Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Watch Paul Romine Make The First 5-Second Front Engine Dragster Pass Ever 20 Years Ago –
There’s only one first. Because of the fact it has been 20-something years since this happened and because of the fact that Bret Kepner was on the mic and he shares some of the inside...
Listen Up: Cruz Pedregon and Erica Enders Are On This Week’s NHRA Insider Podcast
Erica Enders and Cruz Pedregon join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The conversations are wide-ranging and cover not only the success of both drivers on the track but...
Wilkerson, Enders, Torrence, and Krawiec Score NHRA US Nationals Victories At Indy!
It is a place that seems to take more than it gives each year. It takes hopes and dreams, aspirations, visions, and desires, blends them up, and for most people, dumps them in the gutter. But for a...
Comella Drives ’68 Cuda to Victory at 20th Anniversary Dodge HEMI® Challenge
No.1 qualifier Steve Comella drove his 1968 Plymouth Barracuda to the winner’s circle after a dominant performance in the 20th anniversary edition of the Dodge HEMI® Challenge at Lucas Oil...
PDRA Northern Nationals Photos: Big Tire NA, Boosted, And Nitrous Cars Tearing Up The 1/8th Mile At The Grove
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, a few weeks back I finally got to attend a PDRA event, the Northern Nationals. Last year was to be the first event at my home track, Maple Grove Raceway but we...
After The Crash: Jeff Lutz ’57 Chevrolet Gets Torn Down, And The Rebuild Begins
A couple of months ago everyone in the drag racing and street racing worlds heard about Jeff Lutz and his horrific crash in his famed yellow 1957 Chevrolet. Jeff was hurt, but not nearly as bad as he...
Video: Watch Chad Green’s Horrendous Ride At The 2019 Chevrolet Performance US Nationals
About five days into the 2019 Chevrolet Performance US Nationals, there was a level of fatigue and tiredness that began to settle over the whole place. Racers, fans, and even the people working the...
Scary Flamin’ Video: Watch This Mustang Grudge Car Smash The Wall And Erupt Into Flames (Driver Walks Away)
There’s nothing scarier than fire in a race car. Nothing. That’s something being said by an announcer, not even a person who has to be front and center when their whole world looks like...
Free Live Streaming Video: More Than $160,000 On The Line At The Inaugural Summer Fling At National Trail
That’s right folks, it is time for the inaugural Summer Fling at National Trail Raceway, where more than $160,000 is up for grabs by the winners. That means there is double that in total, and...
Burndown Breakdown: Here’s The Definitive History Of The Greatest NHRA Burndown Ever, Carbone vs Garlits 1971
As the drag racing world still buzzes over the Mason McGaha/Bruno Massel starting line show at Topeka a couple weeks ago, NHRA’s Phil Burgess decided to do a deep dive into the greatest...
Finding The Limit: This Video Shows Turbocharger And Boost Level Testing To The Failure Point
When companies develop products or new systems, testing them on the dyno is really important. It’s important to test them at the level most people will use them and it is also important to test...
Listen Up: NHRA Insider Podcast – The Young Racers – Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield Talk Shop!
Blake Alexander and Aaron Stanfield join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. Alexander, who races with Jim Head in the nitro funny car category has seen positive successes...
Watch Ron Colson Get Booted From The 1978 NHRA US Nationals In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible
The old adage that there are, “a million ways to lose a drag race” is true. Just when you think you’ve seen them all, new ones seem to just pop up from nowhere. No one knew this...
