Category Archive: 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
SEMA 2016: The Marv Eldridge 1970 Dodge LA Challenger Funny Car Is Spectacular – Amazing Restoration
Long before funny cars made 11,000hp and took flight at drag strips, machines like the Marv Eldridge owned 1970 Dodge LA Challenge ruled the strips of the nation. Yeah, the top fuel cars were quicker...
NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod Series Expands To 12 Races For 2017 – West Coasters Be Ready!
It was an amazing 2016 season for NHRA pro mod racers with Rickie Smith snatching the championship from the dozens of racers chasing him and the good news is that the 2017 season will expand to more...
The COPO Returns! After A Winning 2016, Chevrolet Unveils The 2017 Line – Only 69 Being Built!
(Photos: Chevrolet) If you needed any proof that Camaro Vs. Mustang was still a genuine battle between Ford and Chevrolet, all you need to do is look at classes like NMCA’s Factory Super Car...
Breaking News: Chevrolet Unveils The Camaro SS Drag Race Development Program Cars! Exclusive In-Depth Photos Here
It sat in the center of the building…obviously a sixth-generation Camaro SS, but wearing the kind of swirly camo you see on prototype test mules. Normally, you don’t see Hoosier drag...
Gallery: Southeast Gassers Action From Mt. Park Dragway – Coolest Cars In The Country!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When we first heard the SEG was going to make the haul to Mt. Park Dragway we knew for sure this was a must-see event. This is the furthest-North event...
Watch Cruz Pedregon Make The Most Incredible Run In NHRA Funny Car History
The best thing about the sport of drag racing is that you literally do not know what is going to happen one minute to the next. For instance, funny car at the NHRA Toyota Nationals last weekend was...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our First Test With The New Setup At Beech Bend – How Close Are We To The 12-Second Goal?
You are damn skippy that I was going to take the new and improved Chrysler out to Beech Bend the first chance I got! After thrashing earlier in the week to give old Gramps a bit more get-up-and-go,...
Nearly Nine Seconds In Cadillac Comfort – This CTS-V Coupe Is Wicked!
The modern age of horsepower is the golden age of horsepower. It’s true. By the time you’re reading this I’ll be at Beech Bend, making the first passes down the dragstrip in a...
Watch The Iron Big Block Chevy Powered Metal Mafia Fuel Altered Take On Ozark Motorsports Park
We have told you about and showed you video of the Metal Mafia fuel altered before. These guys are awesome because the car has an iron big block Chevy engine. We’re talking all iron from the...
SEMA 2016: Will The Steel Bodied 1967 Buick Street Funny Car From SEMA 2015 Be Topped?
(Editor’s note: As the 2016 SEMA show is approaching with the speed of an asteroid coming for the Earth, we’re going to look back at 2015 over the next couple of days to show you our...
Race Everything! The Street Eliminator UK Has Some Quality Oddballs
The biggest place to go drag racing in the United Kingdom is the old air base-turned drag strip at Santa Pod Raceway. With a fairly bustling racing scene, that makes for a fairly packed schedule...
Weirdest Drag Car We Have Ever Found: A 1958 NSU Sport Prinz With An N/A Buick V6?!
The NSU Prinz was manufactured between 1958 and 1968 over in Germany. 20,000 of them (give or take) were sold during that decade. We are guessing a very small percentage of those cars traveled to...
MOVE IT, GRANDPA: The Old Man And His 215-MPH Twin-Turbo Lamborghini!
At the age of 71 years old, my grandfather Ken (the namesake of the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, by the way) was driving a 1989 Chrysler New Yorker that had the Mark Cross leather, the trick overhead...
