and insanely fast radial tire race that has been packing the fans into South Georgia Motorsports...

Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – Our Last Blast Of Photos From Mountain Park Dragway

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We start off this last gallery with THE MAN himself filling the seat of a borrowed ride.  Scotty Richardson and his staff have done an amazing job...

From The Rodder’s Journal Vault: Photos From The Fremont Nostalgia Drags Circa 1986!

(Photos by Steve Coonan) – A first for Bangshift – the guys over at The Rodder’s Journal supplied us with a file of old photos taken at Baylands Raceway in Fremont, California, back in...

Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – The Coolest Cars At Mountain Park Dragway!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back with more from the Ultimate 64 Challenge event at the revitalized Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, KY.  I told you all in the first installment...

Drag Action: The Ultimate 64 Challenge At Mountain Park Dragway!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – There’s one track not far from us that we hadn’t been to much over the last several years.  It had seemed to be in decline and though there were...

Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2017 Photos: Action From Byron Dragway In Illinois!

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2017 was a huge success and an absolute blast from top to bottom. There were stories of triumph like Dave Schroeder and Jon Ens finally...

NHRA Heritage Top Fuel Dragsters In Tight Points Battle Going Into Tulsa Nitro Nationals!

(Photos by Dyan Lover and Darr Hawthorne) The All American Fuel Dragster coalition is bringing a full field of front-engine Top Fuel dragsters to the Nitro Nationals at Tulsa Raceway Park for the...

Action Photos: Straight Axle Mafia Coverage From US60 Dragway In Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So here’s what some may call the main attraction.  Some usual players and some not so usual.  We are familiar with many and those I can speak to the...