Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, Sponsor News
Run Trick Flow Parts On Your Drag Car? Be At Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park For The Halloween Classic!!!
Oct 12, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Yes, we know that we’re half a year ahead of you here BUT, this gives you time to plan and scrimp and save so you can get to the Halloween Classic next year at Summit Racing Equipment...
Drag Coverage: Bits From The Pits At The 40th Hot Rod Drags – Edgewater Sports Park
Oct 12, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I find the staging lanes can be a great place to get some good photos. They can also be a challenge because you don’t want to hinder anyone’s...
Drag Strip Calamity: Crazy Staging Lanes Pileup At I-22 Dragway In Alabama
Oct 12, 2015Brian Lohnes8
(Photos: DragCoverage.com/William White) – If there is one thing that we have learned over our so-called careers spent at race tracks it is that you literally have to be on your toes at all...
Lancaster National Dragway Pro Mod-a-Palooza 2015: Door Slammin’ Gear Jammin’ Sportsman Photos!
Oct 12, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more Mike Brooks images from last weekend’s Lancaster National Dragway Pro Mod-a-palooza event which drew thousands of fans and hundreds...
eBay Find: The Original “Whackee Wagon” Hemi Plymouth Wagon Is For Sale
Oct 12, 2015Brian Lohnes5
There’s nothing (in our opinion) cooler than a fast wagon at the drags and while the Whackee Wagon that Lee Smith built and drove back in the 1960s and 1970s may not be the fastest thing ever,...
Pro Mod-a-Palooza At Lancaster National Dragway Coverage: Sportsman Action
Oct 11, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Pro Mod-a-Palooza At Lancaster National Dragway Coverage: Sportsman Action
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We told you it was going to be crazy and it sure was. Pro Mod a-Palooza at Lancaster National Dragway and its associated classes was wall to wall insanity from the...
PDRA Rockingham Action: Great Photos From Dragstock XII
Oct 11, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by David Whealon/DW-photos.net) – On the second trip for the PDRA in 2015 to the legendary Rockingham Dragway for the 2nd Annual Dragstock XII, most of the attention was...
The Top 11: Best Funny Car Names – Iconic Cars From Drag Racing’s Past
Oct 11, 2015Brian Lohnes13
Racecar names are no longer the norm on modern nitro-burning Funny Cars, which sucks. Cars with names are good for promoters to put in their advertisements, good for racers who can cash in on...
IHRA World Finals Features Nitro Jam at Memphis International Raceway, Watch It Live!
Oct 09, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on IHRA World Finals Features Nitro Jam at Memphis International Raceway, Watch It Live!
Words by IHRA Communications Photos courtesy of IHRA and Darr Hawthorne The Summit Racing Equipment World Finals featuring Nitro Jam takes place this weekend at Memphis International Raceway...
Ultra Trick A990 Hemi Dodge Coronet With EFI And More!
Oct 09, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ultra Trick A990 Hemi Dodge Coronet With EFI And More!
This has to be one of the cooler HEMI cars we’ve seen if forever! Not only is it a spectacular restoration clone of a 1965 A990 Hemi Dodge Coronet, but it’s got all kinds of hidden...
Ride On The Roof Of Frank Saponaro’s Wagon As It Pulls An Eighth Mile Wheelie!
Oct 09, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Ride On The Roof Of Frank Saponaro’s Wagon As It Pulls An Eighth Mile Wheelie!
Drag Week hero Frank Saponaro is going to have to start charging Cecil County Dragway an appearance fee if he keeps up with his high flying antics at the Rising Sun, Maryland strip. His awesome twin...
‘Nostalgia’ Pro Mods Return To California Hot Rod Reunion
Oct 08, 2015Darr Hawthorne1
Words by NHRA Communications Department Photos by Mike Burghardt The racing action at the California Hot Rod Reunion® presented by Automobile Club of California has grown to include the...
The 2015 Byron Power Wheelstand Championships Did Not Disappoint! Mass Casualties!
Oct 08, 2015Chad Reynolds10
The photo above is when things were only sort of screwed up. Given the amount of damage we see each and every year at the Byron Power Wheelstand Championships you would think they were giving away $1...
NMRA World Finals Coverage: Mustangs On The Track and In The Pits At Bowling Green
Oct 08, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on NMRA World Finals Coverage: Mustangs On The Track and In The Pits At Bowling Green
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Like many other races across the country last weekend, the NMRA Word Finals had some moisture to contend with during the event. This meant that the action was at...