Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Good News! Leah Pritchett Returns For Four-Wide Nationals In Lagana Top Fueler!
Apr 21, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Good News! Leah Pritchett Returns For Four-Wide Nationals In Lagana Top Fueler!
Leah Pritchett will continue to compete in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series driving the Nitro Ninja Top Fuel Dragster owned by the Lagana family at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals this coming...
Sacramento’s NHRA Heritage Series And Funny Car Fever Hand Out Wallys
Apr 06, 2016Darr Hawthorne1
(Photos and story by Stephen Justice and Wayne Lederer – Courtesy of NHRA Communications) A lot of new faces showed up at Sacramento Raceway’s winner circle Sunday after the conclusion...
Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!
Apr 03, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt) Greg Anderson won his fifth K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge in his Summit Racing Equipment Camaro at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He takes home a...
2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Winners Wrap-Up!
Mar 16, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet Winners Wrap-Up!
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt – Words by NHRA Communications) Rick Williamson and Kris Krabill scored dramatic wins to cap off four days of drag racing action for the famed Good...
Old School 1949 Fiat Bodied Altered For Sale! Steel Body, History, Magnesium Wheels, Love
Mar 16, 2016Brian Lohnes2
No form of motorsports in America benefitted more from the weird, sometimes foreign, cheap little cars that ended up in junkyards across the country during the 1950s and 1960s. From Willys coupes to...
No Mercy Nitro Funny Car To Debut At Las Vegas NHRA Nationals!
Mar 11, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on No Mercy Nitro Funny Car To Debut At Las Vegas NHRA Nationals!
It was announced today that Jeff and Chris Bennett’s No Mercy Nitro Funny Car will make its professional National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) debut April 1st through 3rd at the 17th Annual DENSO...
Nitro Funny Car Gypsy Picks The Good Vibrations March Meet Field!
Mar 03, 2016Darr Hawthorne5
(Photos by: Mike Burghardt, Jeff Burghardt, Tim Marshall, Paul Schmitz, Zak Hawthorne & Darr Hawthorne) Every year, an awesome field of nitro cars assemble for the biggest race in nostalgia...
Top Fueler Foes Fight for Surfers March Meet AA/FD Award
Mar 02, 2016Darr Hawthorne1
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt and Darr Hawthorne Words by AA/FD Four-time March Meet winner Jim Murphy with tuner Roland Leong (above) In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of...
Capps, Kalitta & Butner Lead Pro Qualifiers At NHRA Phoenix!
Feb 28, 2016Darr HawthorneComments Off on Capps, Kalitta & Butner Lead Pro Qualifiers At NHRA Phoenix!
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt Series points leader Ron Capps took the No. 1 qualifying position in Funny Car on Saturday at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel)...
Force, Brown & Butner Lead Friday Qualifying At NHRA Phoenix!
Feb 27, 2016Darr Hawthorne2
Photos by Jeff Burghardt, Mike Burghardt and Bob Wingfield Courtney Force raced to the qualifying lead in Funny Car Friday with a track record performance at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA...
Lindberg And Cowie Win NHRA Winternationals Sportsman Wallys At Pomona!
Feb 16, 2016Darr Hawthorne5
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt The majority of racers competing at this weekend’s season opening Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona drove Sportsman racecars,...
Capps, Torrence & Anderson Take 2016 NHRA WInternationals Wins!
Feb 16, 2016Darr Hawthorne1
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt Ron Capps raced to his first nitro Funny Car victory in nearly a year this weekend at the Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the...
The 56th NHRA Winternationals At Pomona Is Here, Let The Season Begin!
Feb 14, 2016Darr Hawthorne11
Photos by Jeff Brughardt and Mike Burghardt Lights, action and camera… the 2016 NHRA Circle K NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona is upon us. One of the most talked...
Steve Torrence And Jack Beckman Quickest in NHRA Nitro Spring Training!
Feb 05, 2016Darr Hawthorne6
(Photo Credit:NHRA) – The NHRA has dubbed it NHRA Nitro Spring Training and we’re dubbing it the prelude to the Winters but whatever you want to call it, every nitro team worth their...






