Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Drag Week 2015: Hot Rod Announced That Unlimited Drag Week Class Will Remain Unlimited – No Restrictions Coming
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes13
That’s not a typo in the title….we’re talking about next year’s even already. The Hot Rod crew is cranking the hell out of the Drag Week news today! We told you about the...
Hot Rod Drag Week Shootout Format And Details Announced – There’s A Cool Plot Twist Involved
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes1
I’ve been getting a ton of emails and messages asking about a rumored heads-up shootout at Drag Week and while I had some idea it was coming, I kept my yapper shut. Last night Freiburger posted...
South Georgia Motorsports Park Seized By Georgia Officials Due To Non-Payment Of Taxes – Track To Remain Open
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes6
Well no one saw this coming. South Georgia Motorsports Park, the circle track and drag racing facility that has served as a hub of small tire activity over the last several years has been seized by...
Aeromotive And Elite Motorsports Team Up To Fuel Erica Enders-Stevens 2014 Pro Stock Championship Hopes
Aug 25, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Erica Enders-Stevens is coming into the 60th Chevrolet Performance US Nationals as one of the strongest contenders in the always tight pro stock division of professional drag racing competition. She...
CLICK HERE: To Watch The Saturday REPLAY Of Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy Under The Arch From St Louis!
Aug 23, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Plus we expect that the new quickest and fastest door slammer passes ever will be eclipsed AGAIN tonight. We’ve already seen 5.52 and 270 mph runs, and Saturday promises to be even better!...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH The Street Car Super Nationals Anarchy At The Arch – Saturday Action Starts At 4:30 Central
Aug 22, 2014Chad Reynolds54
We’ll be LIVE and FRRREEEEEEEEEEE as always, starting this Thursday evening at 5pm right here at BangShift.com for the first ever Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy at the Arch”...
Fact Is Crazier In Fiction: The Time The Winged Express Bumped Don Garlits And The Got Petitioned Out Of The Top Fuel Class
Aug 21, 2014Brian Lohnes5
There are people who defy convention by necessity. There are people who do it for fun, and then there are those that do it to prove a point, no matter how costly the potential victory may be. Drag...
Mark Rebilas Captured The Horrible Top Dragster Wreckage Sequence In Amazing Detail – Photos Here
Aug 19, 2014Brian Lohnes3
There’s not much luck in photography and that’s a fact. When I hear people telling photographers how “lucky” they were to get a particular shot my stomach turns. The simple...
New York’s Lancaster Dragway/Speedway Is For Sale – 77 Acres Outside Of Buffalo, NY
Aug 16, 2014Brian Lohnes5
Now’s your chance if you have always wanted to get into the racing business. Not only is it a chance to go into the drag racing business but it is also a chance to go into the circle track...
Tony Bartone Is Wielding His Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster Like A Weapon – Undefeated In 2014!
Aug 15, 2014Brian Lohnes4
If General Sherman had a dragster back when he was making his march, it probably would have looked something like this. Tony Bartone and his crew have been literally mowing down everyone and...
Cool Stuff To Do That You’ll Be Sorry You Missed: A Tribute To Gassers
Aug 01, 2014Darr Hawthorne8
This posting is at the last minute, but those of you in SoCal who have nothing to do on a Saturday morning now have something awesome to do on August 2, 2014. A Gathering of Gassers is set for...
More PDRA Pro Modified Action Photos From Virginia Motorsports Park – They Were Flying In VA!
Aug 01, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was a historic weekend for the PDRA in Virginia with a big car count of almost 200 competition vehicles (in all categories) and some great action across the...
AMAZING! Video From The Day That Don Garlits Broke 200mph At Island Dragway – August 2, 1964
Aug 01, 2014Brian Lohnes9
50 years ago tomorrow, Don Garlits made the first recognized 200mph drag racing pass in NHRA history. The debate will rage forever as to whether or not The Greek did it earlier in Illinois, but what...
Saturday Night Nitro: Awesome Nitro Flames, Fast Funny Cars and Jets At Famoso Raceway In Bakersfield
Jul 31, 2014Darr HawthorneComments Off on Saturday Night Nitro: Awesome Nitro Flames, Fast Funny Cars and Jets At Famoso Raceway In Bakersfield
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Jeff & Mike Burghardt and Zak Hawthorne) Going into the third year, Saturday Night Nitro has evolved into an awesome event for west coast funny car...






