Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
March Meet 2015 Wreckage Sequence – Big Doorslammer Contact And The Curse Of The Front Page?
Mar 07, 2015Brian Lohnes8
Two machines competing in the Hot Rod class at the 2015 Good Vibrations March Meet were involved in a pretty hardcore wreck on Friday. The red Chevelle reportedly suffered some sort of mechanical...
Breaking News: One Driver Charged In Fatal Chatsworth, California Street Race Has Appeared On Street Outlaws
Mar 05, 2015Brian Lohnes55
(Lead image credit: TMZ.com) – In a turn of events that no one could have scripted, TMZ.com is reporting that one of the drivers involved in the fatal street racing crash that happened in...
Jiffy-tite Is Now The Official Quick-Connect Fluid Fitting Of The IHRA
Mar 05, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Jiffy-tite Is Now The Official Quick-Connect Fluid Fitting Of The IHRA
BangShift LIVE Broadcast Sponsor Jiffy-tite is proud to announce that they have been named the Official Quick-Connect Fluid Fittings of the IHRA. With lightweight, precision machining, and effortless...
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs
Mar 05, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: Attorney Says Mustang Driver Wasn’t In The Car When The Accident Occurs
More news is coming out about the Chatsworth street racing crash that killed two people and injured one. Friends of Henry Gevorgyan have indicated that he was not driving the Ford Mustang that lost...
Wow! New Dragster Enters The Chase For 200mph On Batteries – Melanie Troxel To Drive Machine – Quest For 200 Reborn
Mar 04, 2015Brian Lohnes4
In all great technological pursuits there are differences of approach, opinion, direction, and design. Sometimes these differences are small enough to be worked through and sometimes these...
Watch 1979 NHRA Top Fuel Champ Rob Bruins And His Wife Get Stopped And Held At Gunpoint By Police Because Of A Typo
Mar 01, 2015Brian Lohnes29
And the hits just keep on coming for highway patrol officers these days. This time we’re on the highway in Las Vegas, Nevada and we’re watching 1979 NHRA Top Fuel champion Rob Bruins and...
Chatsworth Street Racing Crash: What We Know And How The Community Is Responding
Feb 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart39
The scene played out exactly as you’d expect it to: a highly worked over Nissan GT-R in the right lane, a Shelby Mustang with a reported $100,000 in modifications in the left lane, a crowd of...
Holley Announces Sponsorship of Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals – Lutz, VerSchave, Hundreds More To Participate
Feb 25, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Holley Announces Sponsorship of Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals – Lutz, VerSchave, Hundreds More To Participate
Holley has announced their sponsorship of the drag racing portion at the 2015 Tri-Five Nationals which will be held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky August 14-15, 2015. The event is...
Indiana Loses A Strip – Can The Eighth Mile At Chandler Motorsports Park Be Saved?
Feb 18, 2015Brian Lohnes11
The drag strip at Chandler Motorsports Park in Indiana has been open for more than 50 years but as recent news tell us, the hometown drag strip will no longer be opening its gates for drag racers to...
NHRA Sends Letters Announcing License Revocation To Street Outlaws TV Cast – Competition Licenses To Be Revoked If Participation Continues
Feb 17, 2015Brian Lohnes132
The NHRA has sent strongly worded letters to virtually everyone who is appearing or has recently appeared on the hit Discovery Channel television show Street Outlaws. This show follows the exploits...
Lancaster National Speedway And Dragway Renews IHRA Sanction, Revives Weekly Quick 16 Program
Feb 14, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Two great pieces of news for drag racers in the Buffalo, New York area today as the reinvigorated Lancaster National Speedway and Dragway has announced that they have renewed their longstanding...
Love Small Tire Drag Racing? Small Tire Nation Has A Massive Calendar Of Events From Across The Country
Feb 14, 2015Brian Lohnes1
Someone finally went and did it. Someone finally did the thing that every small tire drag racing fan in the world has wanted for a long time and that is to create a place where there’s access...
55th NHRA Winternationals – Professional And Sportsman Champions Repeat
Feb 11, 2015Darr Hawthorne2
The first race of the 2015 season for NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series brings with it a surge of optimism for all the race teams. With a clean slate in a new year to build upon most teams...
IHRA Nitro Jam – Explosive Opener In Tucson Qualifying
Feb 07, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on IHRA Nitro Jam – Explosive Opener In Tucson Qualifying
Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Bob Snyder and Darr Hawthorne The International Hot Rod Association’s 2015 Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series season opened Friday afternoon at...