Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Sad News: “Rapid” Roger Garten Passes Away From Injuries Sustained In Funny Car Crash At Bakersfield
Last night during a “Saturday Night Nitro” event at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California there was a serious crash involving the driver of the War Horse funny car Roger Garten and...
Drag Strip For Sale! Buy Great River Road Raceway In Tennessee And Revive This Track
Great River Road Raceway in Dyersburg, Tennessee may not be a place that the NHRA, IHRA, or PDRA tours will ever visit but it looks like it has the bones of a great little hometown drag strip and it...
Mopar Unveils New Drag Pack Challengers – Blown And Naturally Aspirated Combos Available – Look Out Ford And GM!
In a move we have been hotly anticipating since Indy of last year, Mopar has pulled the curtain off a pair of new Challenger Drag Pack options for their sportsman drag racing customers. One is a...
Drag A Friend To The Strip – Announced By NHRA
The National Hot Rod Association has announced a newly created program offered exclusively for NHRA member tracks across the country. The initiative implemented by NHRA Field Marketing will inspire...
Dunlap Stuns Bartone As “High Speed” Top Fuel Dragster Returns To Winners Circle
In a spectacular return to form, 74-year-old Bill Dunlap captured Top Fuel Eliminator in his California-based “High Speed Motorsports” entry at the 13th Holley National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling...
IHRA Nitro Jam Action: Professional And Sportsman Photos From The President’s Cup At MIR
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – This past week end, IHRA was racing at Maryland International for the President’s Cup Nationals. Unfortunately for the Nitro Jam program, after...
HISTORY! Alan O’Brien’s Twin-Turbo AMC Dragster Makes 5-second Pass – Quickest and Fastest AMC Ever
There was some history made at the NHRAV Thunder Valley Nationals when Alan O’Brien charged down the quarter mile in his awesome AMC powered dragster and stopped the clocks in 5.997 seconds at...
BASTARDS: Thieves Steal $1,000,000 In Race Engines And Parts From Charlie Buck Racing Engines – Help Find ‘Em!
We have to thank Jeff Lee for sending us a tip to a story that has our blood boiling. Charlie Buck Racing Engines has been a force to be reckoned with in the nitrous and heavy duty drag racing engine...
Irwindale Starts Saturday Night Racing! Be There July 11th!
After years of packed house racing on Thursday nights, Irwindale is going to start a Saturday program starting July 11th! Southern Californians are in a better spot than ever before with the...
Mopar HEMI® Challenge 15th Anniversary At 2015 U.S. Nationals
Six time and defending Mopar HEMI® Challenge Champion Charlie Westcott Jr. in his War Fish ‘Cuda. Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt For the 15th consecutive season, Mopar will underscore its...
Hard Guys Nitro Funny Car Heads To IHRA Nitro Jam At MIR With High Expectations
After a winter of building engines, upgrading the car, and testing in recent weeks the Hard Guys nitro funny car is ready for its first true test of the 2015 season at this weekend’s IHRA NItro...
King Of The Streets 2015: Pit Photos From The Showdown At Great Lakes Dragaway
(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – Combining the elements of an awesome, historic drag strip with the new wave movement of no-prep drag racing was the name of the game at the King of the Streets...
Wild Drag Action: King Of The Streets Chi-Town At Great Lakes Dragaway!
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Every year I look forward to the Chi Town King of the Streets event. A historic track, stupid fast cars, big cash money, and the excitement that only an...
