Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Best of BS 2016: Mustang GT350 Plus Mickey Thompson Drag Radials Plus Nitrous Equals 10s!
One of the cool things that always happens when new performance models come out are the “firsts”. The first people to get one to the drag strip is a big one and then the elapsed time...
Watch Chris Juliano’s Bad Ride From NHRA Norwalk – More Pro Mod Craziness
The J&A Service Company pro mod class has provided some of the most exciting, chilling, and downright crazy action of the 2016 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season. Between close calls, near...
The Video Introduction To The Dave McClelland Motorsports Hall Of Fame Induction Is Amazing
So how to you create a video that encapsulates the truly great nature of a legend in just two minutes? You hand the project to someone who gets it. Les Mayhew is a guy who gets it and gets it to a...
Another One Gone: Lyons Raceway Park In Indiana Is Closing
It seems that another track is shutting the gates and disappearing into history. Lyons Raceway Park, an 1/8th mile strip south of Indianapolis, Indiana that was built in the mid-1990s, will be...
Legends: The Bob Glidden Interview – This Recent Long Form Discussion With Glidden Is Outstanding
Earlier this week we showed you a 1980s interview with NHRA pro stock legend Bob Glidden from a television show called, “The Great Racers”. It was an awesome look into the man and his...
NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl Of Street Legal Drag Racing July 28-31, Joliet – We’ll Be There and You SHOULD BE TOO!
(Photo credit: Charles Wickam) – It is a door slammer throw down unlike any other. It is days on end of drag racing nirvana. It is the NMCA/NMRA Super Bowl of Street Legal Drag Racing and it...
Mega Mopar Day Coverage: Chryslers Of All Shape And Size Descend On Maple Grove
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up, some of my favorite days spent at the drag strip were the specialty days where one make was highlighted. Pontiac day, Ford day, etc. It always brought out...
61: The Only Number You Need To Know About NHRA Pro Stock – Domination Is A Class Trademark
The last time the NHRA made wholesale changes to the pro stock division on the order of what they did coming into the 2016 season was 1982. Ditching a complex series of weight breaks based on engine...
NMCA All-American Nationals Nostalgia Super Stock Coverage – Where The Legends Live
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Nostalgia Super Stock racing can be described effectively by three words; old school legends. It’s a land of 427s, wedges, and Hemis. Where bumper...
DigNight 2016 at the NRG Stadium Parking Lot – Big Power, Little Traction
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Well it was one heck of an interesting weekend in the shadow of the Houston Astrodome as DigNight 2016 took place and brought some of the meanest no-prep, grudge,...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 15TH ANNUAL NMCA ALL-AMERICAN NATIONALS AT LUCAS OIL RACEWAY Starting Sunday MORNING!
(Photo credit: NMCA/Steve Baur) – This weekend is going to be awesome here on BangShift.com as we bring you live streaming coverage of the 15th annual NMCA All-American Nationals from...
Our NMCA Indy Live Broadcast Starts Tomorrow! YOU SHOULD BE THERE! (Video)
There’s a right place and a wrong place to be this weekend. The right place is the NMCA Indy race. The wrong place is everywhere else. Seriously. We’re going to be there this weekend and...
Super Stock Action! Wheels Up Fun At Maple Grove With The NHRA Lucas Oil Series
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A few weeks ago, the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series was in full swing at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania. The heavy hitters of Division One were out in force to...
CLICK HERE To Listen To LIVE Audio From The Ohio Mile – ECTA Land Speed Racing Action!
It is GO TIME at the ECTA Ohio Mile land speed meet and you can listen up right here. Racing will start at about 9am on Saturday at 8:30am on Sunday morning. There’s a bumper crop of racers...