Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, Drag Races
New Photos Right Here! Horan Sets Record & Wins NFC Class At NHRA Heritage Race
Dan Horan Jr, from Sylmar, California claimed the Nitro Funny Car win at Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Summer Kick-Off Saturday, June 7 with a tough eight-car field. Horan bested Kris Krabill, from...
Danny Thompson Clocks 317mph Run In Challenger II During USFRA Test Session At Bonneville
It was a great weekend of testing for Danny Thompson and the entire Challenger II team as the car clocked a 317mph run during the USFRA test session on the Bonneville Salt Flats in preparation for...
Watch Dave Nelson’s Awesome Fire Burnout As Performed At Santa Pod Last Weekend
We get lots of videos from people who ask us to check them out and they usually don’t quite live up to expectations…but this one blew them right out of the water. The dude between the...
Land Speed Racing Action: The ECTA Ohio Mile – July 2014
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – No, I don’t have results, classes, or accurate speeds to report. I was there….my first one of these land speed events. (Editor’s note: more...
Is Owning A Hearse Hot Rod Bad Juju? Is Owning THIS Hearse Hot Rod Bad Juju? Would you roll in this Thing?
That could be a personal record right there, coming at you with three questions in a title, but that is what I am about. Enough about me already, this is about you. Specifically, this is about you...
Hellcat Is Certified at 10.80 In The Quarter-Mile By NHRA (Video Included)
We’re running out of ways to describe the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that don’t start with the letter “F”. With 707hp and 650 ft/lb of torque, there was no doubt this thing...
Milestone: Danny Thompson’s Challenger II Is On The Bonneville Salt Right Now! Test Session This Weekend – Check Here For Details
(Photos by Peter Vincent and Holly Martin) – Well the dream has become a reality for Danny Thompson and now the rest of the world will get to see how that reality plays out because the awesome...
Kablammo Video: Watch A 1967 Chevelle Suffer A Flaming Transmisson Explosion At George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip
There’s a part of George Ray’s Wildcat Dragstrip that we love. The idea that you can show up and race any damned thing you want with any level of safety equipment you want without anyone...
Watch This Mustang Pull A Massive Eighth Mile Wheelstand With No Bars, Smash The Ground And End Up On The Wheels
The World Power Wheelstanding Championships was born from the fertile brain of my pal Ron Leek. Over the years, that contest has gone from a local curiosity to a national deal with guys showing up...
Grumpy Jenkins’ 1974 Pro Stock Hauler To Hit The Auction Block In Harrisburg, PA Soon – What Will It Sell For?
We were tipped off to what should be the most interesting item (to BangShifters anyway) at the 2014 Mecum Harrisburg Auction that’s coming in a couple of weeks. This item is the 1974 Pro Stock...
Tony Pedregon Chooses Prolong Super Lubricants As Primary Lubricant Sponsor For 2014
It is always cool when we see BangShift sponsors involved in the hot and heavy world of automotive competition and Prolong recently jumped into the deep end of the lubricants pool with Tony Pedregon...
2014 Glory Days At The Grove Coverage: Gassers, Funny Cars, Street Freaks, and More
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we dropped the first group of photos by Joe Grippo on you and today we’re back with more from the 2014 Glory Days at the Grove nostalgia drag race....
This 1500+hp, Twin Turbo 454 LSx Powered Toyota Mini-Van Is An Aussie Toyota We Can Totally Get Behind
There’s an old expression that I like to use while announcing as a way to sum up a weird, different, or completely off the wall car. “If you are going to be a bear, you may as well be a...
Dragway 42 Opening Delayed Until 2015 – Construction Work Slowed Due To Poor Weather Conditions
Ma Nature can take the best laid plans and make mince meat of them and that’s about what’s happened to the team at Dragway 42 out in Ohio this Spring/Summer. The issue is rain and they...