Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, Sponsor News

Aeromotive Becomes 2016 NHRA Contingency Program Sponsor – Win and WIN!

Good news for you NHRA racers out there as Aeromotive has rejoined the NHRA contingency program in a big way. Aeromotive products will be part of the program in the following classes: Pro Mod Pro...

Race OR Cruise! Rocky Mountain Race Week 2016 Registration Opens At Noon Eastern Saturday Feb 13th!

RPM Magazine’s Rocky Mountain Race Week is the ULTIMATE test of street car drag racers, competing on quarter mile strips every day for a week while driving 1300 adventurous miles between...

Great Video: The Unbreakable John Force – No Jokes, No Act, Just A Man Looking To Dominate Again

The 2016 season marks an important milestone for John Force and the massive operation that he’s built around himself. He’s in good health, his cars have the right parts, and most...

NMCA Announces Purse And Contingency Awards To Holley EFI Factory Super Cars Class

One of the last remaining questions with respect to the NMCA’s new Holley EFI Factory Super Cars class was the purse. What was in it for the racers to show up and compete in this thing? As it...

NHRA Winternationals History: Watch Kenny Bernstein’s Spectacular Final Round Crash From 1993

Sometimes drag races can best be described as a writer once described a war. Hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. Such was the case at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals which took the...

Mike Dunn Video: The New IHRA President Makes His First Public Statement – Plus More IHRA Information

Freshly minted IHRA president Mike Dunn has made his first public statement in the form of the video we have for you to watch below. In it he introduces himself and lets the world know why he thinks...

Watch A Mustang Pull A Power Wheelie At The Eighth Mile On Ice During The Merrill ICE Drags!

We have brought you a bunch of cool coverage from the Merrill Ice Drags over the years but nothing has ever come close to comparing to the video below which shows the ridiculously fast Nitemare II...

NHRA Winternationals History: 30 Years Ago A New Christmas Tree Greeted Racers At Pomona

(Lead photo: Bob Boudreau) – While the 2016 NHRA Winternationals are ushering in a host of changes to the way the sport is presented in the media and on some level how things operate, one...

Sports Business Journal Reporting Mike Dunn As New IHRA President – We Nailed It – More News Here

(Photo credit: ESPN) – The Sports Business Journal and other publications are reporting that Mike Dunn is in fact going to be the new president of the International Hot Rod Association. We...

Austin Coil Returns To John Force Racing In Undefined Role “Helping Out” For 2016 Season

Jerry Bonkowski has been owning the racing internet world over the last week or so. It was Bonkowski that broke the story about Tony Stewart’s back injury via his interview with Don Prudhomme...

Drag Video: Ford Performance Looks Back At A Dominating Season Of NHRA Factory Stock Showdown Wins

The NHRA’s Factory Stock Showdown series is contested at four key events each year. It is a showcase of the latest and greatest in factory drag racing technology and last year Ford stomped a...

Huge News: TruStart System To Be Used At Spring Fling Million – May Change Bracket Racing Forever

The Compulink Timing System Company along with the Spring Fling Million have teamed up and the result is something that could forever change the landscape of sportsman drag racing. Called TruStart,...

NHRA Announces NHRA All-Access Streaming Service From National Events – Subscription Service

One of the lingering questions that has been floating since the NHRA announced the vastly improved television package on FOX and FOX Sports 1 has been the availability of live streaming video from...

Big Unsubstantiated Rumor: Mike Dunn IHRA President?

(Photo credit: ESPN.com) – Normally the rumor mill is nor our jam but since we have had this one boomerang back to us multiple times in the last two days from some guys who typically know...