Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320

BangShift Brawl: What’s The Greatest Factory Built Drag Car Ever?

So with this weekend’s upcoming NMCA/NMRA All-Star race we’ll get the season’s second dose of the awesome Holley EFI Factory Supercar class. This is a heads up eliminator where COPO...

“Dyno Dom” Blasco Assumes Director of Operations Role At Memphis International Raceway

Like one of those logic puzzles where you can only move one piece at a time to get to the end result, such has been the news coming out of the drag racing world over the last day. Just down the page...

In Memoriam: Jake Brantner, Drag Week Veteran, Fabricator, Builder And Father

It saddens us to inform you that Drag Week racer Jake Brantner is gone. Brantner, 39, was gunned down in the parking lot of a strip mall in Kansas City, Missouri in the evening hours of Sunday, April...

Dyno Dom’s Sikeston Dragway Is Now Jeffers Motorsports Park – Famed Chassis Builder Buys Dragstrip

One of the great stories that the drag racing world has produced over the last couple of years is that of a small eighth mile drag strip in Sikeston, Missouri. A man named Dom Blasco took ownership...

Crummy News: The Awesome Wild Rat Injected Fuel Altered Suffered A Major Crash Last Weekend – Driver OK

(Photos from Greg Lippard’s FB page) –  If there has been a race car that we’ve been unabashed fan boys over here at BangShift it is the awesome Wild Rat injected fuel altered...

Action Photos: Radial Revenge Tour Coverage – Most Insane Radial Race Ever Right Here!

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – The whole drag racing world was watching the happenings at Tulsa Raceway Park last weekend and we were doing it because of the incredible...

Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt)   Greg Anderson won his fifth K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge in his Summit Racing Equipment Camaro at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He takes home a...

More Good News For Drag Racers: Sebring International Raceway To Host Season Series On Its Long Straight

There have been lots of “drag races” down the straight at Sebring over the years but they’ve mostly been short contests where two guys are trying to get to the next corner ahead of...

Hot Tech Tip From RacePak – Why Using A Flow Meter Helps In Tuning, PLUS Their Bad Ass New TV Spot

If you are not following the exploits of the RacePak team, you are missing out. Their social media channels are filled with all kinds of stuff ranging from fun videos to tech tips and product...

Goodyear to Introduce Smokeless Drag Slicks Citing Environmental Concerns

In a surprise move, Goodyear has announced that its research and development department has come up with a drag slick that produces no smoke when heated up. The company cites environmental concerns...

Huge News! Scott and Laura Gardner Named As Heartland Park Topeka General Manager and Dir. Of Business Operations

The good news from the world of drag strips across the United States keeps on rolling as a major announcement was made regarding the leadership at Heartland Park Topeka yesterday. Scott and Laura...

Bounty Hunters No Prep Shootout Coverage – More Bits From The Pits And Craziness From The Track

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When it comes to the two most rapidly exploding parts of the drag racing world, especially on social media you need look no further than No Time racing and No Prep...

New NHRA Pro Mod Record Set On Mickey Thompson Tires – Big Hook, Big Speed, Low ET!

In one of the few instances that the hype actually matched the performance on the track, the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod show in Gainesville was amazing. From close racing and fast qualifying to the...

No Prep Nastiness From Texas: Pit And Track Action From The Bounty Hunters No Prep Shootout – San Antonio

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – A couple of weeks ago the richest no-prep drag race in the history of the sport was held at San Antonio Raceway in San Antonio, Texas. The Bounty Hunters No Prep...