Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Arrest Warrants Issued In The Charlie Buck Racing Engines Break-In – And There Is A Street Outlaws Connection!
Aug 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
Competition Plus is reporting that arrest warrants were issued for two men in connection with the June 2015 break-in at Buck Racing Engines in King, North Carolina. With over $445,000 in engines and...
I-40 Dragway In Tennessee Is Now Crossville Dragway! Big Improvements In The Works NOW!
Aug 18, 2015Chad Reynolds1
As you heard here first, I-40 Dragway recently sold about a month ago, and the new owners promised very good things for the future of the track and entire racing facility. Well they are making good...
The Tianjin Port Explosion And Nitromethane – Internet Chatter, No Facts To Back It Up (W/Video)
Aug 17, 2015Brian Lohnes8
The videos and story surrounding the latest industrial calamity in China, forever known now as the Tainjin Port Explosion verge on the unbelievable. The footage of the mammoth fireball and the...
Watch The Throwdown In T-Town LIVE TODAY! Pro Mods, 10.5, And Radials Oh My!
Aug 15, 2015Chad Reynolds17
Pro Mods, 10.5s and Drag Radials oh my! The Rain Delayed Throwdown In T-Town is this weekend! BangShift.com is once again proud to bring you all the drag racing action you can stand from Tulsa...
BangShift Exclusive: Here Are The Specifics On The EFI NHRA Pro Stock Will Be Running In 2016
Aug 14, 2015Brian Lohnes9
Yesterday it was announced that Holley would be the sole provider of EFI equipment to the NHRA pro stock world for 2016. Immediately we had questions on the specific components that teams would be...
Tom Goes Testing: Sick Seconds 2.0 Records Sub-1 Second 60′ Times – Quick To Eighth Mile (Video)
Aug 14, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Tom Goes Testing: Sick Seconds 2.0 Records Sub-1 Second 60′ Times – Quick To Eighth Mile (Video)
(Photo credit: Bailey Racing FB Page) – While Larry Larson has been running at seemingly every event in the country this summer in the now legendary 5-second S-10 truck, Tom Bailey and Steve...
Breaking News: NHRA Announces Holley EFI Chosen As Sole Provider of EFI For Pro Stock In 2016
Aug 13, 2015Brian Lohnes9
Well the one question left to answer in the NHRA Pro Stock conversion to electronic fuel injection has been answered. Holley has been chosen by the NHRA as the sole provider of efi components to the...
Pre-Registration For The 2015 Holley LS Fest In Bowling Green, Kentucky Is Now Open! If You Are A Fan Of Late-Model GM Power, This Is For You!
Aug 13, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Pre-Registration For The 2015 Holley LS Fest In Bowling Green, Kentucky Is Now Open! If You Are A Fan Of Late-Model GM Power, This Is For You!
It’s that time again, when the GM faithful descend upon Bowling Green to celebrate the LS/LT late-model V8s by cutting them loose and letting them play. The sixth annual Holley 2015 LS Fest is...
Brainerd International Raceway Is Patched Up And Ready For NHRA Event – Lemonade Made From Lemons
Aug 11, 2015Brian Lohnes3
Back in July, Brainerd International Raceway got pummeled with a freak little supercell thunderstorm. Actually, it was not so little. It folded a section of grandstands up like an accordion, mangled...
LISTEN LIVE To The SCTA Standing Mile Meet At The Mojave Mile – They’re Racing Out West!
Aug 09, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on LISTEN LIVE To The SCTA Standing Mile Meet At The Mojave Mile – They’re Racing Out West!
When Speed Week 2015 was cancelled everyone was cestfallen and no group more so than the racers who had worked their fingers to the bone for a year or more to prepare. Wanting to do something to...
Jason Rupert Eclipses Nitro Funny Car World Record During IHRA Northern Nationals
Aug 08, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Jason Rupert Eclipses Nitro Funny Car World Record During IHRA Northern Nationals
Words and photos by IHRA Communications With a few weather delays, first round of IHRA Nitro Jam qualifying was completed late Friday night during day one of the Northern Nationals presented...
PSCA Outlaw Pro Mod Changes For SCSN St. Louis, 1/8th Here We Come
Aug 07, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on PSCA Outlaw Pro Mod Changes For SCSN St. Louis, 1/8th Here We Come
This just in from Mel and the gang at the PSCA/Street Car Super Nationals. Due to incredible performances that had NHRA nervous and bitching, and racers scratching their heads, along with a bunch of...
NMRA/NMCA Super Bowl Photos: Car Show Images, Bits From The Pits, And More From The Track
Aug 06, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – While we have been showcasing Charles Wickam images for the last few days at BangShift and we have PLENTY more to share we thought we would show you some photos...
Brown, McGaha, Krawiec Race To NHRA Sonoma Wins – Beckman’s Streak Alive
Aug 06, 2015Darr Hawthorne2
Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications Jack Beckman finished off a dominating weekend at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday by racing to the Funny Car victory while Antron...