Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
Brittany Force, Robert Hight & Bo Butner Clinch NHRA Championships At Pomona Finals!
Nov 15, 2017Darr Hawthorne2
(Photos by Jeff Burghardt, Wes Allison, Darr Hawthorne and Auto Imagery) It’s been thirty-five years since legendary drag racer Shirley Muldowney won her third NHRA Top Fuel Championship. This year...
2017 Mad Mule Season Finale – GALOT Motorsports Park Doorslammer Action
Nov 15, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Mad Mule Season Finale – GALOT Motorsports Park Doorslammer Action
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We are currently living the golden age of door slammer drag racing. There are more cars, series, engine builders, chassis builders, tracks, and technology...
2017 Auto Club NHRA World Finals Photo Coverage: More Great Sportsman Action From Pomona
Nov 15, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Auto Club NHRA World Finals Photo Coverage: More Great Sportsman Action From Pomona
(Photos by Wes Allison) – So it’s all done. Yep, the 2017 NHRA drag racing season for sportsman and professional racers is locked up and over with. Kind of stinks but at the same time,...
Brittany Force, Jack Beckman, Greg Anderson & Chip Ellis Lead First Day Qualifying At Pomona World Finals!
Nov 11, 2017Darr Hawthorne1
(Photos by Will Lester and Wesley Allison) Top Fuel title contender Brittany Force piloted her Brian Husan/Alan Johnson-tuned Monster Energy dragster to the quickest pass in Auto Club Raceway at...
2017 NHRA World Finals Coverage: Hardcore Thursday Sportsman Action Photos!
Nov 10, 2017Brian Lohnes3
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re here at the 2017 NHRA World Finals and we spent the day blasting photos during what we affectionately call “Hardcore Thursday”. That’s...
2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage – More Great Action From VMP
Oct 25, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage – More Great Action From VMP
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We’re back with a second batch of photos from the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals. Brian Olson was a guy I knew really well. In fact, I worked...
2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage: Nearly 400 Of Earth’s Baddest ‘Slammers Attack Virginia
Oct 24, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Coverage: Nearly 400 Of Earth’s Baddest ‘Slammers Attack Virginia
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was an amazing weekend of drag racing at the 2017 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals last weekend and some of that had to do with news about the venue...
Watch The RTRA Texas Small Tire Throwdown Replay Right Here
Oct 21, 2017Chad Reynolds1
It’s the final RTRA (Radial Tire Racing Association) race of 2017 and we’ll be LIVE from a 60 foot boom lift right here at BANGshift.com starting around 6:30 pm Central Time. We’ll...
Sending A Car Or Truck To SEMA? Enter The 2017 Gran Turismo Awards HERE – We’re Judging Again
Oct 21, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Sending A Car Or Truck To SEMA? Enter The 2017 Gran Turismo Awards HERE – We’re Judging Again
One of the things I have been able to do over the last couple of years is work as a judge for the Gran Turismo awards at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This is a bad ass deal because there are multiple...
Continuing Today We Will Be Bringing You The Throwdown IN T-Town LIIVE!
Oct 14, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Oh, yeah, it’s that time again! The Throwdown in T-Town is here and BangShift.com will be bringing you the action live from Osage Casino and Tulsa Raceway Park this weekend! We will have the...
2017 Nitro Nationals Coverage From Tulsa! Ladies Ruled In Top Fuel and Funny Car
Oct 11, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 2017 Nitro Nationals Coverage From Tulsa! Ladies Ruled In Top Fuel and Funny Car
(Photos by Brad Klaassen) – It was a first for the world of nostalgia drag racing last month in Tulsa. Never before had women won both top fuel and nitro funny car at a Heritage Series event...
Old School Fun At An Old School Strip – Nostalgia Drag Racing Action At Elk Creek Dragway!
Oct 11, 2017Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – In the mountains of the southwest end of Virginia is a little track by the name Elk Creek Dragway. On September 29-30, the facility hosted a pre-1964...
Watch No Mercy 8 LIVE Right Here Along With The Event Schedule – The Radial Tire War Is Going To Be Fought At SGMP
Oct 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch No Mercy 8 LIVE Right Here Along With The Event Schedule – The Radial Tire War Is Going To Be Fought At SGMP
Well we have been talking about it for days and now it is here. No Mercy 8 will be going on from today all the way until Sunday at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Thanks to our friends at MotorMania...
Show Coverage: The First Ever Virginia Museum Of Transportation Racin’ and Roddin’ Show Ruled!
Oct 05, 2017Brian Lohnes4
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On September 23 the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roanoke held it’s first drag racing themed car show. Racin’ and Roddin’ is a departure from...