Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
Nitro Photos! More Coverage From The 2015 PRO Winter Warm Up
We had a blast at the awesome Palm Beach International Raceway last weekend bringing you live action from the 2015 PRO Winter Warm Up. This testing session featured some of the biggest names in NHRA...
BREAKING: John Force Racing To Run Chevy Camaro Funny Car Bodies In 2015 And Beyond
Respected and well-informed auto racing reporter Louis Brewster of the Inland Daily Bulletin newspaper is reporting that John Force Racing will announce tomorrow that they will be running Chevy...
Maple Grove Raceway Ripping Out About 600ft Of Drag Strip And Replacing Asphalt With Concrete – Work Starts When Weather Allows
Here’s some more good off-season news for drag racing fans, especially those that call Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania home. The fabled east coast drag plant is tearing their drag...
GREAT NEWS: Maine’s Oxford Plains Dragway Will Be Open For Business In 2015!
We’re happy to report that Oxford Plains Dragway in Maine will be open for business in 2015. This announcement comes less than a year after depressing news that the track would be closed with...
Big News: Top Sportsman and Top Dragster To Compete For NHRA National Championships In 2015
In some of the best news to come down the sportsman drag racing pipe in some time, the National Hot Rod Association has announced that Top Sportsman and Top Dragster competitors will finally have a...
Man On A Mission: How Long Term Planning And Strong Leadership Brought New England Dragway Onto The National Scene
(Words and photos by Tom McCarthy) – If there was an award given annually in New England for the drag racer of the year, that award would have been bestowed upon Joe Lombardo, the track...
2014 Photo Highlight Reel – Mark Rebilas Picks His Favorite 100 Photos From A Year On The NHRA Trail
On any given Mark Rebilas may be shooting NBA games, MLB games, NFL stuff, or who knows what else. During drag racing season however, he’s wherever the NHRA tour is that weekend with his finger...
Great News: Vandalized Samoa Drag Strip In California Raises Funds To Fix Damage Done By Vandals With Help From Their Friends
We’re happy to report that Samoa Drag Strip in Eureka, California which was attacked and damaged by vandals in the fall will reopen for 2015 and serve the racing community in the Eureka area....
John Hale Named As Driver For Jim Dunn Racing In 2014, Will Compete At All 24 NHRA Events – Nostalgia Pilot Hits Big Stage
(Brad Klaassen photo) Nostalgia funny car racing standout and part time NHRA Mello Yellow series driver John Hale has been named the new driver for Jim Dunn Racing and will pilot the team’s...
Breaking News: Al-Anabi Racing Funding Terminated For All USA Racing Teams – From Top Fuel On Down
(Charles Wickam Photo) Wow! Rumors of a potential cut in funding for Al-Anabi Racing teams have persisted for a short time but we’re not sure anyone saw this announcement coming. The word on...
Hellcat Challenger Runs 12s At Nearly 120mph In 9,000ft Of Air And Internet Shows How Dumb It Collectively Is
The Mopar Mile High Nationals is one of the best known, best attended, and most fun events on the NHRA national event trail. Mopar is heavily involved with the production of the deal and hosts big...
Know Your Volatile Race Fuels: A Look At The Happily Violent Nitromethane Molecule
It is the liquid that’s killed more engine parts, singed more fire suits, and caused the most havoc of any single substance in drag racing history. It is an indispensable fuel in the modeling...
Actual Two Lane Blacktop 1955 Chevy Movie Car To Hit Block At Barrett Jackson Scottsdale 2015
How’s this for a scoop? One of the actual 1955 Chevys used in the making of the gearhead cult movie hit Two Lane Blacktop will hit the auction block in Scottsdale come January at the giant...
Best Of 2014: Apple Pulls Drag Racing App From Its Store, Apparently Does Not Know Difference Between Street Racing and Drag Racing – More Will Vanish
Stuff like this really makes us cringe. Mark Bright is the creator and owner of Drag Log, a smart phone application that drag racers can use to log their runs, document what tracks they have been to,...