Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION

Naked and Unafraid: Check Out This Video of Guys Shaking Down A Car Sans Body At George Ray’s In The 1980s

This right here is awesome. Imagine taking a drag car stripped of every unnecessary thing outside of the engine, chassis, transmission, axles, and wheels and placing it on a drag strip that has been...

Listen To The Entire Big Sounds Of The Drags 2001 Album Here, Free! – Crank It Up!

Fun fact to know and share. The first piece of drag racing journalism I ever had published outside of the New England Dragway newspaper was a piece I wrote about pro mods for Nitronic Research. While...

Having Fun In 1991: Wild Combos, Interesting Cars, And Laughs At The 1991 NHRA Mile High Nationals

The NHRA top alcohol dragster category is cool because you can run either an injected nitro burning engine or one that is supercharged on methanol. That wasn’t always the case. In fact there...

Groovy Video: These 1964 Drag Racing Home Videos From So Cal Take Us To Fontana, San Fernando, Lions, and More!

Even in today’s world of incredible technology there are certain things that we are unable to do, things like improving the taste of broccoli and time travel. While the taste of broccoli will...

Cory Lee, Tyler Hester And Lyle Greenberg Take Top Nitro Spots At Rain Soaked Good Vibrations March Meet!

(Photos by Kim Fuller & Darr Hawthorne) • Winning a legendary event like the Good Vibrations March Meet is a significant accomplishment in the world of drag racing. Cory Lee’s victory,...

Drag Strip Time Travel: Watch The Awesome (Narrated) Action From York US 30 Drag Strip 1970-1972

It’s been a while since we have found some “new” old drag racing footage but lo and behold we have done just that today. You are about to see some awesome action from a drag strip...

Drag Strip Time Travel: This Late 1960s Footage From New England Dragway Is Spectacular

New England Dragway really is special and right now it is really quiet as the off-season days and weeks tick away. That will end though and when it does the place will be filled with more of the same...

Vintage Drag Racing Film: Santa Pod Circa 1978 With Rocket Funny Cars, Hot Rods, and The End Of The Last Top Fuel Slingshot

Having had the chance to hang out with some dedicated drag racing fans from the UK at the NHRA Gatornationals last weekend, I have had Santa Pod on my mind this week. The place has loads of awesome...

The March Meet • Day One Is Testing For Fuel Cars

(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The new NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series has begun with the fifty-plus Top Fuelers, Nitro Funny Cars and Fuel Altereds spending Thursday afternoon adjusting new cars, new...

Watch Norm Day’s Insane Flaming Wreck At The 1986 NHRA Northstar Nationals In Brainerd, Minnesota

If there is a more nightmarish scenario than being in a burning funny car that’s upside down I don’t know what it is. As you will see in this 1986 video from the NHRA Northstar Nationals,...

Watch This 447ci Jon Kaase Racing Engines Built Boss Absolutely RPM To The Moon

The NHRA’s competition eliminator class is one of the most BangShifty zones of motorsports in the world. One of the last true unabashed places for complete mechanical creativity in the sport...

Video Zen: Amazing Footage From San Fernando Drag Strip And Lions Drag Strip Circa The Later 1960s

Now this is some of the best footage we have seen in a LONG time. Our pal Jarmo tipped us off to this and we watched, wide-eyed the whole time. You are about to see beautiful, color footage (sans...

Neat Drag Racing Video: Go Drag Racing In The Philippines With The Angeles Hot Rod Association

When it comes to drag racing, we can argue that it is the most scrappy motorsport on Earth. It exists everywhere around the globe. In countries that are rich and poor they have drag racing. It does...

Cleetus Says This Was The Scariest Run He’s EVER Made in Mullet. The First Day Of Sick Week Was Certainly Exciting!

We shared several of the scary and sketchy runs that went down on Day 1 of Sick Week 2024, but this one here is Cleetus himself and is his own video. We’re not sure why the chute didn’t...