Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
Steve Torrence And Jack Beckman Quickest in NHRA Nitro Spring Training!
(Photo Credit:NHRA) – The NHRA has dubbed it NHRA Nitro Spring Training and we’re dubbing it the prelude to the Winters but whatever you want to call it, every nitro team worth their...
AutoMeter Introduces The Tachs Season Rebate! Money Back For Buying A Tach
At a recent media trade conference, we had dinner with some high level executives from AutoMeter and do you know what we learned? We learned that they speak of gauges and only of gauges. That’s...
The Parting Shift: Ripping Gears In A Ten-Second Six-Speed Supercharged Challenger
Jay “Speedy” Orrand’s 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T is one bad mother. The namesake behind Speedy’s Garage and the creator and organizer of the ChallengerFest show in Bowling...
Two-Time NHRA Top Fuel Champ Antron Brown Ready To Defend Title At 2016 Winternationals!
Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt Words by NHRA Communications Antron Brown had plenty to celebrate in 2015, including his second NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel world...
Video: 2016 COPO Camaro Validation In Forida – Bellowing Wheels Up Fury!
The factory drag car wars have officially gone nuclear as Chevrolet Performance has released this video of a 2016 COPO Camaro in plain white making “validation” runs at Bradenton...
Watch Randy Dolensek’s Monster Ford Powered 1969 Mercury Cyclone Run 7s All Day Long
(Video credit: VictoryRedColorado Youtube Channel) – If someone were to force me to make a list of the favorite drag cars I have ever seen over the every growing span of my announcing career,...
Rough Start Racer: This 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Is Ready To Be Your Gear-Banging Second Car!
Welcome to another round of Rough Start rule-bending. Why are we ignoring the rules we set up for the challenge, you ask? Well, in this case, it’s simple: this time we are looking at a car that...
Who Needs A V8? This V6 Firebird Gets Into The Sevens With A Twin-Turbo Buick Stage Two Under The Hood!
Buick has two modes of production, as far as we are concerned: off and on. When they are off, they are the quintessential old man’s car company, producing cars that are comfortable bordering...
Prolong Unveils Their Steve Strope Built 1955 Chevy 210 Wagon At Grand National Roadster Show
We’ve showed you the renderings now here’s the real thing. Prolong unveiled their 1955 Chevy 210 wagon at the 2016 Grand National Roadster Show and did so in fine fashion inside the Pure...
NMCA Rumors: Brand New NMCA Pro NA Category To Be Unveiled This Week? 400ci Pro Stocks?
For about a week, our pals over at CompetitionPlus.com have been dropping some hints on what would be another new and potentially awesome NMCA category for the upcoming season. They are smarter and...
Pontiac Drag Racing Legend, Speed Parts Manufacturer, and Straight Line Pioneer Jess Tyree Dies
The unrelenting march of time has called another drag racing great home. This time it is Pontiac racing legend and famed header manufacturer Jess Tyree. His drag racing story is one that rings...
Relive The NHRA Winternationals From 50 Years Ago With This Amazing Video
As you read this the majority of the top tier teams in the NHRA drag racing world are either at the track making test runs or they are on their way to the track to make their testing runs to close...
Drag Racing 2015 Thrills and Spills Part 2 – The Urban Hillbilly Insanity Continues!
At the tail end of last week we showed you part one of Urban Hillbilly Action Video’s look back at the craziest stuff they saw in 2015. The second half of this non-stop thrill ride is available...
Watch This Dude In A Mundane Looking Maxima Wax A Porsche At The Drags – Hilarious And Awesome
(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – I enjoy a good sleeper. But I have to clarify my definition of a sleeper: It’s gotta be late-model, because I’m hard pressed to believe anything over...