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

The Way It Was: Watch The Green Elephant Funny Car Win The 1973 NHRA World Finals In Amarillo

To start, we should explain something that many people don’t really know or understand. Before 1970 there was no such thing as a funny car championship in NHRA drag racing. Then, between 1970...

Flowmaster Rolls Out Three New Exhaust Systems For Silverado, F150, and Titan!

As manufacturers release new vehicles to the public, the aftermarket releases new products to make them even better. One of the biggest modifications that any hot rodder applies to a new vehicle,...

Swim For It: How Wrong Can Driving A Geo Tracker Underwater Go?

Ah, the Tracker. Sold as both the Chevrolet and the Geo Tracker, the Suzuki-built mini-SUV might have suffered an identity crisis when they were new…and most of them were that one color of teal...

Rare and Weird: These Former Marine M-677 Forward Control Kaiser Trucks Are Awesome Oddities

Don’t feel bad, we didn’t know that these things existed either! You are looking at two of the most weird and interesting trucks ever spec’d out and ordered by the US Military. By...

Rough Start, Kids Edition: Time To Teach The Kids About Kenny Bernstein’s Mercury LN7!

It’s easy to say that kids aren’t interested in cars, or that kids don’t care about cars. You know what else is easy? It’s easy to point out that dads working on the car at...

Coker Tire’s Chattanooga Cruise-In 2019: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Southeast’s Sleeper Hit Car Show!

Sadly, we have come to the end of the line for our coverage of Coker Tire’s Chattanooga Cruise-In. This gallery is the last of the photos that were shot, and even though there is still plenty...

SAFE! Watch This No-Prep Racing Mustang Go Into A Top End Slide After Breaking The Tires Loose

No-prep style drag racing has brought an amazing number of young people into the sport and that’s a great thing. They are attracted by the unpredictable nature of the action, the cool cars, the...

Tech Video: What’s A COMP Camshaft Swap Worth In A Legit Boss 302? Find Out Here!

You CAN teach old engines new tricks, even the iconic ones. In this video, our pal Richard Holdener talks about waking up a Boss 302 engine, not a modern overhead camshaft version but the classic...

There Is A Four Door 1980 Corvette For Sale Right Now: As if You Needed ANOTHER Reason To Crave A 1980 ‘Vette

(By Greg Rourke) –Over the years a few cars have been referred to as a “four door Corvette.”  The mid 90’s Impala SS, the 9C1 Nova police car, and the CTS-V Cadillac to name...

Gearhead Zen Video: Getting This 1960s Vintage Homelite Gas powered Circular Saw Running Is Awesome

My kids were mystified. A GASOLINE POWERED CIRCULAR SAW?! What kind of freakish, medieval, bizarre implement of doom is this?! Obviously humans did not live in the realm of 18 and 20 volt battery...

Dumb Fun: Watch This Kid Put 4-Foot Wheel Spacers On A Pickup With Predictable (And Funny) Results

For starters, you need to check your attitude at the door here. If you do not approach this video with the idea that you are looking at a guy knowingly doing something goofy, you’re gonna get...

Rough Start: Feel Like Finishing Up A Swap? This 1979 Dodge Aspen’s 3G Hemi Swap Is Almost Done!

It isn’t everyday that a brown, four-door Dodge Aspen is going to catch my eye. In fact, it normally never would. I’m not a Dodge Aspen fan and the four-doors look so 1970s dowdy and...

Bronco-Licious: This 1970 Bronco Is All Original And It Has A Period Camper On Its Back

There are certain combos that just completely ooze cool. This 1970 Bronco is one of them. The fact that it is a ’70 Bronco is one thing. The fact that it is all original and has the right...

Morning Symphony: A Second-Gen Camaro’s Exercise In Simplicity

We cover a lot of racing events throughout the year. We see a lot of combinations that all work out beautifully. We see nitrous cars that take a dentist office’s monthly supply and turn it into...