Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
Don Schumacher, Transformational Force In Professional Drag Racing As Boss, Owner, Manufacturer Dies At 79
Don Schumacher, a one man force of nature in the sport of NHRA drag racing for more than 50 years passed away on December 20th due to illness related to a protracted cancer battle, he was 79 years...
Watch The IHRA Winternationals From 1987 Here – The Weekend A Doorslammer Went 200!
The 1987 IHRA Winternationals were an interesting spectacle in the sport. Why? For starters it was the first time in three years that the IHRA had top fuel dragsters at an event. The organization has...
Groovy Video: This Professionally Made Film From Santa Pod In 1970 Rules – Cool Cars, Interesting People
When drag racing became a thing in the first half of the 1960s in England, it took off pretty quickly. Always modest by the standards of American drag racing, English enthusiasts didn’t just...
Tony Stewart Will Take Over Driving Duties For Wife Leah Pruett In 2024 As They Focus On Starting A Family!
It was announced yesterday that NHRA Top Fuel driver Leah Pruett would step out of the seat of her Top Fuel Dragster in 2024 to focus on starting a family with her husband Tony Stewart. The news was...
Is Goliath Really Sold? Really Leaving The Country? Together And Loading Up For The Last Time? Watch.
We all know that Daddy Dave Comstock built a whole new NPK car that debuted last year at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas and that he’s been racing and winning with it all year long. But he also...
Drag Ads and High Performance Print Screamers From the 1960s and 70s
Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s there weren’t all that many places to get your timely drag racing news from. Drag News, National Dragster, and several smaller regional papers like East...
COLOR Video From Alton Dragway Circa 1961 is Amazing – The Cars, The Starting System, More
Now this is a jaw dropper. Of course Alton Dragway was the scene of what’ll forever be among drag racing’s most controversial runs, the claimed 204mph shot by Chris Karamesines in 1960....
Larger Than Life: This Video Profile Of Al Teague As Well As The Joint Venture Truck Is Neat Bonneville History
Yeah, we know. Al Teague had nothing to do with the Joint Venture big rig that has been roaring up and down the Bonneville Salt Flats for years. This video was made as a segment for the old Discovery...
Historic Drag Video: Garlits Does England Circa 1976 — An Awesome Look At Big Daddy In The Mid-1970s!
We never tire of finding old drag racing films and sharing them with you. Why? It is like bringing some history back to life. This time it is a two part video showing Don Garlits taking on all comers...
Historic Drag Video: NHRA Greatness At Green Valley Raceway In Texas Circa 1965
We’re kicking off the day with some spectacular footage from the 1965 NHRA Spring Nationals race at Green Valley Raceway in Texas. This footage has gas and fuel dragsters, gassers, early funny...
GREEN, KALITTA, STANFIELD AND HERRERA CLOSE OUT 2023 WITH WINS AT IN-N-OUT BURGER NHRA FINALS
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 12, 2023) – Chad Green powered to his first career NHRA Funny Car win on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating Tim Wilkerson in the final round of the 58th...
RESULTS AND VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: HERRERA CLINCHES PRO STOCK BIKE WORLD TITLE; HIGHT, PROCK, ANDERSON & HERRERA QUALIFY NO. 1 AT IN-N-OUT BURGER NHRA FINALS
POMONA, Calif. (Nov. 11, 2023) – Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Gaige Herrera clinched his first career NHRA world championship on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, wrapping up his...
$50,000-to-Win FTI Competition Converters Intercontinental Top Sportsman Championship Added to Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod for 2024
Photo by Tara Bowker FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $50,000-to-Win FTI Competition Converters Intercontinental Top Sportsman Championship Added to Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod for 2024 BRADENTON,...
Thrill! This Video Is The Opening Of The Awesome Eddie Hill Story Video Dean Papadeas Made In The 1980s.
Eddie Hill laid down one of the greatest, and arguably the greatest lap in the history of drag racing in 1988 when he ran 4.99 seconds at the Texas Motorplex. His “nuclear banana” dragster was...