Category Archive: 1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
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...
Management Shake Up At Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park In Arizona –
Arizona Auto Scene is reporting that the Gila River Indian Community has abruptly cancelled the contract of Copper Train Management, the group that was overseeing the operation of the facility and...
Rottler Manufacturing Partners With Tim Wilkerson For NHRA Seattle Race – Big Win For Single Car Team
Tim Wilkerson is an NHRA fan favorite as one of the hardest charging and last standing single car teams in the funny car ranks. He’s also the old school racer that everyone will tell you...
NHRA Announces Three LIVE Television Broadcasts For 2014 Season – Epping, Chicago, Denver Tapped
A couple days ago, the National Hot Rod Association announced that they would have elimination rounds broadcast LIVE on ESPN 2 from three different races during the 2014 season. Those races are the...
Corey Michalek’s Top Alcohol Win At Charlotte Is The Coolest Thing I Have Ever Announced In Drag Racing
So as many of you know, I am on the announcing staff with the NHRA for about half the scheduled races during the 2014 season. I worked at the Gatornationals in March and just returned from my trip to...
Larry Dixon To Drive Second Bob Vandergriff Racing Top Fuel Dragster At Nine Events This Season
There have been questions swirling around Bob Vandergriff Racing since JR Todd took the driving position at Kalitta Motorsports. We had heard through various channels that Vandergriff had received...