Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320
2017 Race of Gentlemen Coverage: Check Out The Sweetness In The Car and Bike Corral
Jun 23, 2017Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Anthony Festa – Check out his website here) – The 2017 Race of Gentlemen once again delivered the type of fun and the type of unique atmosphere that the event has become known...
Jim Murphy Wins Top Fuel At NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion And Takes Points Lead!
Jun 23, 2017Darr HawthorneComments Off on Jim Murphy Wins Top Fuel At NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion And Takes Points Lead!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) Regional rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 2017 NHRA Holley National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway...
2017 Gasser Reunion Coverage! History and More On Display At Thompson Dragway
Jun 21, 2017Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – I’ll always have a special place in my heart for the Gasser Reunion at Thompson Dragway in Ohio. Why? My wife and I blasted off fro college just after...
Watch Clay Millican Win His First NHRA National Event In Top Fuel – Overwhelming Emotions, Incredible Story
Jun 19, 2017Brian Lohnes16
It was the most emotionally charged top fuel final round I have ever experienced in person and when Clay Millican charged down the track ahead of Leah Pritchett, the entirety of Bristol Dragway went...
Crawling With Bugs – HOT VW’s At Irwindale Drag Day!
Jun 16, 2017Darr HawthorneComments Off on Crawling With Bugs – HOT VW’s At Irwindale Drag Day!
The yearly gathering of Volkswagens is a southern California tradition for VW Bug junkies and it’s been going on for decades, dating back to the long gone Orange County International Raceway way...
Testing Dates Set For Bloodhound SSC – Low Speed Airfield Runs To Begin Process
Jun 13, 2017Brian Lohnes3
The multi-year build of the Bloodhound SSC land speed car has reached its penultimate point with the operation announcing that real world testing will begin this October at Cornwall Airport Newquay....
The Legend Is Back With A New Look! Charles Carpenter Set To Debut 1968 Camaro Pro Mod – The ’55 Gets Fixed
Jun 13, 2017Brian Lohnes2
(Photo credit: Tara Bowker/Black Rock Photography) – Charles Carpenter IS pro mod. One of the foundational guys who built the class into the colossus it has become in drag racing today,...
Video: Thirty One Years Ago This Weekend, Don Garlits Invented the Top Fuel Blow-Over
Jun 08, 2017Brian Lohnes5
This was new. This was weird. This was SCARY. We’re of course talking about the phenomenon that came to be known as a top fuel “blow over” in the 1980s and 1990s. There...
Terry Wasn’t Alone: Watch Courtney Force Endure The Worst Funny Car Explosion Of Her Career
Jun 06, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Terry Wasn’t Alone: Watch Courtney Force Endure The Worst Funny Car Explosion Of Her Career
Terry McMillan may have had an explosion with incredible violence attached to it but Courtney Force had the most horrifying one during the 2017 NHRA New England Nationals. At over 330mph her car...
Registration Is OPEN For Holley LS Fest 2017 – Don’t Wait And Miss The Fun, It’ll Sell Out!
Jun 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1
We come at you today with great news. Registration is open for Holley LS Fest 2017. The annual throw down in Bowling Green, Kentucky has become a must attend event for drag racers, auto crossers,...
Watch Terry McMillan Suffer A Nuclear Level Explosion At The 2017 NHRA New England Nationals
Jun 05, 2017Brian Lohnes1
This one nearly registered on the richter scale. Terry McMillan suffered one of the worst and most violent engine explosions in modern top fuel history on Sunday at the 2017 NHRA New England...
Let’s Drive The RPM Act Home – Click Here And Take 30-Seconds To Save our Race Cars
May 31, 2017Brian Lohnes19
Last year, the RPM Act was introduced to congress and that was a huge step forward, validating the hard work that SEMA had done to that point. As we all know, the old congress was shuffled out after...
1972 NHRA Sanair – New Never Before Published Photos From The Race, Cars, Stars, History In Living Color!
May 30, 2017Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – It was a while back that Bob Boudreau was generous enough to share some of his awesome photos from the 1972 NHRA national event at Sanair Super Speedway in Canada...
Leah Ochs Suffers A Hard Hit In The Lead Sled Wagon In Texas – She Is OK, Wagon Hammered
May 30, 2017Brian Lohnes4
(Video Credit: NXGonzoVideo channel YT) – The Lead Sled wagon is a fan favorite wherever it shows up to run. Last weekend it happened to be at the Texas Motorplex for the Redemption No Prep...






