Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Big Finish: NHRA Crowns World Champs At Epic 50th World Finals – Razor Tight Racing Right Down To The Wire
(Words – Darr Hawthorne & NHRA/Photos Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Driving prowess with incredible reaction times and top performance in a shortened season made the ingredients...
Tony Schumacher Nails Record 8th NHRA Top Fuel World Championship
Tony Schumacher grabbed a record eighth Top Fuel world championship title Saturday of the 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona and put away a giant half-million dollar...
NHRA Finals At Pomona – Jon Capps Insane Slow Motion Fire Video – Qualifying Photos, Header Flames, Track Records!
The NHRA World Finals have not always been held at historic Pomona Raceway, now called Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, but the event has always provided a showcase for the best in Professional and...
Nitro Under The Lights At Historic Pomona Raceway For NHRA Finals Friday Qualifying
With two qualifying rounds crowded into a busy Friday of the 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at historic Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, Doug Kalitta raced to the lead in Top Fuel Friday evening....
NHRA Announces 2015 Heritage Series Schedule
The National Hot Rod Association finally released their primarily west coast-based Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series headlined by the nitro Nostalgia Top Fuel and Nostalgia Funny Car categories. 2014...
Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge
For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...
Matusek And Rowe Prepare To Kick Ass In Bristol This Weekend In Their Blown Pro Mod Camaros
Despite some weirdo stuff happening to Steve Matusek this year behind the wheel of the Agave Underground Tequila Pro Mod Camaro, including chute problems, window issues, and oh yeah the fact that...
Fire And Thunder At Norwalk’s Cavalcade Of Stars – Race Report And Action Photos
(Photos by Bob Snyder -Words by Darr Hawthorne and NHRA Field Marketing) – The 8th Annual Mickey Mart Rewards Cavalcade of Stars, presented by Budweiser, was held at Summit Motorsports Park...
Leah Pritchett Returns To Topeka In Dote Racing Top Fueler
It’s always good to see more competitors in the NHRA Mello Yello Series and the tenacious dedication of racers like Leah Pritchett who grew up on the drag strip, with her first pass down a...
FireAde Joins With Gray Motorsports Pro Stock Camaro Driver Shane Gray
We get a lot of Press Releases landing into the email In-box, but this rendering of Shane Gray’s sleek Jerry Haas-built Chevy Camaro caught our eye. The new FireAde Camaro will debut at the...
Sunoco To Become Official Fuel Of NHRA In 2015
In what was undoubtedly a surprise to VP Race Fuels, the current Official Fuel Supplier of the NHRA, the Glendora-based sanctioning body, announced a ten-year deal for Sunoco to become an...
High School Drags With 16X Champ John Force At Auto Club Dragway
Jeff Burghardt photo Local drag racing is evolving. For much of the last two decades your local track survived on hundreds of Super category racers and bracket programs. They all need cash...
Kris Krabill Wins Nitro Funny Car at 44th Annual Ignitor
Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne It was a difficult weekend for racers and spectators at the 44th annual Ignitor at Firebird Raceway near Boise, Idaho. Fans of the oldest professional racing...
2014 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals – Alcohol Funny Car and Top Alcohol Dragster Gallery and Results
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Californian Shane Westerfield and Kansas racer Randy Meyer took home the hardware in the Top Alcohol Funny Car and Top Alcohol Dragster classes respectively at the...