Category Archive: 1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320

Rowe Earns Charlotte NHRA Pro Mod Victory!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Richard Shute/Auto Imagery   Danny Rowe raced to his first victory of the 2015 season in the J&A Service Pro Mod portion of the NHRA Carolina Nationals...

Rick Snavely’s ’69 Camaro Takes First Career NHRA Pro Mod Win!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike Burghardt   Rick Snavely raced to his first career win Monday during the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Chevrolet...

This 1969 COPO Camaro Clone May Not Be The Real Thing But It May Actually Be Better

(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – In April 2010, Chad Williams was driving his beloved ’69 Camaro when an older lady pulled out in front of him. He locked the brakes up and did his best...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Wofford Captures Awesome Mopar HEMI® Challenge Victory!

Words by MOPAR Motorsports Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt   The 15th anniversary edition of the Mopar HEMI® Challenge at the 61st annual National Hot Rod Association U.S. Nationals saw a...

2015 NHRA US Nationals Extra: Rickie Smith Leads Friday Pro Mod Qualifying

#6 Qualifier Danny Rowe, 2015 Corvette, 5.952, 245.00   Words by NHRA Communications   Defending NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Series world champion Rickie Smith raced to the qualifying lead...

SoCal Tribute To Gassers With Straight Axles Galore! Huge Gasser Gallery!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) The Automobile Museum of Driving hosted the second of their Tribute to Gassers, the straight axle, blown and injected monsters that once filled the staging lanes...

Car Feature: The Big Iron 1956 Chevy Gasser Is About As BangShift Approved As They Come – Killer!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Some of us who long for the more-simple, older days of hot-rodding wonder if younger generations ‘get it’.  Ryan Pope is a 28-year-old from Southern...

Lincoln Of Doom: Bob Underwood’s Twin Turbo Coyote 1998 Mark VIII Is An All Ford 9-second Killer That Shined At TX2K15

Like most things in hot rodding, Bobby Underwood’s Lincoln did not fall from the sky fully built one day and start ripping off 9-second elapsed times at the drag strip. The car that we ran...

Update: 1949 Cadillac Is The Standard Of The World (When It Comes To Sleepers) – A Total Q-Ship From Hell! (And Now It Is For Sale)

When Jon Sandahl called me up and said, “Hey, you should probably come over here and take a look at this thing,” in reference to a 1949 Cadillac coupe, I was a little confused but hey,...

2015 Grand National Roadster Show AMBR Contender: Mike Gordon’s Psycho 1932 Ford Roadster

If the 2015 AMBR award were going to be given off the basis of horsepower alone, Mike Gordon’s Psycho 1932 Ford would be the clear winner. The car is powered by a twin turbocharged 428ci...

2015 Grand National Roadster Show AMBR Contender: The Hirsh 1927 Ford Roadster

Chopit Kustoms is the shop behind the construction of the Hirsh 1927 Ford Roadster. This is another car that definitely followed the idea that less is more sometimes. The clean lines, the beautiful...

2015 Grand National Roadster Show AMBR Contender: Larry and Sue Christensen’s Rivet Roadster

The 2015 Grand National Roadtser Show is in full swing and we snuck in early this morning to check out all that there was to see. Because the Grand National Roadtser Show is the place where one of...

2014 Throwback: The Sleeper Chevy W/T From LS Fest

I had forgotten about this ragged-out Chevy 1500 W/T from LS Fest this summer. Peeling paint, bashed-in bed, forgettable aftermarket wheels and no exhaust note to speak of, it looked like just about...

Just Add Salt: This 1931 Model A May Live In Massachusetts But It Has The True Spirit Of An Ancient Salt Running Hot Rod

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Sometimes simplicity can be jaw-droppingly cool and that is the case with this 1931 Ford Model A (with ’32 grill shell) owned by Jesse Treveloni of...