Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Street Outlaws Timeline 2015: A Year Bounding From Triumph To Calamity, Felony, and Ultimately Wreckage
There is not a single member of the cast of Street Outlaws, a single member of the fandom of Street Outlaws, or a single member of the legions of haters that the Street Outlaws have acquired that...
PDRA World Finals: Our Last BIG Blast Of Action As We Make Final Preparations For Vegas
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we have one final massive blast of PDRA World Finals from our pal Benoit Pigeon. Benoit has been covering the east...
Here’s All Of The Emotional Top End Interviews From The NHRA World Finals At Pomona
It was one heck of a weekend as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series worked its way to a close after a long and grueling season. This rendition of the NHRA World Finals was actually even more...
SEMA 2015: Mercury Racing Has Insane Crate Engine Offerings – DOHC LS7?!
Mercury Racing is coming into the LS crate engine market in a way no one else has even thought of to this point. The company that has made its name building high performance engines on the water and...
Aussie Rebellion! New Professional Level Drag Racing Series In Australia Now Sanctioned By IHRA
So if the Australian drag racing world could be described with an American term, “screwed up” would be about it. The end of the ANDRA (Australian National Drag Racing Association) in 2014...
Del Worsham Fulfills His Funny Car Championship Dream!
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt A twenty-six-race schedule is a grind for any race team, but when a team hits their stride going into the playoffs, often it’ll end up in a shootout with...
Worsham, Beckman & Johnson Jr. Will Decide The NHRA Funny Car Championship
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications The NHRA Funny Car World Championship is down to the wire between Del Worsham, Jack Beckman and Tommy Johnson Jr. Sunday at the...
BangShift EXCLUSIVE: We Spoke To Big Chief And Got The Extent Of His Injuries
BangShift.com reached out to Justin “Big Chief” Shearer this morning and we got the extend of his injuries from the high speed crash that totaled his famed Crow 1972 Pontiac LeMans. In...
Destroyed: “Big Chief” Justin Shearer’s 1972 Pontiac LeMans, The Crow Mangled In High Speed Wreck
(Photographer unknown at this time) Details are sketchy at this time but photos have emerged showing the 1972 LeMans of Justin Shearer, known as “Big Chief” on television’s Street...
Top Gas Dragster And All-Time Hot Rodding Great George Bolthoff Passes – Engine Building Career Spanned Continents
(Photo credit – WeDidItForLove.com) – The common conception among people when thinking about 1960s drag racing is that it was a sport filled with young guys that were greasy handed...
John Force Racing And PEAK Announce Major Sponsorship Expansion
Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by JFR Media John Force Racing and PEAK announced a major expansion of their sponsorship agreement today to include full-season primary sponsorship of John Force’s...
Big Finish For 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series! – Friday Report
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt With post card perfect weather and a light Friday spectator crowd at historic Auto Club Pomona Raceway, the first round of funny car qualifying for the Auto...
PDRA Brian Olson World Finals Action Photos: More Great Images From VMP
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The PDRA named their world finals this year after Brian Olson. Brian was a good friend of mine and a man who I had spent LOTS of time with over the years announcing...
Hot Rumor: NMCA Set To Announce Class Described As “Pro Stock Class Everyone Wants”
There ain’t much that would make us tap the keys this late on a Friday night but BangShift.com has learned through multiple trusted sources that the NMCA will be announcing a new class next...