Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
2017 US Street Nationals Action Photos: Wheelies, Radials, Coffins, More!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Benoit Pigeon is about as hardcore a pro mod guy as we have ever met. The last couple of days we have been featuring his pro mod photos from the US Street Nationals...
Challenger Demon To Come With Crate Full Of 18 Components – Tools, Performance Parts, Track Pack
Well the latest Challenger Demon video has dropped and with it the release from Dodge on what the heck it all means. This latest video is called “Crate” and in it we see a Stig like guy...
NHRA Pro Mod Schedule Expands To 12 Races – J&A Service Returns – TV Ratings Soar – Video!
It has been a killer couple weeks of news for the NHRA Pro Mod world. Firstly as was announced at the end of the 2016 season, the J&A Service Company will be back as the title sponsor of the...
Fitting: A Mopar Captures Leaf Spring Record – Watch Lyle Barnett Crush It In A Turbocharged, Predator Headed Dart
I have had the good fortune to see many an impressive run at the drags over the span of my life but I am not sure I have ever been so impressed as I was the moment I saw Lyle Barnett run a 4.29 at...
Watch The Professional Final Rounds At The 1992 NHRA Winternationals
Well here’s a total gem to start your Thursday with. Here’s what the professional class final rounds looked like 25 years ago at the NHRA Winternationals. The names are familiar, the...
Watch Mark Woodruff Crash In The Pro Drag Radial Warz Final At The US Street Nationals
There are a couple of wild finals at the 2017 US Street Nationals and we have both of them on the blog for you today. The Limited Drag Radial final saw one car blow up and the other wheelie through...
This Cummins-Powered Studebaker Pickup Is Rude And Crude…And We Love It!
There is nothing about this Studebaker that says “inviting”. It’s desert-roasted body has all the allure of a junkyard find. The Cummins twelve-valve with a fire vent for an exhaust...
Watch The Absolutely Wild Limited Drag Radial Final From The US Street Nationals
I spent last weekend in Bradenton, Florida at Bradenton Motorsports Park announcing the 2017 US Street Nationals. This event really is interesting in because it is the culmination of what is a week...
Watch John Puckett’s Drag Week and Race Week Surviving 900hp Coyote Mercury Clean Up At No Prep!
John Puckett’s Mercury Capri is one of our favorite hardcore street cars because the guy built the thing to be as reliable as an anvil and he also built it to beat the daylights out of it. A...
Watch Ziff Hudson Nearly Become The First Man To The 3s On A 275 Tire Before He Let The Fire Out
We love those round numbers in drag racing. Breaking a performance barrier is always cool but never so cool as to when it is through the bottom of one time increment and into the next. There’s...
Ride On The Helmet Of Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Ian King As He Makes A Fast Lap – Crazy!
Anything that runs on nitromethane is exceptionally cool and that’s a fact which cannot be denied. The fuel is the most intense “power adder” in the known universe and whatever...
Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!
Is it spring yet? No…crap. At least time is on the march, because right now I’m missing the smell of PJ1 and race fuel. The strip is calling our name, and while Lohnes will be out for the...
Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!
It’s well known that the Dodge Viper’s entire reason for existing was because Bob Lutz wanted to have a contemporary version of the famed Shelby/AC Cobra, and when Dodge unveiled the...
Watch This Camaro Destroy Its Own Rear Quarter Panel During A Burnout Contest
I can’t say I have ever been a participant in an “official” burnout contest. I (like all of you) have done my fair share of tire killing shuttle launches but it has never been with...