Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
A New Collection Of Vintage Ads From Drag Mags Of The Late 1960s/Early 1970s
(Images from the Lohnes hoarders collection) – It has been a while since I dove into my stacks of vintage drag magazines and papers to share killer ads from the late 1960s and early 1970s with...
Wild Video: Ride Along As This Turbocharged Mopar Small Block Powered Valiant Wrecks Hard In Argentina
We have showed you videos previously of the awesome V8 Turbo Valiant which races in Argentina. Well, this stick shifted hellacious little car got banged up really bad recently and they had cameras ta...
Incredible Skills: See Allen Millyard Build A V8 Engine From Two Kawasaki Four Bangers – The Z1 1600 V8 Is Astonishing
England’s Allen Millyard may not be a household name in America at the moment but we’re telling you that by the end of the year, basically everyone in the gearhead world will totally know...
NHRA Breaking News: Jack Beckman named replacement driver for John Force for the balance of season! Well Deserved!
News has just come down that Jack Beckman, former NHRA Funny Car World Champion and all around awesome guy, will be climbing into John Force’s funny car for the remained of the 2024 season. On...
BROWN, TASCA, STANFIELD AND MATT SMITH PICK UP WINS AT DENSO NHRA SONOMA NATIONALS IN CALIFORNIA
SONOMA, Calif. (July 28, 2024) – Top Fuel’s Antron Brown defeated first-time finalist Tony Stewart in the final round of the 36th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals, picking up his third win of...
More NHRA Northwest Nationals Drag Racing Photos: We’ve Got Photos Of The Pros, And Sportsman Racers Both! Check Out The First Gallery Below!
(Photos by Kim Fuller) We posted up results from last weekend’s NHRA Northwest Nationals yesterday, and today we’ve got photos to share as well! Thanks to longtime contributor Kim...
NHRA News: PROCK, S. TORRENCE, J. COUGHLIN JR. & VAN SANT PICK UP WINS AT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS
SEATTLE (July 21, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock powered to his fourth win of the season for John Force Racing on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, defeating first-time finalist Paul Lee in...
John Force Crash News: NHRA’s Alan Reinhart Explains Why John Force’s Parachutes Failed To Deploy In Richmond.
Words are important, and sometimes hard. I say this because the verbiage being used on the thumbnail in this video isn’t correct. This matters, and I’ll explain why. In this video, Alan...
Nobody Wants To Thrash On The Truck: Check Out The Story Of Jerry Caminito At The 1990 California Nationals
It’s always awesome when underdog teams embark on some sort of awesome drag racing sojourn and try something they never have before. In 1990 that was Jerry Caminito’s story. The nitro...
The Coolest Toy Of 1972: Check Out This Vintage Ad For Hasbro Stick Shifters!
If you were a kid in 1972 and you loved cars, we’re guessing that you’d wear your parents out begging for this gem from Hasbro. Called “Stick Shifters” it was a drag racing...
Awesomely Weird Video: Watch This Swedish TV Coverage Of Funny Car At The 1980 Cajun Nationals With Jon Lundberg On The English Speaking Call!
We know that Swedes love their hot rods, love their racing, and certainly love anything that goes fast. This isn’t anything new, for sure. In fact we have this 40 year old footage from the 1980...
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Highlights from the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals – Sportsman Drag Racing Video
Sometimes people forget that there are a lot more cars running at an NHRA National Event than just the four Pro Categories. There are multiple classes of NHRA Lucas Oil Sportsman Drag Racing going on...
NHRA REVEALS FUTURE BUILDING PLANS FOR LUCAS OIL INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK – CHECK OUT THE IMPROVEMENTS!
Multi-phase plan to include new Wally Parks Tower, renovated suites, new entrance and shifting of pit areas INDIANAPOLIS (July 3, 2024) – The NHRA announced its future building plans at Lucas Oil...
Killer Vintage Match Race and High Performance Ads From 1960s Drag Mags
We dove back into the BangShift east coast office archives to dig up some cool ads and match race announcements from 1960s drag mags like Drag News and other small regional publications. We have a...