Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
EVENT REPLAY: THE 2016 NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Drag Race Is Here!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE 2016 NMRA/NMCA SUPER BOWL! The kings of the radial drag racing world will be at the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl in just a couple of weeks. The event will be taking place at Rt...
Drag Race Coverage: The Paradise Drag Strip Summer Show and Go Was A Blast
(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Some of the most entertaining and satisfying days you will ever spend at a drag strip are at events like the recently held Summer Show and Go at Calhoun,...
Drag Racer Craig Owen Passes After Horrifying Crash At Ware Shoals Dragway – Fans Injured
Last weekend Ware Shoals Dragway in South Carolina was the scene of a horrible crash that took the life of racer Craig Owen and wounded at least one spectator. Owen was traveling down the track at a...
NMCA Pro Stock – What You Can Expect To See This Weekend And The Aussie Star Making His US Debut (Video)
When the NMCA announced the creation of a new NMCA Pro Stock category lots of people around the sport of drag racing perked up and took notice. With a rather unique rules package that allows for a...
ECTA Ohio Mile Coverage! Cars, Trucks, and Bikes Ripping Down The Mile Under The Ohio Sun
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The June ECTA meet was full. Tons of runs, lots of spectators, and a bucket-load of racers came out for what was suspected could be the last Ohio Mile...
More Good Drag News: New And Improved Crossville Dragway Readying To Open! Win!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We published a story on Bangshift about the purchase of I-40 Dragway last year, and we could see that the new owners had big plans for the facility....
Drag Action Coverage: Southeast Radial Wars At Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – If you rewind the clock about 20 years, the whole “outlaw” street car thing was really starting to take off. It was packing the stands, and carving...
(Good) News From The Strip: Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip Is Under Enthusiastic New Management
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – We’ve shown you some wild eighth-mile drag racing coverage from Brainerd Optimist Drag Strip, located in Ringgold, Georgia on many occasions. The track...
PDRA North-South Shootout Coverage Continues: Lots Of Killer Bikes, Cars, More
(Photos by David Whealon) – The other day we showed you some awesome Benoit Pigeon photos that concentrated on the major classes that people associate with the PDRA. Today we’re back...
This beautifully shot video of Maryland’s 75-80 Dragway is the best thing you’ll see today
In nearly every corner of the United States, one can typically find an abandoned racetrack without much effort. Every track has its own story, which also includes the reasons for closure and vacancy....
Bowen, Litton, Turner Take IHRA Mopar Rocky Mountain Nationals – Wild Photo Sequence Inside
(Photos by Big Bob Snyder – Words by IHRA Communications and Darr Hawthorne) Shawn Bowen, driving his “Violator” nitro funny car captured the AMSOIL Nitro Funny Car title at...
Tune In Tonight! NitroReports Will Be Talking Wall To Wall Drag Racing Starting at 6PM Pacific!
Tonight July 19th NitroReports.com brings on plenty of nitro drag racing with IHRA President Mike Dunn on the season so far – and into 2017. IHRA Edmonton Nitro Funny Car winner Shawn Bowen,...
Drag Action Coverage: The Oklahoma Nostalgia Nationals At Thunder Valley Raceway – Noble, Oklahoma
(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – It is pretty interesting when you consider the multiple personalities that different drag strips have. We say that in the most positive way possible,...
