Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
NHRA Announces Significant Pro Stock Changes To Teams – Reaction Varied In Pits, Fans See Benefits
Jul 26, 2015Brian Lohnes78
So by now you know that there have been huge rumors floating around the NHRA world over the last couple weeks regarding the future of the pro stock category and its ever decreasing number of...
Meltdown Drags Coverage: A/FX Cars, Gassers, Injected Doorslammers, and More!
Jul 24, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Through drag racing, the point of the exercise has always been to find ways to go faster no matter what. Lots of the cars in this collection of photos...
Watch NOW! The 2015 Mopar Euro Nationals Drags Live Stream From Santa Pod, England
Jul 24, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(Words by Andy Rogers) – If you like your Mopars then be sure to set your alarms to tune in to Eurodragster.com’s webcast of this weekend’s Mopar EuroNationals at England’s...
Weather Delays Postpone Opening of Dragway 42
Jul 23, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Weather Delays Postpone Opening of Dragway 42
Words and photos courtesy of IHRA IHRA Nitro Jam World Nationals will be held in 2016 Dragway 42, in West Salem, Ohio, is entering the concrete and paving phase of their massive reconstruction of the...
Nostalgia A/Fuel Association Announces Sonoma Shoot-Out
Jul 22, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Nostalgia A/Fuel Association Announces Sonoma Shoot-Out
Dennis Allen in the Cowin-Allen A/Fuel Dragster The Nostalgia A/Fuel Racers Association is proud to announce the 2nd annual John Shoemaker Memorial Shoot-Out. The event will be run as part of the...
Bureau Of Land Management Recognizes Bonneville Salt Decline – Hints At Short Course Only Speed Week
Jul 19, 2015Brian Lohnes2
(Photo credit Salt Lake Tribune) – As the land speed racing world waits on pins and needles for the final announcement from the SCTA-BNI on the fate of the scheduled 2015 Bonneville Speed...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage: More Great Action Photos From Piedmont Dragway!
Jul 16, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage: More Great Action Photos From Piedmont Dragway!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with the second round of photos from Benoit Pigeon from the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod series race which was held at the legendary Piedmont Dragway...
Big Deal: NHRA Officially Announces Fox As TV Carrier – 16 Live Races And 4 Will Run On The Fox Network Itself!
Jul 15, 2015Brian Lohnes1
The short window of speculation over the validity of the rumors which hit the web the other day about the NHRA leaving ESPN for Fox closed swiftly yesterday when NHRA announced that the rumors were...
Disaster: Four Killed And More Wounded After Apparent Street Racing Crash In North Carolina – One Driver Ran Off
Jul 15, 2015Brian Lohnes46
And here we are again. Here we are talking about more dead people, talking about how the “mainstream” media continues to improperly call street racing “drag racing” and...
Funny Car Driver Ron Capps On Wall Of Fame At Sonoma
Jul 14, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Funny Car Driver Ron Capps On Wall Of Fame At Sonoma
NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps has developed an impressive resume in more than two decades of competition at Sonoma Raceway. The popular NHRA Mello Yello drag racer will add another accomplishment...
Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?
Jul 14, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?
Like a parent cautioning their kids not to get too wound up over some positive news, the SCTA is reporting on their FB page that after searching and scouring the salt for days on end, they have...
Brainerd International Raceway Battered By Storms – Heavily Damaged – Seeking Local Volunteers To Aid Cleanup
Jul 14, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Brainerd International Raceway Battered By Storms – Heavily Damaged – Seeking Local Volunteers To Aid Cleanup
Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota was in the news yesterday but for reasons it really could have gone without. The track was at the epicenter of a massive and very powerful series of storms...
Multiple Sources Reporting That NHRA Will Leave ESPN At End Of 2015 And Move To Fox Sports 1 For Television
Jul 14, 2015Brian Lohnes10
In the first of what will likely turn out to be a torrent of major news from the NHRA over the coming weeks, it is being widely reported that the company has decided to terminate their agreement with...
Decorated Pro Stock and Pro Mod Driver/Tuner Joe Lepone Jr. Passes – Forged Global Career
Jul 13, 2015Brian Lohnes3
If Joe Lepone Jr’s drag racing career was defined by one thing, it was the willingness to do what it took to be successful in the sport. His time working as a crewman with Grumpy Jenkins led...