Category Archive: 1320 NHRA News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
Listen Up! Pro Stock, Piston Rings, Mullets, and Blow Overs On This Episode Of The NHRA Insider
Matt Hartford and Will Smith join the NHRA Insider this week, host Brian Lohnes talks about the newly revamped start date for NHRA in 2020 and there’s an audio look back at the “blow over...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Chatting With Champions – Great Conversations with Shawn Langdon and Luke Bogacki
It’s always fun to talk to people who are champions in a particular sport or dominant in a particular field. In drag racing, these are unique people who have channeled abilities and some of us...
Shop Closed? No Problem! Check Out The Home Machining Operation Of Nitro Wrench Donnie Bender
Donnie Bender is one of the guys that gets a lot of respect tin the nitro pits of NHRA drag racing. He has been around the sport a very long time, has worked for and tuned on some of the most famous...
Sportsman Drag Racing Fun: Watch the 1991 NHRA SportsNationals From Memphis, Alcohol Dragsters, Funny Cars, Competition Eliminator!
This is some fantastic video from the 1991 NHRA season and it is not fantastic because of fires, explosions, or mechanical disasters. It is spectacular because it’s the coverage from the 1991...
Working For A Living: What Do Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car Crews When The NHRA’s On Hold? At Kalitta Motorsports, They Work!
Every team in motorsports is handling their respective downtime differently. The vast majority have drastically reduced staff, furloughed people, or in some cases totally parked their stuff. Racing...
On The Farm and In The Shop: Catching Up With Matt Hagan and Scott Palmer
As everyone and their brother has a different way that they are getting through this time of no racing it’s interesting to catch up with the people in the sport to see what they’re up to....
Shop Tour: Take A Stroll Through The Tucson Workshop Of The NHRA’s Alan Reinhart – Cars, Parts, and Cool Tools
One of the reasons that Alan Reinhart and I hit it off when I first went out on the NHRA tour is because we’re both really into cars. Not just drag racing, but cars in general. Alan’s...
NHRA Insider: Ron Capps and Multi-Time Sportsman World Champ Austin Williams Talk About Work and The Mental Part of The Sport
It is always good to get a little window into the mentality of a racer and the mindset of championship level competitors, right? For this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast, I wronged NHRA nitro...
Amazing Video: Watch John Force Behind The Scenes In 1989 Arguing His Way Back Into A Race
This is really amazing behind the scenes video from the 1989 NHRA event at the Texas Motorplex and what it shows is simply awesome. You are going to see John Force argh his way back into a race after...
Heart, Soul, and Horsepower: Dom Lagana and Billy Stocklin Tell Their Stories Of Life In Drag Racing, Growth, and Success
No racing has presented a unique and awesome opportunity each time I create an NHRA Insider podcast these days. It has opened the doors to talk to the people I have long wanted to interview, learn...
QuarantinePiece Theater: Watch The 1976 NHRA SpringNationals – Shirley’s First Win, A Breakthrough Moment!
Today on QuarantinePiece Theater we present to you the 1976 NHRA SpringNationals from Columbus, Ohio. This was a historic moment for multiple reasons in NHRA competition. The first professional class...
Which Modern Muscle Car Delivers The Most For The Least? Here’s One 13-Year Old’s Opinion
(By Tom Lohnes) – Being stuck in quarantine, I will do anything to pass time (Digital school starts this week – ed). What I do the most though, is go onto car configurators and spec the...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Joe Amato Talks About Life and Career, JR Todd Talks About Reaction Times, Quarantine, and More
Since the NHRA is on an extended layoff like all of motorsports at this moment, it has been a good excuse to have legends and cool people on the NHRA Insider Podcast that I have always wanted to chat...
