Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
Big News: Dragway 42 Releases Plans, Renderings, Timeline For Complete Track Overhaul – Insane But Awesome
We’ve been on the bleeding edge of the Dragway 42 story since it broke that Ohio businessman Ron Matcham bought the track and planned to spruce it up. We naturally assumed that the improvements...
Dodge Dart Pro Stock Debut And Wind Tunnel Video Right Here!
If you are a fan of door car drag racing, like we are, then you are going to be excited about seeing the new Dodge Dart Hemi Pro Stockers that were just debuted and will make their first passes down...
Looking For A Drag Racing Job? Maple Grove Raceway Is Hiring An Operations Manager!
If you have been looking at a way to break into the exciting world of drag racing as a full time job, one of the finest strips in the country may have just the opportunity for you. Maple Grove...
Radial Revenge Tour Invades Tulsa! X275 And MX235 Cars Standing On The Bumper!
We can’t wait to see this one folks. We’re fans of X275, and pretty much any other drag radial class, and when Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park announced that they were running three...
Titanic Weekend Of Pro Mod Action Set For Gainesville – 28 Cars Entered At GatorNationals!
In March of 2001, the NHRA held the first ever Pro Mod exhibition at the Gatornationals. 13-years later and here we are again, the Pro Mods are still around and still a super exciting part of the...
Bartone, Day, Hix, Score March Meet Victories – Full NItro Results Here – Bonus Gallery, Too!
When the dust settled at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, a New Yorker, a Canadian, a couple Arizonians, and a fistful of Californians had won their respective classes at the coolest...
Tulsa Raceway Park Brings Prep To The Next Level. Pro Teams Rejoice!
You know how much we love going to Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park, and now there is even more reason to love it. Track owners Keith Haney and Todd Martin have just stepped up and spent some real...
CLICK HERE To Watch Our REPLAY Of The 2014 Bakersfield March Meet!
Thanks to the management of Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California and our great sponsors, BangShift will return to The Patch in just a couple of weeks to live broadcast the 2014 Bakersfield March...
Sammy Miller’s Restored Spirit Of ’76 Rocket Funny Car To Make Public Debut At Detroit Autorama This Weekend – Awesome
Michigander Steve Atwell has had possession of the world’s first hydrogen peroxide rocket car at his shop for a couple of years and after hearing that he was getting to work on restoring the...
Click Here For The 2014 March Meet Event Schedule
Here is the full event schedule for the 2014 Bakersfield March Meet held at Famoso Raceway. This schedule tells you who is running when and on what days. It lays out the qualifying and eliminations...
Odds Makers: We Handicap The Top 26 Contenders For March Meet 2014 Nitro Glory – Are We Right, Wrong, Clueless or All Three?
(Words and photos: Darr Hawthorne) – As the nitro funny car class continues to grow and grow, any one of the following owners and drivers could make it the 2014 March Meet Winners Circle at...
The Cars, The Classes, And The Drivers You NEED To Know For The 2014 March Meet This Weekend!
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos as credited) – (Editor’s note: This weekend it is GO TIME for the greatest nostalgia drag race known to man, the Bakersfield March Meet....
DeJoria, Brown, and Johnson Win NHRA Wallys In Phoenix. Plus We Have All The Sportsman Stuff!
(Words by Darr Hawthorne. Photos by Bob Snyder, Jeff Burghardt, and Alexis DeJoria Racing) Alexis DeJoria raced to her first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals...
Electric Swamp Rat 37 Nearing Race Trim – Garlits And Team Shooting For First 200mph Electric Quarter Mile
We’re not usually hot on electric cars as they just aren’t really our jam around here, but one that Don Garlits is involved with, required the use of Bad Hadman to build its chassis, and...