Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Gone In Five Seconds: Andy Frost Talks About Losing The Street Car Record And The Quest To Get It Back
There are a handful of people on the planet that are seeking to achieve the ultimate bragging right in the world of street legal drag racing. That’s the title of “world’s quickest...
VP Racing Fuels Joins Forces With The Real Pro Mod Association and Jegs – Get Your VP Madditives From Jegs Now!
It is always great news when two solid organizations hook up and strike a deal where everyone wins, even you. Such is the case with the announcement that VP Racing Fuels has partnered up with the...
Drag Action Coverage: The Big Dog Shootout At Piedmont Dragway! Doorslammer Craziness
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Every first Thursday of the month during racing season at Piedmont Dragway in Julian, NC, very large crowds show up to witness the Big Dog...
Drag Strip For Sale…In Australia – The Old School Cool Heathcote Park Is Up For Grabs
BangShifters outside of Australia may not be familiar with the Heathcote Park drag strip, but BangShifters sure are. We have featured dozens and dozens of videos over the years from the old school...
2015 FE Race and Reunion: An Amazing Collection Of Ford’s Mightiest Drag Beasts Of The 1960s Here!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The 2015 FE Race and Reunion, while certainly drag racing oriented, also featured an all FE powered car show. The volunteer staff had a tough time selecting...
Sell Out: 2015 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Fills Up In 16 Minutes! From Top To Bottom, This Should Be Great
Like fat kids chasing an ice cream truck, fervent Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week hopefuls would not be denied entry into an event that has literally taken on a life of its own over the last few years. It...
Joey Gladstone Runs His Suzuki Hayabusa…Without A Wheelie Bar…To A 6.56@217MPH Pass At Maryland International!
It looks like a wasp with the radical extended rear, it sounds like a wasp as it stages, and when it launches…well, it flies, alright. The racer is Joey Gladstone, the bike is a Suzuki...
Watch Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Chris Matheson Get Electrocuted By And Nearly Fall Off His Bike During A Run
Aussie top fuel motorcycle rider Chris Matheson has been at the big boy motorcycle game for a while and like all guys who have made a career of it, he’s had his fair share of bumps, bruises,...
Another Bone-Stock 10-Second Car Has Appeared: Corvette ZO6 – [email protected]!
You can hate late-model stuff all you want. You can bemoan the computers, claim that the soul is gone, go on about the political issues behind the company to your heart’s content. But if you...
NHRA Houston Nitro Action Photos: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Sportsman Grab Bag!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When the dust settled on Sunday afternoon at Royal Purple Raceway, Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps had won in top fuel dragster and nitro funny car respectively. With...
NHRA Houston Pro Mod Action Photos – Some Of The Nation’s Best Getting After It At The O’Reily Spring Nationals
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was another great weekend of J&A Services Pro Mod action at the 2015 NHRA O’Reily Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Pro...
WATCH DRAG RACING: SPRING FLING LAS VEGAS LIVE AT 7:45 AM PACIFIC!! — The Big Finish!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2015 SPRING FLING! REMINDER: The Spring Fling Las Vegas Starts Wednesday folks, right here at BangShift.com! And Wednesday’s race is worth $50,000! Yeah, fifty...
John Force Back In Form At NHRA Las Vegas Nationals
Photos by Mike Burghardt – Words by NHRA Media Department John Force, the winningest driver in NHRA history, claimed his 142nd Funny Car victory and jumped from No. 13 to No. 6 in NHRA points...
Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!
At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...