Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Antron Brown Pockets $100,000 Traxxas Payday!
Words by NHRA Communications Antron Brown raced to victory in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout on Saturday of the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, earning a $100,000 payday! Brown, the 2012 Top...
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...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Super/Comp Racer Sadie Floyd Makes National Event Debut
Words and photos by WinLight Communications Sadie Floyd has never been one to simply sit back and watch. This week at NHRA’s 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the...
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...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Coughlin Family Has Storied History at Indy
Words and photos by Team JEGS Indianapolis is a magic place for racers from all over the world, and for many, simply getting to compete at historic Lucas Oil Raceway is a dream come true. But...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: JR Todd Replaces Massey In Traxxas Top Fuel Shootout
Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Jeff Burghardt NHRA officials announced today that Seattle winner J.R. Todd has been inserted into the Traxxas Nitro Shootout Top Fuel field in place of...
2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Larry Dixon Has Four Decades of Indy Performance
Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt, Darr Hawthorne and NHRA Media Three-time NHRA Top Fuel world champion Larry Dixon’s fascination with the Chevrolet...
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...
BangShift Exclusive: Here Are The Specifics On The EFI NHRA Pro Stock Will Be Running In 2016
Yesterday it was announced that Holley would be the sole provider of EFI equipment to the NHRA pro stock world for 2016. Immediately we had questions on the specific components that teams would be...
Feature Car: Paul Stefansky’s “Super Stang” Mustang Funny Car
Normally, when you walk around inside the oval track at Beech Bend during the Holley Hot Rod Reunion, you will see pits set up, vendor trucks set up, and a group of historic race cars around the...
Rapid Fire: A Former Sand Dragger Go 8s At The Strip And Sniff 200 On The Salt With a Poncho ‘Banger!
Roger Manson’s Rapid Fire is so BangShift approved we can hardly stand it. This car started life as a sand dragger, was bought by Roger who then put it on the drag strip, got it to go 8.70s...
Feature: The Bannister Dragster, A 1950s Rail That Oozes Killer Hot Rod History
(Words and Photos by Mike Bradford) – Before the days of mega speed shops, CNC machines and computers, if you wanted to build a fast car, the main source for goodies would be a local...
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,...