Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Coolest Cars, Parts, And Stuff From The Pits (Part 1)
Jul 25, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – As any drag racer or gearhead knows, all the cool stuff happens in the pits. The racing is just a byproduct of the work being done by the owners and...
Action Photos And Results From Cordova IHRA Nitro Jam- Full Five Second Field In Nostalgia Funny Car
Jul 22, 2014Darr Hawthorne1
When we heard that the IHRA Summer Nationals at Cordova Dragway Park is the most anticipated IHRA national event of the season, it was time to pay attention. There were a couple of us who watched...
This Patina Perfect 1966 Chevy II Nova Has Lived Its Life In El Paso And It’ll Be Terrorizing Drag Week This Year – Build Photos Here
Jul 15, 2014Brian Lohnes6
(Words and photos by Justin Oney) – When Hot Rod Dragweek Registration went live Josh Cass was on the ball and lucky enough to secure a spot to participate as 1 of 20 cars registered in Super...
New Photos Right Here! Horan Sets Record & Wins NFC Class At NHRA Heritage Race
Jul 14, 2014Darr Hawthorne1
Dan Horan Jr, from Sylmar, California claimed the Nitro Funny Car win at Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Summer Kick-Off Saturday, June 7 with a tough eight-car field. Horan bested Kris Krabill, from...
Danny Thompson Clocks 317mph Run In Challenger II During USFRA Test Session At Bonneville
Jul 14, 2014Brian Lohnes6
It was a great weekend of testing for Danny Thompson and the entire Challenger II team as the car clocked a 317mph run during the USFRA test session on the Bonneville Salt Flats in preparation for...
Milestone: Danny Thompson’s Challenger II Is On The Bonneville Salt Right Now! Test Session This Weekend – Check Here For Details
Jul 11, 2014Brian Lohnes12
(Photos by Peter Vincent and Holly Martin) – Well the dream has become a reality for Danny Thompson and now the rest of the world will get to see how that reality plays out because the awesome...
Dragway 42 Opening Delayed Until 2015 – Construction Work Slowed Due To Poor Weather Conditions
Jul 10, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Dragway 42 Opening Delayed Until 2015 – Construction Work Slowed Due To Poor Weather Conditions
Ma Nature can take the best laid plans and make mince meat of them and that’s about what’s happened to the team at Dragway 42 out in Ohio this Spring/Summer. The issue is rain and they...
Awesome News For Northwest Drag Fans – Spokane County Raceway Joins IHRA
Jul 09, 2014Darr Hawthorne1
Ever since Orville Moe, the longtime owner and operator of Spokane Raceway Park was thrown out of his facility in 2008 by track investors and the courts, the County-owned facility has been in...
The Places They Raced: An Abandoned Street Racing Haven
Jul 06, 2014Brian Lohnes2
It is a straightaway to nowhere located off a bustling secondary road in Braintree, Massachsuetts. Ironically, it is now part of a nature reservation, but for several years in the 1960s and early...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods In Atlanta – Wild Cars, Wild Weather, And Great Times
Jun 30, 2014Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – My last visit at Atlanta dragway was back in 1989 for some heads up Top Sportsman racing. Not too surprisingly, this new visit took me for the same kind...
Nitro Cars Test For Famoso’s Saturday Night Nitro
Jun 28, 2014Darr HawthorneComments Off on Nitro Cars Test For Famoso’s Saturday Night Nitro
In the third year, Saturday Night Nitro at Auto Club Famoso Raceway has become an awesome event for west coaster nitro racers and fans of the exotic racing fuel. Reminiscent of battles at Saturday...
NMCA West JE Pistons West Coast Shootout Winners Circle Photos
Jun 24, 2014Chad ReynoldsComments Off on NMCA West JE Pistons West Coast Shootout Winners Circle Photos
Marc Lewis at Hedman was out at the NMCA West JE Pistons West Coast Shootout this weekend running his car around the Hotchkis Autocross, and made it over to the winners circle to grab photos of all...
Exclusive First Look: Pro Mod C7 Corvettes Are On The Way!
Jun 23, 2014Chad Reynolds17
BangShift sources are telling us that Tim McAmis Race Cars is working on a new C7 Corvette Pro Mod Body that looks like this! Based on the rendering we have here, this might be the sleekest Pro Mod...
NHRA Bristol Pro Mod Coverage: Peter Farber Goes The Distance For First Time In NHRA Competition
Jun 17, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Bristol Pro Mod Coverage: Peter Farber Goes The Distance For First Time In NHRA Competition
(Photos/words by Benoit Pigeon) – For the first time in his career, pal-o-BangShift Peter Farber left an NHRA Pro Mod race with a Wally. Farber took on all comers at the recently completed...