Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
Tony Schumacher Returns To NHRA Drag Racing For Six Races Starting At Denso Spark Plugs US Nationals
Aug 19, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Tony Schumacher will have an interesting role to play in the majority of the rest of the NHRA season as Don Schumacher Racing has announced that Tony will be back in the seat for six races starting...
Listen Up: TJ Zizzo and Angelle Sampey Are This Week’s Guests On The NHRA Insider Podcast – Honest, Cool, Inside Stories!
Aug 19, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: TJ Zizzo and Angelle Sampey Are This Week’s Guests On The NHRA Insider Podcast – Honest, Cool, Inside Stories!
TJ Zizzo and Angelle Sampey join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast to talk about their careers, recent successes, and how the long and winding road of drag racing has taken them to places both...
Listen Up: Ron Capps and Joe Morrison Talk Funny Car and Top Fuel On The NHRA Insider Podcast
Aug 14, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: Ron Capps and Joe Morrison Talk Funny Car and Top Fuel On The NHRA Insider Podcast
I have a lot of fun making the NHRA Insider podcast each week because it’s a different want to talk about, learn about, and explore the world of NHRA Mello Yello championship drag racing....
NHRA Insider Podcast: Clay Millican, Jack Beckman, and Bruno Massel Talk Nitro, Pro Stock, and All The Indy
Jul 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1
With little more than a week before the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing seres returns to action at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis, I thought it would be cool to talk to some of the movers, shakers, and...
Listen Up: NHRA Insider Podcast Triumphant Return Edition – Pro Stock Bike Racer Ryan Oehler and Kevin McKenna
Jul 22, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: NHRA Insider Podcast Triumphant Return Edition – Pro Stock Bike Racer Ryan Oehler and Kevin McKenna
The NHRA came back in a big way over the course of the last two weekends and along with the racing fun there was plenty of awesome storylines that developed over the course of the two events. This...
Billy Torrence, Matt Hagan, Jason Line & Ryan Oehler Win Restart Of NHRA Mello Yello Series In INDY!
Jul 14, 2020Darr Hawthorne5
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) — Billy Torrence powered his Capco dragster to the Top Fuel win on Sunday as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series raced for the first time since February at the E3...
Qualifying For The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway – Mello Yello Drag Racing Returns!
Jul 12, 2020Darr HawthorneComments Off on Qualifying For The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway – Mello Yello Drag Racing Returns!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) — The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returned to action for the first time since February, and Funny Car’s Tommy Johnson Jr. picked up where he left off,...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Planning For The Unplannable – How The NHRA Developed The Processes and Procedures For Fan and Racer Safety
Jul 08, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Insider Podcast: Planning For The Unplannable – How The NHRA Developed The Processes and Procedures For Fan and Racer Safety
If there is one job that I know I wouldn’t have wanted during this time of stoppage in the world of NHRA drag racing it is that of Kasey Coler, the man who in many ways was on the point of...
Cory Mac Is Back! Cory McClenathan to Return for NHRA Indy Double-Header with DSR
Jun 25, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Another legend is coming back into the fold of NHRA drag racing at Indy! Cory McClenathan will be running both of the events as part of Don Schumacher Racing with sponsorship from Nordic Boats and...
Putting the Band Back Together: Crew Chief Doug Kuch Returning to Foley Lewis Racing
Jun 23, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Putting the Band Back Together: Crew Chief Doug Kuch Returning to Foley Lewis Racing
Here’s some good news for fans of NHRA top fuel drag racing. Doug Kuch has signed on to be the tuner of the Foley Lewis top fuel dragster campaigned by Doug Foley and his business partner Tim...
Tony Schumacher Returns To NHRA Top Fuel Drag Racing – Running Back to Back Indy Races With Global Electronic Technology Backing
Jun 23, 2020Brian Lohnes10
The last time we saw Tony Schumacher at Indy, he was standing to my left with a suit and tie on. He’s finally going right back to where he belongs on July 11-12 and July 18-19 behind the wheel...
NHRA Insider Podcast: A Story of COVID-19 Survival and How One Hot Rodder Climbed Drag Racing’s Ranks
Jun 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Insider Podcast: A Story of COVID-19 Survival and How One Hot Rodder Climbed Drag Racing’s Ranks
NHRA pro stock motorcycle veteran Steve Johnson and A/fuel dragster standout Garrett Bateman join Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. Johnson tells the gut-wrenching, tragic,...
2020 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Schedule Announced – Back To Back July Indy Events Restart The Season
Jun 05, 2020Brian Lohnes3
NHRA drag racing fans the world over were greeted with good news yesterday with the release of the newly revised 2020 NHRA Mello Yellowfins Drag Racing series schedule. This schedule had some...
Pro Stock In The Living Room: How Is Bruno Massel Getting Ready For His 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Debut? On A Neat Simulator!
May 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Pro Stock In The Living Room: How Is Bruno Massel Getting Ready For His 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Debut? On A Neat Simulator!
In drag racing, reputation is everything. Being able to do the job is one facet of being a professional level competitior but being able to do it consistently is what moves you from good to great....