Category Archive: 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320

In Memoriam: Bill “Maverick” Golden, Driver Of The Little Red Wagon Wheelstander, Has Passed Away

In hindsight, the men who had placed the 426 Hemi in the bed of the Dodge A-100 pickup should have seen what was going to happen. Originally built as a match racer by Dodge, when it came time to test...

Jack Beckman, Morgan Lucas, Erica Enders & Jerry Savoie Victorious At Indy’s Big Go!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike Burghardt   “Fast” Jack Beckman completed a sweep of the weekend in Funny Car with his victory on Labor Day Monday at the Chevrolet Performance...

Rick Snavely’s ’69 Camaro Takes First Career NHRA Pro Mod Win!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike Burghardt   Rick Snavely raced to his first career win Monday during the NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Drag Racing Series portion of the Chevrolet...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Beckman Wins Traxxas Nitro Funny Car Shootout – DSR Runs The Table!

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Ron Lewis courtesy of John Force Racing   Jack Beckman earned a $100,000 payday with his victory in the Traxxas Nitro...

2015 U.S. Nationals Extra: Courtney Force & Clay Millican Into Traxxas Nitro Shootout!

Courtney Force and Clay Millican claimed the No. 8 positions in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout following special lottery drawings held in downtown Indianapolis to preview the Chevrolet Performance U.S....

Bartone And Boggs Top Fueler Continues Winning Ways!

Words by NHRA Communications and AA/FD   Sunday at the NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion concluded at New England Dragway provided a final day of exciting quarter-mile drag racing and classic car...

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...

DeWALT Highlights ‘Made In USA’ With Kalitta Motorsports

Kalitta Motorsports, in partnership with DEWALT and Mac Tools, are pleased to announce the extension of the DEWALT Made in the USA with global materials initiative to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing...

Beckman And Brown Quickest In Final U.S. Nationals Testing

Words by NHRA Communications Photos by Don Schumacher Racing and NHRA Media   NHRA Funny Car points leader Jack Beckman and Top Fuel world championship challenger Antron Brown posted the...

Brown, McGaha, Krawiec Race To NHRA Sonoma Wins – Beckman’s Streak Alive

Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications Jack Beckman finished off a dominating weekend at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals on Sunday by racing to the Funny Car victory while Antron...

California Drag Racers Sweep Division 7 NHRA LODRS At Sonoma

Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt Words by NHRA Field Marketing   Seven California racers took home wins from the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series presented by Korbel at Sonoma Raceway over the...

Beckman’s Awesome 3.921 ET – Quickest In NHRA History

Photos by Mike Burghardt Words by Don Schumacher Racing Jack Beckman was a little lightheaded when he got out of Don Schumacher Racing’s Infinite Hero Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car on Friday...

Funny Car Driver Ron Capps On Wall Of Fame At Sonoma

NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps has developed an impressive resume in more than two decades of competition at Sonoma Raceway. The popular NHRA Mello Yello drag racer will add another accomplishment...